This month, our Bookworms book club for second and third graders read
Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight by Wendy Mass. When Archie is 8 years, 8 months, and 8 days old, he is able to go to work with his father. He knew his father drove a taxi, but he didn't know he drove passengers in space instead of on Earth. Archie is his father's navigator as they begin a trip that becomes quite an adventure.
Archie Takes Flight is the first book in a series, so if you enjoy it, you can read more about Archie in
two more books.
Pockets the cat was the group's favorite character in this book. Here are a couple of illustrations of Pockets:
After discussing the book, we made models of our own space taxis. Here's one:
Our next Bookworms program will be held on Tuesday, November 10 at 4:45 P.M. Read any book in Ron Roy's
Calendar Mysteries series before the program. During the program, we'll discuss the books and solve our own mystery. See more information and register
here.
