THE NEXT CHAPTER

Providing adolescents and adults with disabilities
an opportunity to read and socialize with friends

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Poems Contributed by Members

Marianna's Poem

Music makes me happy
And so does book club
Reading is a joy to me
In all of your company
Along with my friends
Now and through eternity
Now you know a bit about me
Ask me more a good friend you will be

Book Club

Buddies in the summer
Oceans of fun
Oceans of Poems
Kittens are Cute

Cake we can eat
Love to do reading
U can come too!
Be a friend

Silly, giggly, having fun
Lots of poems when we are done
I like to come to book club
I like to see all my buds
I like to read lots of poems
I have lots of friends to show ’em
I tell my friends about book club
Tell them to join my buds-
We laugh, and read and have fun
From the start until we are done!

Roy’s Poem

The sun in shiny and the sky is bright.
People at the Book Club are funny.
We are family at the Book Club too
So are we too
We met a friend at the book club too.
It’s fun to be with people too.

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Check out the Next Chapter Book Club in action...

A mockup of the In the Spotlight

"Next Chapter Book Club: A Model Community Literacy Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities" will be published in July 2009 by Woodbine House. Authors are Tom Fish and Paula Rabidoux with Jillian Ober and Vicki Graff.

The book includes 16 chapters highlighting information for book club affiliates, program coordinators, facilitators, members, host sites, families and sponsoring organizations. Check out the Resource page to click on a link to read more about our book signing on page 8 of the Pipeline Quarterly.

 

Here are a few more NCBC members in action

Angela, Monica, Del, and a support staff at the Monster Mash. Angela was an angel with white and gold gown, white wings, and a gold crown. Monica wore a cowgirl hat, blue denim jacket, white jeans and a gold belt with her hair in braids. Del was dressed in white as a doctor with a stethoscope. His support staff was wearing a red cap and gray sweatshirt.
Seven book club members standing behind a table at Borders cafe in Fort Wayne, Indiana.The new club in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, met at Borders for their first session in November 2006.
Sixteen clubs gathered for a Monster Mash in Columbus, Ohio, to celebrate Halloween in October 2006. Roy won the costume contest hands down! Roy's winning Halloween costume had a pink hat and pink tie with black diamonds, yellow jacket with black dots, and green pants with black diamonds. He also wore a colorful wig.
Rashai dressed as an orange jack-o-lantern with black triangle eyes and nose on her shirt. Stephanie was an Ohio State Buckeye fan with a red shirt, white number 10, buckeye necklace, and a white visor.Rashai and Stephanie at the Monster Mash.
Kimberly enjoyed the Graeter's ice cream at the Monster Mash. Kimberly's costume was a big orange ball with colorful patches in blue, yellow and green. She had short blond hair with bangs and rosy cheeks.
Kara wore a blue lab tech's coat over a gray T-shirt. Tom wore a wig, sunglasses, and blue Hawaiian shirt. Bethany wore blue medical scrubs and had her right arm in a white sling.Kara, Tom (program director), and Bethany at the Monster Mash.
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