Program Type:
Book ClubProgram Description
Event Details
It's our first Book Buddies meeting! Stop by to discuss the first book, Lasagna Means I Love You. Books can be picked up at the library from January 13th-March 10th. They are first come first serve - one per child.
Book Buddies is for tweens in grades 4-8 and their buddies - parent, older sibling, etc. Tweens will receive a free book to read with their buddy and then they can come to the meeting to discuss their thoughts! The older buddies can check out the book from the library or share with their tween.
Book description: Nan was all the family Mo ever needed. But suddenly she’s gone, and Mo finds herself in foster care after her uncle decides she’s not worth sticking around for. Nan left her a notebook and advised her to get a hobby, like ferret racing or palm reading. But how could a hobby fix anything in her newly topsy-turvy life?
Then Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled with someone else’s family recipes. Even though Nan never cooked, Mo can’t tear her eyes away. Not so much from the recipes, but the stories attached to them. Though, when she makes herself a pot of soup, it is every bit as comforting as the recipe notes said.
Soon Mo finds herself asking everyone she meets for their family recipes. Teaching herself to make them. Collecting the stories behind them. Building a website to share them. And, okay, secretly hoping that a long-lost relative will find her and give her a family recipe all her own.
But when everything starts to unravel again, Mo realizes that if she wants a family recipe—or a real family—she’s going to have to make it up herself.
Disclaimer(s)
We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.
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