Adult Reads
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
By Jessica Lahey
Says Lahey, “Over-parenting has the potential to ruin a child’s confidence and undermine their education.” To avoid the helicopter-parent trap, the author provides a specific plan to deal with typical parenting issues such as homework, sports, and social dynamics.
By allowing children to experience failure, Lahey argues, they will learn the art of problem solving and grow exponentially as individuals.
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Let’s Play: (Un)Curriculum Early Learning Adventures
By Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger
With an emphasis on play as the best way to experience new learning skills, authors Johnson and Dinger have filled this book with fun and budget-friendly activities that help develop language, cognitive and motor skills. Let’s Play is a great title to help your youngster prepare for kindergarten.
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The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way
By Amanda Ripley
Ripley extensively researched three teens who volunteered to attend school for one year in South Korea, Poland and Finland. She documented how rigorous educational policies and parental attitudes have helped to create exceptional educational standards in each country.
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
By Paul Tough
Tough suggests there is less of a correlation between IQ points and a child’s future success than we’d believe. In How Children Succeed, he includes new research that suggests curiosity and tenacity are better indicators of future success. He also suggests ways parents and teachers can encourage children to develop these traits.
Kids' Reads
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Waiting
By Kevin Henkes
This 2016 Caldecott Honor Book follows the lives of five toys, patiently waiting for something to happen. Ages 4-8.
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Last Stop on Market Street
By Matt de la Peña
C.J. spends every Sunday doing the same things with his grandmother, and longs for a change. Last Stop on Market Street won a 2016 Newbery Medal. Ages 5 and up.
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The War That Saved My Life
By Kimberly Bradley
Ava and her brother are evacuated to the countryside during World War II, and it is the best thing that ever happened to her. The War That Saved My Life is a 2016 Newbery Honor Book. Ages 9-12.
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Echo
By Pam Munoz Ryan
Echo, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, is a mashup of three stories and three settings, woven together in a celebration of the power of music. Ages 10-14.
Book Club Selection
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
By Daniel James Brown
The Boys in the Boat is the dramatic but true story of the American rowing team that participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics during the Third Reich.
The ragtag University of Washington team – comprised of sons of farmers, loggers and shipyard workers – went on to defeat esteemed rivals from all over the world (including Hitler’s German crew), earning a gold medal while their homeland suffered through the Great Depression.
Brown’s novel includes excerpts and photos from the boys’ own journals to tell this inspiring story about rising above life’s greatest challenges.
To be added to the Dublin Life Book Club mailing list and for more information on how to receive a complimentary copy of the next book, email Editor Hannah Bealer at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com. Copies will be available on a limited basis. We’ll meet at 7 p.m., April 26, at La Chatelaine French Bakery and Bistro, 65 W. Bridge St., to share our thoughts on the book. Enjoy!
