BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:527@braillists.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250731T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250731T190000 DTSTAMP:20250913T195542Z URL:https://www.braillists.org/testevents/book-club-whole-group-reading-6/ SUMMARY:Book Club Whole Group Reading DESCRIPTION:Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can't read the cover in the first place? With four rooms to suit diffe rent ability levels\, the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every we ek to support each other with the ups and downs of mastering the braille c ode\, answer each other's questions regarding reading using refreshable br aille and practice reading amongst friends. You don't have to choose your group in advance\, and you can move to another group at any time if you th ink it would be more suitable.\nThis week\, we will have an opportunity to see what the other rooms are reading as we join together as a whole group . One or two people from each group will be nominated to read aloud to the entire group.\nHere are the books we are currently reading:\nRoom 1: Find ing Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey\, by Dion Leonard \nThis book is available:\n\nIn grades 1 and 2 and in double line spacing from the RNIB Library\nOn the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from July 2023 in grade 1 in the "Children g1 Nonfiction" folder\nOn the RNIB Orbit Reader S D card from July 2023 in grade 2 in the "Children Nonfiction" folder\nFor download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services\n\nRoom 2: Mary Poppi ns\, by P.L. Travers\nThis book is available:\n\nIn grades 1 and 2 and in double line spacing from the RNIB Library\nOn the RNIB Orbit Reader SD car d from July 2023 in grade 1 in the "Children g1 7 plus" folder\nOn the RNI B Orbit Reader SD card from July 2023 in grade 2 in the "Children 7 plus S -Z" folder\nFor download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services\n\nRe aders: Óran and Felicitas.\nÓran will start at “He and Jane had often tried\, but all she could say\,” then Felicitas will start the paragraph that begins “But the other birds swarmed…” She will stop reading at “rose garden and pecked off a flower.”\nRoom 3: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\, by Mark Haddon\nThis book is available:\n\n In grades 1 and 2 and in double line spacing from the RNIB Library\nOn the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in grades 1 and 2in the "Crime" folder (April 2 021 version) and the "Crime G-L" folder (July 2023 version)\nFor download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services\n\nN.B. The file name on the R NIB Sd Card starts with the letter T\, not the letter C.\nRoom 4: Black Be auty\, by Anna Sewell\nThis book is available:\n\nIn hard copy in the UK f rom RNIB\, in both grade 1 and grade 2\nIn grade 1\, in the "Children" fol der on the RNIB Orbit Reader Sd card from June 2019\, the "Children g1" fo lder on the card from April 2020 or April 2021\, or the "Children g1 9 plu s" folder on the card from July 2023\nIn grade 2\, in the "Children" folde r on the RNIB Orbit Reader Sd card from June 2019\, the "Children Stories" folder on the card from April 2020\, the "Children Stories 2" folder on t he card from April 2021\, or the "Children 9 plus S-Z" folder on the card from July 2023\nFor download in the UK in grades 1 and 2 from RNIB Reading Services\n\nStarting place: chapter 1.\nRoom 5: The Railway Children\, by Edith Nesbit\nThis book is available:\n\nIn grades 1 and 2\, single line spacing from the RNIB Library\nIn grade 1\, in the "Children G1" folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2021\, or the "Children G1 9 plu s" folder on the card from July 2023\nIn grade 2\, in the "Children Storie s 2" folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2021\, or the "Chi ldren 9 plus M-R" folder on the card from July 2023\nFor download in grade s 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services\n\nTo order books from the RNIB Librar y in hard copy\, call the helpline on 0303 \;123 \;9999. CATEGORIES:Book Club LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucuqqrDsjHtMzH4ytq2NPV 0rUpYAGRXEm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR