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** Oprah Would Be Proud: Making Book Clubs Work at Your School **
=== If you have been thinking about beginning or improving book clubs in your library this session is for you. Learn how to get a simple to manage, yet Oprah-worthy book club going at //your// school! Book clubs build community, promote independent reading, foster new relationships and develop writing and oral skills. A school book club is also a great social equalizer, welcoming all kinds of readers, including reluctant ones. Best of all, book clubs are lots of fun! Learn how to determine what type of book club might be best, how to fit it in, and how to sustain it with creative themes. Finally, discuss book selections that work especially well, from picture books to young adult titles. ===

===// Rose Kent (rosemariekent@yahoo.com) is the author of **Kimchi & Calamari** (HarperCollins, 2007) a middle grade novel about a funny Korean adopted boy who lands in a school predicament that leads to a search for his roots. Rose is a former naval officer who lives near Albany, NY. **Kimchi & Calamari** has been selected for the // Florida Sunshine State // list and as a // Read On Wisconsin //book club selection. Kent's next novel, ROCKY ROAD (Knopf Publisher) will come out in 2010 and is set in an upstate New York ice cream shop.// ===