Events

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson*

In the spring of 1776, Isabel, a teenage slave, and her sister, Ruth, are sold to ruthless, wealthy loyalists in Manhattan. While running errands, Isabel is approached by rebels, who promise her freedom (and help finding Ruth, who has been sent away) if she agrees to spy. Using the invisibility her slave status brings, Isabel lurks and listens as Master Lockton and his fellow Tories plot to crush the rebel uprisings, but the incendiary proof that she carries to the rebel camp doesn’t bring the desired rewards.

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further information.

Fee: Starting in February, $10 per month and $5 for each additional child in a family. 

Join our Girls' Book Groups (ages 7-9 and ages 10-12) on February 27th.

Older Girls' Book Group (ages 10-12) at 10 am discussing Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Younger Girls' Book Group (ages 7-9) at 11 am discussing The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for
further information. 

Fee: Starting in
February, $10 per month and $5 for each additional child in a family. 

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney*

"Humphrey the hamster enjoys being Room 26's classroom pet. He adores Ms. Mac, and every day brings new learning and experiences. Then Ms. Mac unexpectedly leaves; worse, returning teacher Mrs. Brisbane despises small furry creatures--leaving Humphrey both brokenhearted and worried about his future. Going home on weekends with school staff members and students helps, revealing diverse, often surprising stories and situations that allow both Humphrey and his human caretakers to learn from one another. Humphrey, a delightful, irresistible character, is big hearted, observant, and creative, and his experiences, whether escaping a nosy dog or helping an immigrant family speak English, range from comedic to touching." 

Starting in February, $10 per month and $5 for each additional child in a family.

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further information. 

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass*

"Amanda and Leo, born on the same day, have celebrated their birthdays
together for 10 years. Still feeling hurt from an unkind remark Leo made
at last year’s party, Amanda spends her eleventh birthday without her
now-estranged friend to share the fun. In the days that follow, both
Amanda and Leo discover that they are caught in a time loop, waking up
each morning to find themselves repeating their eleventh birthdays."

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further
information.

Fee: $10
per month and $5 for each additional child in a family.  

Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look*

"Ruby Lu makes her debut in this funny and charming chapter book. Full of
joie de vivre, the eight-year-old loves her family, particularly her
baby brother, Oscar; wearing reflective tape; and performing in her own
backyard magic show. Plot development is episodic but steady as Ruby
musters up her courage to attend Chinese school; she confronts mean
Christina from California; and she decides to drive herself to school.
(Her parents are frantic when their children and car are missing, but
Ruby thinks that her biggest mistake was parking in the principal's
spot.) Looming large is the fact that her cousin, Flying Duck, is
emigrating from China and Ruby will have to share her bedroom."

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further
information.

Fee: $10
per month and $5 for each additional child in a family.  

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly*

"A charming and inventive story of a child struggling to find her identity at the turn of the 20th Century. As the only girl in an uppercrust Texas family of seven children, Calpurnia, 11, is expected to enter young womanhood with all it's trappings of tight corsets, cooking, and handiwork. Unlike other girls her age, Callie is most content when observing and collecting scientific specimens with her grandfather.Callie's mother, believing that a diet of Darwin, Dickens, and her grandfather's influence will make Callie dissatisfied with life, set her on a path of cooking lessons, handiwork improvement, and an eventual debut into society. Callie's confusion and despair over her changing life will resonate with girls who feel different or are outsiders in their own society."

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further
information.

Fee: $10
per month and $5 for each additional child in a family.  

Nana Cracks the Case! by Kathleen Lane*

"Nana is not your ordinary grandma. She never wears cloppy shoes, drinks prune juice, or worries about slippery surfaces. Nana would much rather join the circus, work as a backhoe operator, or maybe become a detective. Which is exactly what happens in this very funny chapter book. When Nana answers an ad in the local newspaper for a detective, she arrives at the police department just in time to investigate the theft of one entire case of delicious Yumdums candy. Can one little old lady find a way to save the day and stop the candy theif from striking again?"

Please email Tammy Black at tamara@post.harvard.edu for further
information.

Fee: $10
per month and $5 for each additional child in a family.