Another meeting has come and gone and Princess Lorelei finally has her prince. She's still a bit black and blue from the pea, but they are now happily married. We had a fun time talking about The Princess Test at the meeting. We compared Gail Carson Levine's retelling to the original story by Hans Christian Anderson. We liked having more background on the princess. It made her more like a real person. We also decided Trudy wasn't a very nice person and that she could have handled the situation with Lorelei a little bit better. Overall, the book was well liked and I know it's one of my favorites.
There are going to be some differences in our next meeting. Because December seems to be such a busy month, I decided to combine the Junior and Senior chapters of the Mother Daughter Book Club. Because of that I had to pick a book myself ahead of time so both groups will read the same book. I decided on...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids - probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I do. It's a wonderful story to help you get the Holiday spirit. We will meet on December 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm. Along with the book discussion, we will be doing a small service project to help those in need. I hope to see you there!
Gloria
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