Join us for our spring LP Kids Spring Book Club with Mrs. Christen Swope, Edgewood Elementary's enrichment teacher!
- Monday, July 14, 3-4pm at LP Homewood
- Snack and drink provided
- $10 per child
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Parents are welcome to join at no cost or you may drop your child off
2nd through 5th graders are invited to read the praised, Ferris, by Kate Dicamillo and join us in discussion. You are also welcome to drop your child off for this event or read along with us and join in the conversation!
You can purchase Ferris here or on our app and in store.
About This Book
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.
It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans--wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a specter with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?
As Charisse likes to say, "Every good story is a love story," and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages: emotionally resonant and healing, showing the two-time Newbery Medalist at her most playful, universal, and profound.
