June #SharpSchu Book Club
June 11,2015
Yard Sale by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Lauren Castillo
7:10-7:20 CDT: Lauren Castillo will answer our questions.
Almost everything Callie’s family owns is spread out in their front yard—their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie’s bike. They can’t stay in this house, so they’re moving to an apartment in the city. The new place is “small but nice,” Mom says, and most of their things won’t fit, so today they are having a yard sale. But it’s kind of hard to watch people buy your stuff, even if you understand why it has to happen. With sensitivity and grace, Eve Bunting and Lauren Castillo portray an event at once familiar and difficult, making clear that a home isn’t about what you have, but whom you hold close.
By Mouse and Frog by Deborah Freedman
7:30-7:40 CDT:: Deborah Freedman will answer our questions.
Fastidious Mouse has one idea about how to tell a story. Free-spirited Frog has another. What happens when Frog crashes into Mouse's story with some wild ideas? Chaos!...followed by the discovery that working together means being willing to compromise—and that listening to one another can lead to the most beautiful stories of all.
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman; illustrated by Zachariah OHora
7:50-8:00 CDT:: Ame Dyckman will answer our questions.
The Bunny family has adopted a wolf son, and daughter Dot is the only one who realizes Wolfie can--and might--eat them all up! Dot tries to get through to her parents, but they are too smitten to listen. A new brother takes getting used to, and when (in a twist of fate) it's Wolfie who's threatened, can Dot save the day?