Special Visitor to our Book Club

Page-Turners Book Club is the 3rd/4th grade book club led by Mrs. McSweeney and me. We meet two mornings a month in the library before school to discuss books! We've been reading the Maud Hart Lovelace nominees. The Maud Hart Lovelace award is Minnesota's Kids' Choice Book Award. Once students have read three nominees, they can vote for their favorite. Kids all over the state vote, and in April, we'll find out the winner!

Recently, the book club read Elvis and the Underdogs, a book about a boy named Benji who gets a service dog due to having seizures. The weird thing about the dog is that he can talk! He claims he is the president's dog, and is not meant to be a service dog for Benji. He's also a huge dog with a sometimes grumpy personality. However, he really brings Benji out of his shell. It's a funny and heartwarming story. 

To go along with the book, we met a service dog named Yolo. Yolo can turn on and off lights, open and close cabinets, and do a lot of other tasks. The kids loved meeting Yolo and comparing her abilities to the abilities of Elvis in the book.