Welcome to the Caudill Club at DPPL!

Hi! I'm Mrs. McLaughlin (Mrs. M for short) at the Des Plaines Public Library and I'm very excited to welcome you to the 2nd year of our online Caudill Club. If you're between the 4th and 8th grade and read at least three of this year's nominated books, you can vote in February for the 2010 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award.

Use the menu on the right to find the book titles. On each page, you'll find a summary of the plot, a picture of its cover and a place to write your review and rate the book. You'll also find links to Web sites that are related to the book. You can even go right to our online catalog to place a hold by clicking on the underlined title!

Feel free to leave comments about the books you read, questions you have about a book, and especially suggestions for other things you'd like to see here. For example, would you like to have online book discussions? Are you willing to write reviews for books you've read? Recommend titles you think should be nominated for future awards? This club is for you - let me know what you'd like to see!

I have a question to get you started: I've been (or will be) talking to lots of you during school visits and here at the library. I'm curious -- what books are you looking forward most to reading? Or which ones would you definitely recommend? (To post a Comment, you'll be asked to select an identity. Just pick the button that says "Name/URL" and type your first name and last initial into the box. Ignore the URL box.)