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By Kim Vij 37 Comments

Announcing our Year Long Virtual Book Club for Kids!

Here’s your chance to bring a book and teacher created ideas right into your home for your child each month!  We’re so excited to announce our year long Virtual Book Club for Kids.  Each month we will spotlight a new author and each participating blogger will pick a book to focus on that month. We’ll share book related crafts and activities the 3rd Monday of each month and we’d love to invite you to join in!
Just discovering our virtual book club?  Join the 2016-2017 Weekly Virtual Book Club Here.  SIGN UP for our Book Activities Newsletters for the latest book themed ideas.

Our co-hosts, Kristina at Toddler Approved and Danielle at Mommy & Me Book Club, have worked together with me and several other kid blogging friends to put together this amazing list of authors for us to focus on this year! Check out the author list below and a few books we have featured by each author.  You can click on each book to read to find out more about the authors and books!  Start putting a hold on books or ordering to get ready for some fun!  Remember it’s ANY book from that Author!

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Our Yearlong Virtual Book Club Author Picks…

September 17th – Lois Ehlert

 

October 15th – Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

November 19th – Tomie de Paola

 

December 17th – Jan Brett

 

January 21st – David McPhail

 

February 18th – Dr. Seuss

 

March 18th – Julia Donaldson

 

April 15th – David Shannon

 

May 20th – Leo Lionni

 

June 17th – Gail Gibbons

 

July 15th – Jez Alborough 

August 19th – Donald Crews

 

Here’s a reminder of what you need to do each month…

  1. Comment below and let us know that you are joining in!
  2. Pick your favorite book by that month’s author (or a new one you want to check out) and read it with your child or class.
  3. Create an activity, project, craft, cooking project, etc. related to the book and do it.
  4. Come back and share it with us as part of a big blog hop on the third Monday of the month. The linky will be live for 3 weeks, so if you aren’t ready to post on the exact date… just join in when you can!  You can grab the linky code for your site too!

 

We’ll be be posting reminders at the beginning of each month to help you remember which author we are spotlighting!

 

So, if you’re joining in… start reserving some books at your library right now! Or, if you’re like me and can’t ever remember to return library books, start looking for cheap books online! We can’t wait to see which books you choose to explore.

 

For more updates and to see loads of the posts by participating bloggers, head on over and “Like” our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook page.  Participants will get the chance to be on our Virtual Book Club for Kids Pinterest Board too.

 

Here’s our Summer Virtual Book Club Posts to get you inspired!

June- Mo Willems
July- Don and Audrey Wood
August- Kevin Henkes

Here are several of the bloggers that will be participating in this year’s Virtual Book Club for Kids:
Toddler Approved – Mommy and Me Book Club – The Educators’ Spin On It – Adventures in Reading with Kids – 3 Dinosaurs – Crafty Moms Share – Creekside Learning – Creative Family Fun – PlayDrMom – Edventures with Kids – Inspiration Laboratories – Juggling with Kids – Kitchen Counter Chronicles – Mama Smiles – Mom 2 Two Posh Divas –  No Twiddle Twaddle, – Outlaw Mom – Pleasantest Thing –  Playing With Words 365 –  Rainy Day Mum –  Ready. Set. Read 2 Me – Reading Confetti – Royal Baloo – Teach Preschool – The Good Long Road – The Usual Mayhem – Two Big Two Little –
You might recognize a few names above from our Love Books Exchange this Summer!

Just discovering our virtual book club?  Join the 2016-2017 Weekly Virtual Book Club Here.

SIGN UP for our Book Activities Newsletters for the latest book themed ideas.

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. notyoureverydaycookie says

    September 1, 2012 at 9:16 am

    This is going to be so much fun! I'll definitely be participating!!

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  2. Anne says

    September 1, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Love the author picks and I need a schedule to keep me working – count me in!

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  3. Growing Book by Book says

    September 1, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Growing Book by Book would love to participate this year! Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous says

    September 1, 2012 at 11:23 am

    Can't wait to get started!

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  5. Eddie says

    September 1, 2012 at 11:58 am

    Count us in please, for at least most of them!

    Reply
  6. Kylie 's mom says

    September 1, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    Do I have to be a blogger? Will I be sharing my project here?

    I do want to be a part of this 🙂 Thank you! I'm sure my little girl will love it as well.

    Reply
  7. Jamie says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    This is so inspiring! My little girl and boy at home will love this and I'm sure my Firsties will benefit, too! I'm in!

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  8. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    You can share your project on facebook page or email it to us so we can share it for you with other parents. I'm so glad you want to take part!

    Reply
  9. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:37 pm

    So glad you're joining us Jamie! I think that's one of the best things about Book Club is that the activities can be gaged for different age groups within the same book. Can't wait to see what you share!

    Reply
  10. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    So glad you're joining us! We've been having fun with it all summer long and are so happy to continue.

    Reply
  11. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    I like having the schedule ahead of time too, my brain will start planning things out over time. I'm so glad you're joining us!

    Reply
  12. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    We're excited you're joining us! Can't wait to see what you share.

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  13. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    Excited you're joining us! No pressure for each month they link ups are open for 3 weeks so you have time to participate at your convenience. Sometimes I get inspired by what i've seen others share too.

    Reply
  14. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    So glad you're joining us! Can't wait to see what your little scientists create and which books you choose!

    Reply
  15. Jamie says

    September 1, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    You all have inspired me more than you know!

    Reply
  16. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 2, 2012 at 12:21 am

    I'm so glad we've inspired you to join along on your blog! It's pretty easy once a month. Key is to check out library books early enough to get inspired.

    Reply
  17. 3boysplus says

    September 2, 2012 at 1:13 am

    What a great idea. This is just the type of activity I have been looking include in our routine. Nice selection of authors too.

    Reply
  18. Julie says

    September 2, 2012 at 10:10 am

    I'd like to participate at Just Playin' Around. Should we choose from the two books shown for each author, or do we choose any book by the author?

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  19. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    Julie you can pick ANY book by the author of the month! So glad you're joining us!

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  20. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 2, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Thanks, we worked hard on this author list. There are tons out there but we figured these are what most preschool and elementary school teachers use in their classrooms and easy to find. So glad you're joining us!

    Reply
  21. Keli says

    September 2, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    YAY! I've been seeing the virtual book club posts around all summer and was hoping it would continue through the school year so we could participate 🙂 super excited to join in!!

    Reply
  22. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    September 2, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I'm so glad you found us and are joining this school year!

    Reply
  23. Kelli says

    September 3, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    I have been trying to do all kinds of projects with my 2 little ones for about a month now, and trying to do things everyday. Can't wait to add this to my list!!! 🙂

    Reply
  24. apetta says

    September 5, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Such a great idea! Hope to keep up! Love the list of books

    Reply
  25. Erin says

    September 7, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    I don't have a blog…but I think my twins will love this! We will join in!!

    Reply
  26. nanashous says

    September 8, 2012 at 2:15 am

    Love this idea. I am an after school tutor through AmeriCorps. We are always looking for new ideas to bring reading and the printed word to our students!

    Reply
  27. Melissa says

    September 9, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    We are joining in! Very excited. I am a SAHM and I have a four year old son. I wasn't familiar with many of these authors (oops!) so it has been fun to go research them and find books! I am new at blogging so not sure exactly how to share my blog. It's http://www.melissa-godwarrior.blogspot.com

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  28. danielka says

    September 12, 2012 at 7:03 am

    I would love to join in for most of these, I will have to miss the first one. Great idea!

    Reply
  29. Melissa says

    September 12, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    We'd love to join, thank you! My blog is private, so I don't think it will share the link if I post on here.

    Reply
  30. JennyRose says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Sounds fun! My tot and I are in! I may start a blog on it!

    Reply
  31. Katie says

    September 14, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    We would like to join!

    Reply
  32. Anonymous says

    September 16, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    I don't have a blog, but I will be following on facebook and pinterest for sure! I can't wait….something for all 4 of my kiddos!

    Reply
  33. Jaclyn says

    September 18, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Looking forward to follow along. Hoping that my two year old isn't too young.

    Reply
  34. Amanda says

    September 20, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    Would love to join in!! My daughter and I are head to our local library regularly. What fun!

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  35. CreativeFunMum says

    September 20, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    We are definitely joining … not worth missing as it is so nice to learn about different authors and the different ideas on learning from these books.

    Reply
  36. Nanette says

    March 2, 2013 at 12:33 am

    Just watched the first Hangout and found out about your virtual book club and want to join in please.

    Reply
  37. Nanette says

    March 2, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    How do I join in?

    Reply

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