Kids Corner Book Club

On the first Wednesday of every month, librarian Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia will join us to talk books - and he will also announce that month's selection for the Kids Corner Book Club. You then have one month to read the book and share your review! You can submit your review below or just call during the next Bookmobile segment to share your thoughts on our monthly selection in the Kids Corner Book Club!

And be sure to visit the Kids Corner Bookmobile for more great reading suggestions!

The May Selection

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
by Jules Verne

When a mysterious sea monster starts sinking and destroying ships on the high seas marine biologist Professor Aronnax and his two companions agree to investigate these series of attacks with the crew of the ship Abraham Lincoln. The men encounter what they believe is the monster and meet Captain Nemo who leads them on a worldwide underwater adventure. Grades 7-9

Previous Selections

April 2012: Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
March 2012: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
February 2012: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
January 2012: Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers

December 2011: The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
November 2011: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
October 2011: The Witches by Roald Dahl
September 2011: Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
August 2011: A Tale of Redwall: The Rogue Crew by Brian Jacques (Series)
July 2011: Five Children And It by Edith Nesbit
June 2011: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 2011: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
April 2011: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jone
March 2011: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
February 2011: no selection this month
January 2011: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

December 2010: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (Series)
November 2010: The Borrowers by Mary Norton
October 2010: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
September 2010: Matilda by Roald Dahl
August 2010: Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Sha
July 2010: The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
June 2010: The Ruins of Gorlan #1 by John Flanagan
May 2010: Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
April 2010: What’s The Weather Inside - Poems by Karma Wilson
March 2010: Seekers: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter
February 2010: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
January 2010: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

December 2009: Sisters Grimm 1 by Michael Buckley
November 2009: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
October 2009: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
September 2009: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen