book club Archives - Overstuffed Life https://www.overstuffedlife.com/category/book-club/ purposeful parenting and simplified living Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:52:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.overstuffedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/favicon.png book club Archives - Overstuffed Life https://www.overstuffedlife.com/category/book-club/ 32 32 Easy Book Club Snack Ideas: Pride & Prejudice https://www.overstuffedlife.com/easy-book-club-snack-ideas-pride/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/easy-book-club-snack-ideas-pride/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:42:00 +0000 Whenever I host book club at my house, I love trying to come up with refreshments that match the book. Sometimes that’s easy because there is a particular food mentioned in the book or the book is set in a foreign country. But even if coming up with the idea is easy, I usually need...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/easy-book-club-snack-ideas-pride/feed/ 0 The One and Only Ivan Book Club Ideas https://www.overstuffedlife.com/the-one-and-only-ivan-book-club-ideas/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/the-one-and-only-ivan-book-club-ideas/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2015 05:30:00 +0000 Discussion questions, craft projects, enrichment activities, and refreshments to go with The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! For the last few summers, my girls have enjoyed...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/the-one-and-only-ivan-book-club-ideas/feed/ 0 Harry Potter Book Club Ideas https://www.overstuffedlife.com/harry-potter-book-club-ideas/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/harry-potter-book-club-ideas/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 06:30:00 +0000 Activity, discussion, and food ideas to make a quick and easy Harry Potter book club This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! This post contains affiliate links. It’s the end of July, and that means...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-book-club-kindling-by-braden-bell/feed/ 3 How to Host a Summer Book Club for Kids: Charlotte’s Web https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-host-summer-book-club-for-kids/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-host-summer-book-club-for-kids/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:00:00 +0000 Hosting a summer book club for your kids and their friends is a great way to encourage summer reading! This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! We started hosting summer book clubs...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-host-summer-book-club-for-kids/feed/ 14 Summer Book Club: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-book-club-from-mixed-up-files-of/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-book-club-from-mixed-up-files-of/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:30:00 +0000 This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! My girls did their first summer book club in the summer of 2012. My youngest daughter was still a bit young for such an activity (though she did...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-book-club-from-mixed-up-files-of/feed/ 6 Summer Book Club for Kids: Wonder by RJ Palacio https://www.overstuffedlife.com/book-club-for-girls-wonder-by-rj-palacio/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/book-club-for-girls-wonder-by-rj-palacio/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:30:00 +0000 How to host a kids book club on the book Wonder by RJ Palacio. Invitations, activity ideas, discussion questions, and more. This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! This summer my middle daughter chose the...

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