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Thursday, May 10, 2007

If I could have a do-over as a parent, here's one thing I would do differently: I would have a mother-son book group.
I've been annoyed with myself about that ever since the day in 2004 when I was invited to Lexington to observe a mother-son book group in action. These moms began when their sons were in sixth grade and the group continued until the boys graduated high school. Even though the friendships among the boys shifted over the years, they always enjoyed getting together to talk books.

The cause for my runimation is a new book, "The Kids' Book Club Book," by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (Tarcher/Penguin). It's full of insights in how to organize all kinds of groups, including those with or without adult/child pairings. The best part, is that is has some great book suggestions at a range of reading levels, and activities to go with some of the books.

Posted by Barbara Meltz at 08:55 AM

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