Want to start a book club? Looking for new titles for your existing club? We have a unique collection just for you! Juvenile book club kits are available for a 6-week checkout period and are appropriate for a variety of reading levels. Kits contain 10 copies of a title, discussion questions, and other enrichment materials to help your group have a successful book club experience! We also offer an Advancing Racial Equity Collection to help Hoosier children think, read, and talk about racial injustice and systemic racism. See a complete list of titles below. Need some advice to help you run a smooth book club for your group? Read these tips for running a book club for kids. If you have a suggestion for a new title, please make a suggestion for purchase. Please select "Juvenile Book Club Kit" as the format for your suggestion.
Juvenile Book Club Kits
Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends—Frog and Toad.
When Penny comes home from school, she is ready to sing her song. But the babies are sleeping, and Mama and Papa are worried that Penny will wake them up. Oh, but it is a good song, a really wonderful song . . . and Penny wants more than anything to sing it. Will it ever be the right time to sing it?
In this cool beginning reader, Pete uses creativity to create a delicious sandwich and then teaches readers about the joy of sharing with friends.
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity. Recommended for ages 9-12.
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves." -- from publisher's web site.
Joining the Baby-sitter's Club after moving to a new town, Stacey helps her new friends outmaneuver a rival sitter group while coming to terms with her diabetes.
Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear. Recommended for ages 9-12.
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away ... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?
A timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story." This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
An honest explanation about how power and privilege factor into the lives of white children, at the expense of other groups, and how they can help seek justice. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
A fresh perspective of young men of color depicting thirteen views of everyday life: young boys dressed in their Sunday best, running to catch a bus, and growing up to be teachers, and much more. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
In 20 carefully laid out chapters, a primer on anti-racism teaches readers about identities, histories and the origins of racism as well as ways to identify and take action against racism, within ourselves and society. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.
A boy is excluded from joining his friends' pet club because of his unusual pet. This title is part of the Advancing Racial Equity Collection.