Chapter & Verse is a national book club for members of Children's Literature Network and other children's literature enthusiasts in their communities who wish to discuss children's and young adult fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and poetry.

Read summaries of our recently discussed books.

CURRENT CHAPTERS:

MINNESOTA
Bookcase of Wayzata
Wayzata, Minnesota
Meets 7:00-8:30 pm

Northern Lights Books
Duluth, Minnesota
Meets 6:30-8:00 pm

Red Balloon Bookshop
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Meets 6:30-8:00 pm

VERMONT
Flying Pig Bookstore
Shelburne, Vermont
Meets 6:30-8:00 pm

WISCONSIN
Redbery Books
Cable, Wisconsin
Meets 6:30-8:00 pm

Let CLN know that you are beginning your own chapter so we can supply you with information before your meetings.

Then, take a photo or a video during your book club, send us a caption, and let us know what your chapter thought about the books: we'll post them on these pages about Chapter & Verse.

Our List of Recommended Books

We won't be discussing these nationwide, but your local edition of Chapter & Verse may enjoy reading and talking about these books during the Third Half-Hour:

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (mature teens)

Pennies for Elephants
by Lita Judge (picture book)

Wintergirlz by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)

	Thursday, 16 Sept 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on September 16, 2010 as our book clubs discussThe Very Little Princess by Marion Dane Bauer and Sweethearts of Rhythm by Marilyn Nelson and Jerry Pinkney.

Chapter & Verse currently has five editions, each co-sponsored by the bookstore and Children's Literature Network:

Bookcase of Wayzata, Wayzata, MN
607 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN, 952-471-8341
Vicki Palmquist leads this book club from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. During our last half-hour, bring another book for children or teens about strong women that you'd recommend to fellow book club members. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting Nancy Caffoe, children's book buyer at The Bookcase. At 8:30, feel free to look around the store, taking advantage of the 25% discount on your entire purchase offered to book club participants between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm on the evening of the book club.

The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, VT
5247 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482, 802-985-3999
Proprietor and author Elizabeth Bluemle leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members. The Flying Pig offers a 20% discount on book club books to book club members.

Northern Lights Books & Gifts, Duluth, MN
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN, 218-722-5267
Author Linda Glaser leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please call Northern Lights to have them save you a chair. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members.

The Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
891 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 651-224-8320
Heidi Hammond and Natasha Thorager lead this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting The Red Balloon. Book club books are available to book club members at a 20% discount. Each month, book club members are eligible to win one copy of each book club book to be discussed the following month. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club.

Redbery Books, Cable, WI
42785 Hwy 63, PO Box 460, Cable, WI, 715-798-5014
Proprietor Bev Bauer, a former media specialist, leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please contact the store to let them know you'll be attending Chapter & Verse. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club. 10% off your purchase on the day of the Book Club; Redbery Books will donate $1 of your purchase to TEFI to support literacy efforts.

October 21, 2010: As Easy as Falling Off the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins and Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.

November 18, 2010: The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff and Once Upon a Baby Brother by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

December 16, 2010: This entire 90 minutes will be given over to a mock Caledecott and mock Newbery discussion. We'll soon be announcing six books for consideration in each category.

January 20, 2011: Elvis and Olive: Super Detectives by Stephanie Watson and A Story with Pictures by Barbara Kanningen and Lynn Rowe Reed. Our third half-hour we invite club members' reactions to the recent Newbery and Caldecott award announcements.

Would you like to begin an edition of Chapter & Verse at your local independent bookstore? Contact us and we'll help it happen.

	Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on October 21, 2010 as our book clubs discuss As Easy as Falling Off the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins and Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.

Chapter & Verse currently has five editions, each co-sponsored by the bookstore and Children's Literature Network:

Bookcase of Wayzata, Wayzata, MN
607 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN, 952-471-8341
Vicki Palmquist leads this book club from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. During our last half-hour, bring another book for children or teens about kids on a journey or young people involved in protests. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting Nancy Caffoe, children's book buyer at The Bookcase. At 8:30, feel free to look around the store, taking advantage of the 25% discount on your entire purchase offered to book club participants between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm on the evening of the book club.

The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, VT
5247 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482, 802-985-3999
Proprietor and author Elizabeth Bluemle leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members. The Flying Pig offers a 20% discount on book club books to book club members.

Northern Lights Books & Gifts, Duluth, MN
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN, 218-722-5267
Author Linda Glaser leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please call Northern Lights to have them save you a chair. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members.

The Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
891 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 651-224-8320
Heidi Hammond and Natasha Thorager lead this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting The Red Balloon. Book club books are available to book club members at a 20% discount. Each month, book club members are eligible to win one copy of each book club book to be discussed the following month. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club.

Redbery Books, Cable, WI
42785 Hwy 63, PO Box 460, Cable, WI, 715-798-5014
Proprietor Bev Bauer, a former media specialist, leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please contact the store to let them know you'll be attending Chapter & Verse. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club. 10% off your purchase on the day of the Book Club; Redbery Books will donate $1 of your purchase to TEFI to support literacy efforts.

November 18, 2010: The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff and Once Upon a Baby Brother by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

December 16, 2010: This entire 90 minutes will be given over to a mock Caledecott and mock Newbery discussion. We'll soon be announcing six books for consideration in each category.

January 20, 2011: Elvis and Olive: Super Detectives by Stephanie Watson and A Story with Pictures by Barbara Kanningen and Lynn Rowe Reed. Our third half-hour we invite club members' reactions to the recent Newbery and Caldecott award announcements.

Would you like to begin an edition of Chapter & Verse at your local independent bookstore? Contact us and we'll help it happen.

	Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on November 18, 2010 as our book clubs discuss The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff and Once Upon a Baby Brother by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

Chapter & Verse currently has five editions, each co-sponsored by the bookstore and Children's Literature Network:

Bookcase of Wayzata, Wayzata, MN
607 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN, 952-471-8341
Vicki Palmquist leads this book club from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. During our last half-hour, bring another book for children or teens about kids on a journey or young people involved in protests. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting Nancy Caffoe, children's book buyer at The Bookcase. At 8:30, feel free to look around the store, taking advantage of the 25% discount on your entire purchase offered to book club participants between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm on the evening of the book club.

The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, VT
5247 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482, 802-985-3999
Proprietor and author Elizabeth Bluemle leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members. The Flying Pig offers a 20% discount on book club books to book club members.

Northern Lights Books & Gifts, Duluth, MN
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN, 218-722-5267
Author Linda Glaser leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please call Northern Lights to have them save you a chair. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to other book club members.

The Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
891 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 651-224-8320
Heidi Hammond and Natasha Thorager lead this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. If you'd like to join us, please reserve a chair by contacting The Red Balloon. Book club books are available to book club members at a 20% discount. Each month, book club members are eligible to win one copy of each book club book to be discussed the following month. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club.

Redbery Books, Cable, WI
42785 Hwy 63, PO Box 460, Cable, WI, 715-798-5014
Proprietor Bev Bauer, a former media specialist, leads this book club from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please contact the store to let them know you'll be attending Chapter & Verse. For our last half hour, please bring a children's or YA book you've read recently that you'd like to recommend to the book club. 10% off your purchase on the day of the Book Club; Redbery Books will donate $1 of your purchase to TEFI to support literacy efforts.

December 16, 2010: This entire 90 minutes will be given over to a mock Caledecott and mock Newbery discussion. We'll soon be announcing six books for consideration in each category.

January 20, 2011: Elvis and Olive: Super Detectives by Stephanie Watson and A Story with Pictures by Barbara Kanningen and Lynn Rowe Reed. Our third half-hour we invite club members' reactions to the recent Newbery and Caldecott award announcements.

February 17, 2011: Crank by Ellen Hopkins, a book for mature teens, and Where the Sunrise Begins by Douglas Wood.

Would you like to begin an edition of Chapter & Verse at your local independent bookstore? Contact us and we'll help it happen.