Baron's Ridge Bookclub for Kids

In the last of the All Caught Up series, I present our newest and coolest neighborhood tradition a children's book club. We had our first one last Thursday and we have the next two or three scheduled. Kids ranged in age from 1-11 years old. We picked a book that every parent, pretty much the moms, read to their children. We then met and did a group reading, a small discussion about it, a related craft, and a yummy snack.

Our first book was The Curious Garden. It featured a city that had been left to debris and smog, but one little boy loved to be outside and play despite this. Eventually he found an access to the abandoned overhead railway and climbed up to find a small patch and grass and weed. Tenderly he nursed that little area until it grew healthy enough to spread along the railway. Eventually the town saw the impact the boy had made and by the next summer all were planting and grooming their areas. Eventually the city was beautiful and people loved to be outside once more.

The fabulous host, Lindsay, really knows how to rock an event. Nine families attended and each child of the nineteen children went home with their own planted sunflower. Have I ever mentioned how much I love where I live?