{"id":111941,"date":"2025-08-02T03:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111941\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:24:11","slug":"dekalb-library-to-host-childrens-book-clubs-this-august-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111941\/","title":{"rendered":"DeKalb library to host children\u2019s book clubs this August \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dekalb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dekalb\/\">DeKalb<\/a> Public Library invites young readers to join two book clubs in August, each tailored to a different age group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Students entering kindergarten through second grade can join Bookworm Barbs, which will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. This month\u2019s featured title is \u201cJoJo Makoons: The Used-to-be Best Friend\u201d by Dawn Quigley, a story about a spirited Ojibwe girl navigating friendship changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">At 4 p.m. the same day, the BARB (Books Are Really Brilliant) Book Club will meet for students in grades 3 to 5. The group will discuss \u201cWild Wave,\u201d a survival tale about two friends facing the aftermath of a tsunami. Meetings include games and snacks tied to the book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Copies of both books are available at the Children\u2019s Department desk while supplies last. Registration is required at <a href=\"https:\/\/dkpl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dkpl.org\">dkpl.org<\/a> due to limited space. Both clubs meet in the library\u2019s Story &amp; Activity Room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">For more details, contact Laura at lauraw@dkpl.org or call (815) 756-9568, Ext. 3350.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DeKalb Public Library invites young readers to join two book clubs in August, each tailored to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,70865,50014,70866,171,425,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-111941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-dekalb","10":"tag-dekalb-county","11":"tag-dekalb-county-front-headlines","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-local","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114957036019224704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}