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Starting Monday, April 4th, sign out the Willa the Wisp eBook or eAudiobook (or both) through Overdrive.  Or try streaming the read along video through hoopla.  Prefer print? Place a hold on one of 7 copies. Check out epl.ca/FamilyBookClub for instructions on borrowing digital titles and complete details for Family Book Club.

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Willa the Wisp - Edmonton Public Library

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Willa the Wisp - Auxier, Jonathan - Eight-year-old Auggie Pound, the caretaker of the rare animals in the Fabled Stables, ventures into the swamp one day to save a new rare creature, the wisp.

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Check out the book trailer for Willa the Wisp

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Check out the book trailer for Willa the Wisp

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Use these discussion prompts to have easy conversations with your child while you read out loud.

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2022-03 FBC Discussion Prompts Willa the Wisp 1

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Here are some more specific questions related to each chapter. Remember, you don't have to use all the questions - this is an optional starting point!

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Download and print this word search. Or, use Book Connections to make your own word search.

“Beasts galloped and slithered and flapped and skittered all over the island.” - These are very vivid verbs! Try to act out these verbs. Can you think of more verbs to describe how animals move? Can you act out those movements too?

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Word Search - Willa the Wisp _ Book Connections (1)

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Don’t stop reading out loud to older kids.

Reading out loud builds vocabulary and deepens family bonds with kids of all ages, even and especially after they are reading independently. Just because kids can read to themselves doesn’t mean they want you to stop reading to them!

Get ideas from other readers around Alberta – check out this podcase from CBC’s Alberta at Noon.  It’s all about reading out loud!

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What is your favourite part of the book so far?  What do you think will happen next?

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Draw a picture of what you think Professor Cake looks like.  Why is he so mysterious?  Does he really exist?

OR  Draw your own version of “Fabled Stables” What types of magical animals are in your stables? What do they look like?

Click on the + sign below to upload your drawing and share it with other readers.

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Listening to audiobooks counts as reading and provides many of the same benefits of reading out loud. The whole family can listen together while doing household chores, other activities or when driving. Audiobooks also allow families with reading challenges to experience many of the benefits of listening to a book together.  Willa the Wisp has an audiobook, as well as a video read along available on Hoopla

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Willa the Wisp — Edmonton Public Library

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Willa the Wisp — Auxier, Jonathan — Welcome to the Fabled Stables, a magical building filled with one-of-a-kind creatures, including the Gargantula, the Yawning Abyss, the Hippopotamouse...and Auggie. Auggie is the only human boy at the Stables, and he takes care of all the other animals. The Fabled…

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Willa the Wisp falls into the fantasy genre.  It’s a story with elements that are not realistic. What are some parts of this book that fit with the fantasy genre? What do you like, or dislike about the genre?

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Search outside for a stick that you can craft to look like Fen, the Stick-In-The-Mud.

Decide how you will decorate your friend Stick. Be creative and use what you can find.

Or use the attached Story Map to summarize the highlights of the beginning, middle and end of the book.

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Have conversations about books with other families and their children.

Show your child that outside conversations and connections about books are meaningful. Has anyone else in their class read the same book? What do they think about it? You can also connect with other families taking part in Family Book Club at a live zoom event on April 23.

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Join EPL's Family Book Club from April 4-25, then connect with EPL staff and other book-loving families to exchange ideas and tips on creating a book club culture at home.

Registering for this live Zoom event on Saturday, April 23 gives your family the opportunity to share what you thought of the book(s) you read and find out more about reading out loud together so that you can keep Family Book Club running in your home all year round.

About Family Book Club

This edition of Family Book Club runs from April 4-25. During this time, everyone in the family can enjoy instant digital access to two exciting titles that are great to read out loud. Willa the Wisp is aimed at readers in Grades 1-3 and Odd and the Frost Giants targets readers in Grades 4-6 although children of all ages are likely to enjoy both.
Access Bonus Content

Check out our virtual bulletin boards for Willa the Wisp or Odd and the Frost Giants for new weekly book club material, including:

fun literacy activities

discussion questions

book recommendations

tips for reading aloud

Use the bulletin boards to share your family's thoughts on the books and to see what other families are sharing. You can post anything from words, to images, videos, links to websites and more!

Visit epl.ca/family-book-club/ for more details on this exciting family activity.

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Join EPL's Family Book Club from April 4-25, then connect with EPL staff and other book-loving families to exchange ideas and tips on creating a book club culture at home.

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This edition of Family Book Club is wrapping up. We hope you enjoyed reading together and learning about the benefits of reading aloud with your family. Keep at it!

Instant access to the eBook and eAudiobook versions of Willa the Wisp ends today, Monday, April 25. You have Willa the Wisp on loan for three weeks starting from the date that you borrowed it. That gives you time to finish it if you haven’t done so already.  Or, read it again!

If you loved Willa the Wisp, we have recommendations for your next family read aloud.  What are you going to read next?

Try these readalikes

Read more books by Jonathan Auxier

Selecting a read aloud for your family

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Tell us what you think about EPL’s Family Book Club.

Complete this survey by Friday, May 6 and help us make future editions of Family Book Club even better.

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Make a commitment to read aloud and adapt it to the way that works best for your family.