Providing adolescents and adults with disabilities
an opportunity to read and socialize with friends

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Poems Contributed by Members

Marianna's Poem

Music makes me happy
And so does book club
Reading is a joy to me
In all of your company
Along with my friends
Now and through eternity
Now you know a bit about me
Ask me more a good friend you will be

Book Club

Buddies in the summer
Oceans of fun
Oceans of Poems
Kittens are Cute

Cake we can eat
Love to do reading
U can come too!
Be a friend

Silly, giggly, having fun
Lots of poems when we are done
I like to come to book club
I like to see all my buds
I like to read lots of poems
I have lots of friends to show ’em
I tell my friends about book club
Tell them to join my buds-
We laugh, and read and have fun
From the start until we are done!

Roy’s Poem

The sun in shiny and the sky is bright.
People at the Book Club are funny.
We are family at the Book Club too
So are we too
We met a friend at the book club too.
It’s fun to be with people too.

Gallery

Check out the Next Chapter Book Club in action...

In the Spotlight

"Next Chapter Book Club: A Model Community Literacy Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities" will be published in July 2009 by Woodbine House. Authors are Tom Fish and Paula Rabidoux with Jillian Ober and Vicki Graff.

The book includes 16 chapters highlighting information for book club affiliates, program coordinators, facilitators, members, host sites, families and sponsoring organizations. Check out the Resource page to click on a link to read more about our book signing on page 8 of the Pipeline Quarterly.

Here are a few more NCBC members in action

Jillian (program coordinator) and Jeffrey welcome newcomers to the Monster Mash.

In April 2009, members and facilitators of the Thursday Panera Bread book club in Gahanna, Ohio, finished their book, "Hatchet," and celebrated Jeff's birthday. They also bade a sad farewell to facilitator Grant.

Angela, Monica, Del, and a support staff at the Monster Mash.

Rashai and Stephanie at the Monster Mash.

Pictured are members of our new club in Cologne, Germany. It is a project of the University of Cologne. Please contact Anke Gross at Anke.Gross@gmx.de.

Kara, Taylor, Lisa, Angela, Bill, and Gillian all follow along during a Book Club Tuesday night at Borders.