We continue our year-long travels around the world our Family Dinner Book Club . It’s a year of Around the World Family Dinner Book Club and our second stop is Colombia.
We have lots of ideas to plan your menu, make table decoration crafts, have great conversations about the book and complete a family service project. We have thought of everything you could need to make your dinner successful! So, get a copy of the book and join in on the fun.
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Are you new to Family Dinner Book Club? Here is a little background… Family Dinner Book Club is a monthly book club for your family.
- On the first of each month, we provide all the details for your dinner.
- Sarah from Chef Sarah Elizabeth shares a themed menu to compliment the book.
- Laura from Sunny Day Family shares easy table crafts.
- And, I will share conversation starters and a service project for your family.
We invite you to share a picture from your dinner with us anytime during the month on our Family Dinner Book Club Facebook page. Plus, you will want to follow along there for more bonus ideas to use with the books each month.
Now, on to all of the details!
Colombia: Waiting for the Biblioburro
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The Book
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown is the story of a little girl named Ana. She lives in a very small village in Colombia where books are scarce. She anxiously awaits the Biblioburro to come so she can choose a book to read. Even though the visits of the traveling library are infrequent, she is inspired to create her own story while she waits. Waiting for the Biblioburro is inspired by the real-life librarian, Luis Soriano.
More Books
If you are looking for an alternate book or more books to read about Colombia, I recommend the following title.
Waiting For the Biblioburro is told from the perspective of a child. For a version told from the perspective of the librarian, try Biblioburro: A True Story From Colombia by Winter.
Topics
Here are six conversation starters to get your dinner book club rolling. Just click on the link below for a one-page file that you can print and then cut apart. Use the cards on your chosen dinner night. You, of course, don’t have to use all of them or you may even have some other discussion points that developed while you were reading. These are just meant to be a guide. Enjoy your dinner conversation!
CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE SET OF CONVERSATION STARTERS
How is Ana’s morning the same and different as your typical morning?
Do you think Alpha and Beto were good names for the burros? Why?
How is Ana’s library the same and different as your library?
Tell about the last book you wrote.
Did you know that some communities don’t have libraries? Why?
If you could design a traveling library, what would it look like?
Family Service Project
This month collect books to donate those in need. You could gather books in your own home that you don’t read anymore. You could also ask friends and families to do the same.
Here are a few places you can donate your collected books.
- Little Free Library– find one or more in your community
- Local Library- many collect donated books for book sales
- Local Church- churches will often take donations for families in need
- Family in the Community- pass books to a community member who has young children
Table Decorations and Menu
Now, head over to Chef Sarah Elizabeth to get the menu.—>click here for the menu
Then, check out the table craft at Sunny Day Family.—>click here for the make your own book craft
More Resources for Exploring Colombia
Colombia is well known for coffee harvesting. Check out his short video showing the process.—>SEE THE VIDEO
This video takes you on a visual tour of the country.—>SEE THE VIDEO
Around the World Family Dinner Book Club FREE Planner
The very talented Laura from Sunny Day Family has put together a fantastic Family Dinner Book Club planner for you. This FREE resource comes with a book list, a planning guide (grocery list, supplies, needed, etc.), a passport sheet you can stamp for each country visited, and a world map to mark the countries you visited.
CLICK HERE to Get Your FREE 2017 Family Dinner Book Club Planner
Clicking on the link above will take you to a screen to enter your email address. The planner will be emailed to you immediately. You will also receive the weekly Growing Book by Book newsletter.
We hope you are inspired to create a fun and meaningful Family Dinner Book Club with your own family. Remember that we want to see pictures of your dinner. Please share them our special Family Dinner Book Club Facebook page.
You can see all the books being featured this year.—>Around the World Family Dinner Book Club Line-Up
And, join us again next month for another Family Dinner Book Club when we will travel to Africa and read Anna Hibiscus. 
sarah says
This was a great book, and these family service project ideas are perfecT! So fun to travel around the world and learn about other cultures, too.