Eleven-year-old Sydney Dickerson has spent most of her life sharing books and encouraging children to read. Her namesake organization, Sydney’s Book Club, has donated more than 19,000 books to families, schools, and libraries around the world. Through story-time videos and messages on social media, Sydney and her siblings share their love of books and encourage other young readers. […]
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters are reconnecting through a new book club called Reading Women. The fraternity of women may have their membership in common, but there is a lot that separates them. Books have the potential to close gaps. When you start discussing the pages of a book, your age, demographics, and distance no longer matter. Organizers of Reading Women are excited about the potential for engagement by starting on the same page. […]
Will Schwalbe and his mother, Mary Anne, read fifty books together during the last two years of her life. Will wrote the book The End of Your Life Book Club in tribute to his mom and to continue the conversations they started. He hopes to inspire others to share their reading experiences and to have confidence to act when they are moved by the books they read. Mary Anne started each book by reading the end first. […]
