Welcome to BookClubClassics!
My name is Kristen Galles and I have spent the last 15 years teaching literature to adolescents at a public high school in the Twin Cities. Please feel free to email me at BookClubClassics@q.com!
I write discussion kits for book clubs that include, (in addition to discussion questions), menu ideas, bookmarks, warm-up activities, author information and historical context, great links, and anything else you can think of to enrich your book club’s experience of any work.
Sounds like more than your book club needs? I also write discussion questions for books. This is a great option for those books that are either to new or too old (or too obscure) to have existing questions available. I have been told that my questions are more engaging that the stock questions that sometimes come with books — 15 years of engaging adolescents in discussion quickly illustrates which questions work and which are duds!
Past customers have told me that my kits raise the level of discussion and help keep their members focused on the works — I hope so!
Here are links to
- A sample kit (my first, so it is pretty basic): To Kill A Mockingbird Sample Kit
- Free bookmarks
- Kits available for purchase today
In the past four months, I have created kits for customers for the following works:
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Gilead
- The Member of the Wedding
- The Gathering
- Loving Frank
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- The Road
- The Faith Club
- The Good Soldier
- Middlemarch
- Mrs. Dalloway
- To the Lighthouse
- Between the Acts
Each of these are available for purchase TODAY for $15.00. If you would like to purchase one without using PayPal or a credit card, simply email me at BookClubClassics@q.com.
My rates are as follows:
- Custom kit – $50.00
- Standard Contemporary kit – $15.00
- Standard Classic kit – $9.99 (great for teachers!)
- Discussion questions only — $10.00
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? I would love to hear them! Ready to order a custom kit for your book club? Email me at BookClubClassics@q.com or kgalles@msn.com.
So far, most book clubs who have ordered a custom kit have come back for another! My turn-around time is still only two weeks… All titles welcome!
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