Wild and Free Book Club: 28 Activities to Make Books Come Alive

by Ainsley Arment

Overview

From Wild + Free, a wonderful collection of creative activities for parents, educators, and caregivers filled with engaging and fun ideas to help kids fall in love with literature and reading.

Foster a love of reading in your child with Wild + Free Book Club. An invaluable educational resource curated by Wild + Free families around the world, this full-color illustrated book offers imaginative suggestions for creating themed book clubs for kids. Here are hands-on activities, games, food, and decoration ideas inspired by a carefully chosen list of beloved classic novels, as well as discussion questions about plots and themes that engage kids minds and sparks their curiosity.

Wild + Free Book Club is filled with fun ideas for each book, including:

• Anne of Green Gables—host a picnic tea party
• The Secret Garden—craft a terrarium, a secret garden of your own
• Charlotte’s Web—host an old-time country fair
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe—turn your front door into a magical portal to Narnia

With step-by-step instructions, lush photography, and family-tested and kid-approved activities, Wild + Free Book Club will help parents and educators inspire children and instill a lifelong passion for literature and the joy of books.

The Wild + Free Book Club reading list:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 

Anne of Green Gables 

Around the World in 80 Days 

Black Beauty 

Charlotte’s Web 

The Crossover

Esperanza Rising

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Farmer Boy 

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 

The Green Ember 

Heidi 

The Hobbit 

Island of the Blue Dolphins 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 

Little House in the Big Woods 

A Little Princess

Little Women 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

My Side of the Mountain 

Peter Pan 

Pippi Longstocking

Robin Hood 

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

The Secret Garden

The Swiss Family Robinson 

Treasure Island 

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062998224
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/25/2021
Series:	Wild and Free Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	65 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Ainsley Arment is the founder and leader of Wild + Free and co-host of the weekly Wild + Free Podcast. As she leads this movement of raising her kids and homeschooling in a new way, she thinks deeply about making the most out of life and ensuring that her children have a fertile seedbed for their own uniqueness and creativity. She and her husband Ben are raising their five kids, Wyatt, Dylan, Cody, Annie, and Millie, in Virginia Beach.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Bringing Books to Life ix

How to Host a Book Club 1

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4

Anne of Green Gables 10

Around the World in Eighty Days 16

Black Beauty 23

Charlotte's Web 29

The Crossover 36

Esperanza Rising 44

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 52

Mother-Daughter Book Club 58

Farmer Bay 62

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 69

The Green Ember 75

Heidi 80

The Habbit 85

Island of the Blue Dolphins 92

Falling in Love with Authors 98

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 102

Little House in the Big Woods 108

A Little Princess 114

Little Women 119

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 123

My Side of the Mountain 129

Collaborating with Great Authors 134

Peter Pan 138

Pippi Langstocking 145

Robin Hood 151

Roll of Thunder. Hear My Cry 155

The Secret Garden 163

The Swiss Family Robinson 169

Treasure Island 175

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 179

Contributors 185

About Wild + Free 193

Credits 195