Homeschool Nutmeg Book Club: Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good (Ages 9-12)
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Homeschoolers are invited to discuss 2025 CT Nutmeg Book Award Nominees, with the Farmington Libraries and Avon Free Public Library!
Children are responsible for obtaining their own copy of the book. Please contact the host library for help obtaining a copy. The Avon Free Public Library will host the book discussion in December, and the Farmington Libraries will host the discussion in January.
What: In December, the ages 9-13 will be reading Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell. The ages 7-9 group will be reading Dear Beast by Dori Hillestad Butler.
When: Thursday, February 6th, 1pm to 2pm
Who: Ages 7-9 and Ages 9-13 (The two separate groups will meet in adjoining rooms.)
Location: Avon Library, 2nd Floor – Art Studio
Guardians and siblings are welcome to enjoy the children’s library floor & play area.
About Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good:
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too.
After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can’t? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, King Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth, even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole rat. To make matters worse, Loki has to put up with an eleven-year-old Thor tagging along and making him look bad. Loki is not even allowed to use his awesome godly powers! As Loki suffers the misery of school lunch, discovers the magic of internet videos, and keeps watch for frost giant spies, will he finally learn to tell good from bad, trust from tricks, and friends from enemies? Louie Stowell’s witty text and hysterical drawings will keep readers in stitches from start to finish.
-Penguin Random House
Sign up below for the older group for ages 9-13. We will have two groups, one for ages 7-9 and one for ages 9-12. There will be two separate but adjoining rooms where each group will be held.
To sign up for the Ages 7-9 group, go here: https://www.avonctlibrary.info/event/homeschool-nutmeg-book-club-dear-beast-ages-7-9/
