Refugees

[close] Bezubaan Book Club is a safe space dedicated to those who would like to read books by Afghan authors and have open discussions about the literature available to the world regarding Afghan lives at home and abroad. We will explore a variety of works including fiction, non-fiction, autobiographical, and semi-autobiographical works. Reading about these stories can help encourage us to do better, be better, and encourage better all around us. A book club dedicated to reading books by Afghan authors about Afghan lives.

[close] William Nicholson, author of Shadowlands wrote, “We read to know we're not alone.” In this session, learn how to build up your English Language Learners with free reading books that will help them feel welcome. Gain some techniques for implementing successful choice reading in the secondary classroom with a selection of books that will be inspiring for all learners and help learners new to English to engage with text. We will also discuss some of the best ways to encourage struggling readers, how to talk about what we're reading, and how to assess student's reading growth at the secondary level without standardized tests. Please feel free to bring some book titles you've loved in your classroom or school.

[close] Novels set in the present and future that have global warming and climate change as the stage, setting or background.

[close] This is your chance to read from a new perspective. Follow the well worn lines of walking in someone else's shoes. Maybe even go on an adventure with a protagonist who is nothing like you. The goal of the Big Picture Book Club is to learn about those more vulnerable in our society, and see how it might change your own perspective. This is not meant to be a political group, though 2016 taught us to look more closely at how politics are shaping our own perspective.