Book Club

Project Play YQR hosts a book club. After surveying the people interested, we decided to have a casual online read along community (playismagicbookclub on Instagram), with in-person meetings/ celebrations once we are done reading the book. We have about 6 weeks to read each book with meetings every two months. Members are welcome to be as active in the community through comments, etc. as they like. Some people engage with every post, and many are simply reading along independently. Some people read along with some books and not others. It's quite relaxed. The meetings are all-ages, you can bring your own food, and there are no costs associated through entrance fees or requirement to purchase food or beverages. We are honoured that the Regina Public Library has recently partnered with us on this book club. They offer us a beautiful space, and playful programming for children who attend our meetings. So far it has been great.
Join us:
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Next Book Club Meeting

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
​To be determined.

Current Read

October/ November: Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski's Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Past Reads:

Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods - Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Radha Agrawal's Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
Simone Davies' The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being
Linda Akeson McGurk's There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
Eve Rodsky's Fair Play: A Game-changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
Ingrid Fetell Lee's Joyful:The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Angela J. Hanscom's Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children
Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism
​Bob Joseph's 21 Things You May not Know About the Indian Act
Glennon Doyle's Untamed
Jesse Thistle's From the Ashes
​Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters
Peter Gray's Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life​
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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Potential Future Choices

Brené Brown's  Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
adrienne maree brown's Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Stuart Brown's Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman's Big Friendship: How we Keep Each Other Close
Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Dr. Alice Ginott, and Dr. H. Wallace Goddard's Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic that Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication
Kyra D. Gaunt's The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Pam Lobley's Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy
Nancy Striniste's Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children with the Natural World

I am grateful for the support of a grant from TakingItGlobal, Government of Canada, and Canada Service Corps who have helped to provide food and books to members of the Project Play YQR book club. We are also grateful for the support from the Regina Public Library on this initiative.