January's Book Group Gathering

This month, for book group, we had an older kids book-- Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Lightening Thief, and a younger kids book--Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

The Charlotte's Web group performed a puppet play for the other group.

The Percy Jackson group had fun "applying for a job that was posted by Zeus, to be considered as the next "God or Goddess." From a box of odd items, they had to pick one, and use it to inspire them in creating their new character and powers. From a dog bone, Connor and Noah created Caininine--he had a hypnotic dog bone and infinite power over all dogs.

With a cassette tape, Cailin created Alicarid. Her power was to change or create anything brown. This would create boredom, so people wouldn't have a whole lot to do, or at least feel like doing anything.

Ryan's, tool of choice was a tube of chap stick. His Greek Olympian applicant, named Charles McChao had power to make every ones lips nice and perfect or make them bleed to death from their lips in within 5 seconds (Ewee, yuck) He would be an excellent candidate for the job because..."I'm level headed, very intelligent, magical, have no favorites, get along well with others people, take my work seriously and I make good decisions. I can also turn you into a guinea pig permanently and then give yo to my sister!

I didn't get to read the Percy Jackson book, I was busy reading Charlotte's Web to Delaney, but apparently there was talk of "blue food"....so we had some blue food too.

Often, while reading of Wilbur diet, we got detailed description of what was in his "slops". I had the kids make their own "slops". To a cup of ramean noodles they could add odd bits of food--peas, corn, crumbled cake (just to make it authentic to the book), pepperoni, and eggs.

We often find ourselves rushing to finish reading the book in time for discussion, but we have lots of fun with our group and can't wait for our next gathering.