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Book club’s guy atmosphere designed for boys

The Pig Skull Book Club has two important rules: No sissy stuff and no girls allowed. Both traditions are designed to appeal to fourth-grade and fifth-grade boys because this club, above all else, involves books boys like in a boy-friendly atmosphere. Read more about one library’s method for getting boys to read in this article from the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Posted by Steve Groft on 04 April 2007 in Gender Issues , Libraries , Motivation

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