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A couple years ago, Shireen
Dodson was searching for ways to
spend quality time with her daughter
Morgan. So, she started the Mother
Daughter Book Club. The club,
which includes 13 girls and their
mothers, meets monthly at one of
the members' liomes. The mom pre
pares the food and the girl serves as
hostess and leads discussion about
that month's book. The girls talk
about the book's plot and characters
and setting. When they read Charlie
Pippin, for example, they learned
about the Vietnam War. The mothers
can join in the discussion, too. But
the girls cut the moms off if their
comments get too long or take over
the conversation.
The girls choose each month's
selection from a book list their
mothers put together. The book club,
however, is not just about books and
reading. It's about explaining, ques
tioning and learning. As such, the
club helps the girls and their mothers
find out how each other feels about
different issues. As a result, it
strengthens the ties between mothers
and daughters.
Ms. Dodson wrote about the club in
The Mother-Daufhter Book Club:
How Ten Busy Mothers and
Daughters Came Together to Talk,
Laugh and Learn Through Their
Love of Reading (Harper Collins).
Her daughter, Morgan Fykes, a sixth
grader at National Cathedral School
in Washington, D C., enjoys reading.
That's why 1 like the book club so
much," she says. "The other good
things about it are I get to play and
talk more with my friends and I get
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to be with my mom and hear her
ideas when they aren't about clean
ing up or doing my homework."
The other young members also get a
lot out of the club. "One of the
things I like best about The Mother
Daughter Book Club," says Rebecca
Chastang, "is that 1 am now more
aware of what my mom does, what
she thinks is important, what I think
is important, the things we do
together and some of the things I
want to do and don't want to do now
when I grow up."
Although Ms. Dodson started the
book club with her daughter in
mind, the idea will also work for
fathers and sons. For more informa
tion, get your mom or dad to read
Ms. Dodson's book.
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Greetings from Japan,
We visited a beautiful water garden. Koi and poi, large goldfish, swam among
lilies in a pond. A gentle waterfall spilled over smooth stones. It was so peaceful
there.
Afterwards, we donned kimonos ? traditional silk robes ? and attended a tea
ceremony. That evening we snacked on sushi<>bite-sized portions of vegetables
and raw fish prepared like works of art.
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