This is a collection of learning guides from our past program, the Community Matters Book Club, an intergenerational book club that gathered once a month to have intentional conversations around kid's chapter books. Our themes covered a variety of experiences including, but not limited to, being different, climate change, eating disorders, racism, and more. Please feel free to use the guides below as inspiration to host your own mini-book clubs. Whether they are at home or in a classroom, we feel it's important to create spaces to have conversations around great books.
Discussion Guides
Discussion Guide for The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
Discussion Guide for King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Discussion Guide for Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez
Discussion Guide for Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Discussion Guide for From The Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Discussion Guide for Taking Up Space by Alyson Gerber
Discussion Guide for A While of the Wild edited by Rosanne Parry
Discussion Guide for Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia
Discussion Guide for Greta Thunberg: Climate Crisis Activist by Matt Doeden
Additional Community Matters Resources for Adults
Community Matters | Johnson County Library