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Sunday, August 15, 2010

2010-2011 Book Club for 9-12 year old girls

Little Women Book Club

Join us in reading the Little Women Trilogy by Louisa May Alcott.  We will meet once a month to discuss approximately 200 pages worth of reading.  We’ve included the schedule below.  Each book discussion will include a Socratic style literary analysis along with some stitching and snacking. 

Here’s our schedule:

Oct.  Preface and Chapters 1-15 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Nov. Chapters 16-32 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Dec. Chapters 33-47 and the Afterword of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jan. Read the beginning through the chapter called Naughty Nan of Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Feb. Read from Pranks and Plays through the chapter called Goldilocks Nan of Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
March Read from Damon and Pythias to the end of the book of Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
April Read Chapters 1-10 of Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott
May Read Chapters 11-22 of Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott

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