Book Clubs

Book Clubs

For kids of all ages, teens, and adults!

 

Early Readers Book Club

Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club! This monthly program is meant to introduce excellent emerging reader books to children who have "graduated" from storytime. Check out our calendar for upcoming meetings!

 

STEAM Book Club

Kids ages 8 through 12 are invited to a special STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)-themed book club!

 

YA Book Club

YA Book Club meets once a month! Participants choose what to read and can get a free copy of the book. Check out our calendar or contact Teen Librarian Regina at rdemauro@tcpl.org for more information.

 

Tween Book Club

Children ages 9-13 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club offered once a month. Registration is required.  You're welcome to bring suggestions for future books to read together!  Check our calendar for upcoming book club dates!

 

4 Seasons Book Club: TCPL's Fiction Book Club

Image of cover of The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
6:00 to 7:00 pm - BorgWarner West

A moving novel about a death doula who is jolted out of her routine life when a client’s final wishes send her on a cross-country journey to uncover a forgotten love story. Check our event calendar for more information!

Panel by Panel Graphic Novel Book Club

Adults are welcome to join us to discuss graphic novels in this bi-monthly book club. For more information and to register, check our upcoming events. If you have any questions, you can email Sophia at smckissick@tcpl.org. 

 

Nonfiction Book Club

TCPL's Nonfiction Book Club returns in 2024!

Led by Asia and Woody, the nonfiction book club will meet three times a year and read a wide variety of nonfiction. Our last read was Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach.

 

Book Club Kits

Upcoming Book Club Events

Panel by Panel Graphic Novel Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Tompkins Trust Company Study Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Join us to discuss The Arrival by Shaun Tan: In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life—he's leav...

4 Seasons Spring Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Join us in the Library for a discussion of "The Collected Regrets of Clover" by Mikki Brammer! From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger bond with the d...

Tween Book Club - Measuring Up

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
About this event::
Readers ages 10-14 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club!  For May we will read Measuring Up by Anne LaMotte and Ann Xu. Registration is required as space is limited. Register online and receive a free copy of the book (we'll send y...

Early Readers Book Club

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Kids
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
About this event::
Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club. This program is meant to introduce excellent emerging reader books to children who have graduated from storytime and are being introduced to more formal “learn-to-read” technique...

Tween Book Club- Dear Mothman

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
About this event::
Readers ages 10-14 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club!  In honor of Pride month, we will be reading Dear Mothman by Robin Gow. Registration is required as space is limited. Register online and receive a free copy of the book (we'...

Early Readers Book Club

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Kids
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
About this event::
Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club. This program is meant to introduce excellent emerging reader books to children who have graduated from storytime and are being introduced to more formal “learn-to-read” technique...

Tween Book Club- We're Not From Here

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
About this event::
Readers ages 10-14 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club!  Our Tween Book Club pick for July is We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey Registration is required as space is limited. Register online and receive a free copy of the book (w...

Early Readers Book Club

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Kids
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
About this event::
Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club. This program is meant to introduce excellent emerging reader books to children who have graduated from storytime and are being introduced to more formal “learn-to-read” technique...