{"id":6214,"date":"2018-12-22T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2018\/12\/22\/11-year-old-starts-books-n-bros-book-club\/"},"modified":"2020-06-02T02:31:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T02:31:01","slug":"11-year-old-starts-books-n-bros-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/22\/11-year-old-starts-books-n-bros-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Year old starts \u201cBooks N Bros\u201d book club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6213\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/281f744b98757c0971d91a65a5ed2edd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1036\" height=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sidney Keys, an 11-year old African-American, noticed that his St. Louis school library had very few books about kids like himself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>So he started <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Books n Bros<\/span><span class=\"s3\">, a book club for 8- to 12-year-olds who get together and read African-American literature.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Sidney also wanted to improve literacy among his peers, as he saw many of them stop reading by age 8 or 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">There\u2019s a St. Louis-area bookstore that focuses on African-American culture, and they\u2019ve been a big help with suggested readings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>After seven months Sidney\u2019s club has over 30 members who get together once a month to read out loud and discuss what they are reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Sidney\u2019s mom has seen a real difference in her son.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHe&#8217;s more confident,\u201d she said. \u201cHe speaks up for himself more.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He&#8217;s a different kind of kid than he was before the book club.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Sidney&#8217;s school has decided to diversify the literature on its bookshelves.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And Sidney explained, \u201cWhat makes me really happy is seeing all the happy faces of all my members \u2013 so happy about reading.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">How about encouraging other young school children to start book clubs based on shared interests, whether those are cultural or sports related or whatever!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Parents can provide snacks for meetings, school librarians can help pick out books, and perhaps a local business would be willing to donate a set of paperbacks for the club members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Spread the Good News!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Marty<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidney Keys, an 11-year old African-American, noticed that his St. Louis school library had very few books about kids like himself.\u00a0 So he started Books n Bros, a book club for 8- to 12-year-olds who get together and read African-American literature.\u00a0 Sidney also wanted to improve literacy among his peers,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/22\/11-year-old-starts-books-n-bros-book-club\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":6213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[3255,3229,3401,3149],"class_list":["entry","author-dad","post-6214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-random-good-news","tag-books","tag-children","tag-club","tag-reading"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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