Welcome to the PPC Book Club!

Our meetings are typically held in the Fireside Room at 1:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month. We hope you can join us for the 2026 Book Club meetings below.

Jan. 28 2026 John Newbery Medal Winner and Randolph Caldecott Winner (Loni Gradick, Pat Johnson)

• Chooch Helped by Rebecca Lee Kunz, 2025 Caldecott Winner
• The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly,  2025 Newbery Award Winner.

Feb. 25 When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (Carla Bahls)

Mar. 25 My Grandmother Asks Me to Tell You She's Sorry, by Kaveh Akbar (Loni Gradick)

Apr. 22 Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt (Sharon Larson)

May 27 Beauty in Broken Places, by Allison Pataki (Carol Reed)

June 24 The Book of Lost Friends, by Lisa Wingate (Lu Wilmot/Pat Johnson)

July 22 The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks (Bonnie Friedmeyer)

Aug. 26 Martyr, by Kaveh Akbar (Melody Baker)

Sept. 23 Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi  (Mimi Braun)

Oct. 28 Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid  (Joanna Hipp)

Nov. 25 The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans (Penny Blankenship)

Dec. 23 My Friends, by Fredrick Backman (David Robertson)

Jan. 27, 2027 John Newbery Medal Winner and Randolph Caldecott Winner (Loni Gradick, Pat Johnson)