It’s time to announce the featured book for Family Dinner Book Club for February! We had so much fun with January Family Dinner Book Club when we featured Winnie-the-Pooh. This month we have selected a picture book that was released in 2013. I was instantly impressed when I read it last year.
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The Family Dinner Book Club selection for February is…
The Day the Crayons Quit
In this story, Duncan wants to color, but when he opens his crayon box he discovers a stack of letters addressed to him. Each crayon has written a letter to Duncan expressing how they are utilized too much or not colored with enough. Each crayon has a very convincing argument!
Participating in Family Dinner Book Club is easy and fun!
How Family Dinner Book Club Works
1. So, get your copy of The Days the Crayons Quit and start reading. You can borrow it from the library or from a friend, purchase it or enter our giveaway for a free copy below!
2. Then, on February 15th, check back here for all your Family Dinner Book Club preparation needs. Links will be provided for your dinner conversation table topics from Growing Book by Book, arts and crafts table decorations from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom and your book related menu from Daisy at Home.
3. Decide which night towards the end of February works best for your family to have Family Dinner Book Club. Set the table, prepare the food and settle in for a nice cozy dinner to discuss the book.
4. Don’t forget to snap a picture of your Family Dinner Book Club and share it with us on our Family Dinner Book Club Facebook page!
5. Then, head back here on March 1st, to see our new title for the month of March and participate all over again!
Would you like a chance to receive a copy of The Days the Crayons Quit? Just enter for your chance to win in the Rafflecopter below. You must be at least 18 years-old to enter. We can only ship to USA addresses. Entries will be accepted through 2/3/14 at 11:59 pm. One winner will be selected and notified via email. The winner has 48 hrs. to respond to the email. Another entrant will be selected after that time if a response has not been received. Good luck!
Author, Drew Daywalt says his favorite crayon is black. Illustrator, Oliver Jeffers says his is striped. So, what is your favorite crayon color?
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PragmaticMom says
I love The Day The Crayons Quit! What a great idea to have a family dinner book club!! Thanks so much for sharing at the Kid Lit Blog Hop!!
Katie @ Youth Literature Reviews says
What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing this with the Kid Lit Blog Hop!
Maria says
I love the dinner book club idea and I am looking forward to your future posts! It looks like a very cute book!
Thank you for linking up at the Kid Lit Blog Hop
Maria
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Heather C says
I have not heard of this book before. Perfect book to try out!
maryanne @ mama smiles says
I need to find this book at the library! Love this book club idea!
Lynda says
This is a great book and I think a family book club would be fun to try!
Amanda@ Dirt and Boogers says
I just saw this book at the store and thought it was so cute! It’s on my list of “must have books”.
rachelle says
I look forward to checking this book out and wonder if it could be used as a mentor text for persuasive letter writing in writers workshop.
Jodie Rodriguez says
Yes Rachelle, it would be an excellent mentor text for persuasive letter writing!
Mattie says
What a great idea! I just saw this book the other day and it made me giggle. I’d love a copy!
Erin says
We’re excited to be doing this again — we’ve added three more families to our “family not-quite-dinner book club” this month!
Melissa says
This book has been on my list to get for my girls. We are going to try the book club this month to see what they think – I think it sounds like a fun idea!
Jodie Rodriguez says
Yeah Melissa! I can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Jennifer Fischer says
We absolutely LOVE this book. It was one of our favorites that we discovered at our library in 2013.
Lisette says
I love this idea! We’ll be joining in! 🙂
I’ve actually never read this one! It’s always on my list but somehow we never make it home with it! Must read it! 🙂
Jodie Rodriguez says
So glad you are joining in Lisette!
Koogle says
I love your idea for this book club! We got a bit of a late start in January…and are finishing up Winnie-the-Pooh now.
Looking forward to The Day the Crayons Quit in February!
Jodie Rodriguez says
Can’t wait to hear how your dinner goes for Winnie-the-Pooh and so glad you will be doing The Days the Crayons Quit too!
Claire says
This is one of my daughter’s favorite books! She just asked to read it yesterday. I can’t wait to add a fun dinner and activities.
Jodie Rodriguez says
Yeah, I’m sure you will have so much fun with it!
Susan Bubak says
Thank you for creating this my family is enjoying the bonding over books
Jodie Rodriguez says
I’m so glad Susan!
D.Nichols says
This is a great idea. What a great family fun night!
Kerin says
We really enjoyed last month! Thank you for doing this!