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.

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

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, 18 Mar 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on March 18, 2010 for our monthly book discussion. We'll be reading Grace Lin's novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Our picture book selection is A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee.

Chapter & Verse currently has four 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 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.

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
Gail Nordstrom leads 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.

Upcoming book discussions:

April 15, 2010: In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth (novel) and Lucy Long Ago by Catherine Thimmesh (nonfiction picture book).

May 20, 2010: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (novel) and Funny Business by Leonard Marcus.

June 17, 2010: Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster (classic epistolary novel) and Emma's Poem: the Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser, illus by Claire A. Nivola (nonfiction picture book)

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

	Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on April 15, 2010 for our monthly book discussion. We'll be reading Loretta Ellsworth's YA novel In a Heartbeat. Our nonfiction picture book selection is Lucy Long Ago by Catherine Thimmesh.

Chapter & Verse currently has four 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 science book, fiction or nonfiction, for children or teens, 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.

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
Gail Nordstrom leads 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.

Upcoming book discussions:

May 20, 2010: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (novel) and Funny Business by Leonard Marcus.

June 17, 2010: Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster (classic epistolary novel) and Emma's Poem: the Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser, illus by Claire A. Nivola (nonfiction picture book)

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

	Thursday, 20 May 2010 see store listing for time

Please join us on May 20, 2010 for our monthly book discussion. We'll be reading Megan Whalen Turner's novel The Thief. Our nonfiction selection is Funny Business by Leonard Marcus.

Chapter & Verse currently has four 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 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.

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
Gail Nordstrom leads 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.

June 17, 2010: Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster (classic epistolary novel) and Emma's Poem: the Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser, illus by Claire A. Nivola (nonfiction picture book)

July 15, 2010: Split by Swati Avasthi (young adult novel) and Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) by Lucy Nolan.

August 19, 2010: The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis.

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