The mother-daughter book club :
Dodson, Shireen.
The mother-daughter book club : how ten busy mothers and daughters came together to talk, laugh, and learn through their love of reading / - New York : HarperPerennial, c1997. - 296 p. ; 24 cm.
"A Seth Godin production."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
1. Why start a mother-daughter book club? -- 2. How to organize your book club -- 3. The organizational meeting : prelude to a great year -- 4. How to find and read books -- 5. How to structure and lead groups -- 6. Discussion -- 7. The mother-daughter dialogue -- 8. Girls will be girls : age and attitudes -- 9. Using themes to guide choices -- 10. Beyond the books.
Combining the practical with the personal, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another. At a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, The "Mother-Daughter Book Club" shows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem.
0060952423 9780060952426
97003702
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Mothers and daughters.
Mothers--Books and reading.
Daughters--Books and reading.
LC6619 / .D63 1997
372.41/62
The mother-daughter book club : how ten busy mothers and daughters came together to talk, laugh, and learn through their love of reading / - New York : HarperPerennial, c1997. - 296 p. ; 24 cm.
"A Seth Godin production."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
1. Why start a mother-daughter book club? -- 2. How to organize your book club -- 3. The organizational meeting : prelude to a great year -- 4. How to find and read books -- 5. How to structure and lead groups -- 6. Discussion -- 7. The mother-daughter dialogue -- 8. Girls will be girls : age and attitudes -- 9. Using themes to guide choices -- 10. Beyond the books.
Combining the practical with the personal, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another. At a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, The "Mother-Daughter Book Club" shows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem.
0060952423 9780060952426
97003702
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Mothers and daughters.
Mothers--Books and reading.
Daughters--Books and reading.
LC6619 / .D63 1997
372.41/62