New ASPCA Online Book Club--For Young 'Uns!

With the launch of Henry’s Book Club, named after visionary and ASPCA founder Henry Bergh, young animal-loving readers can sink their teeth into wonderfully written humane books─and share their thoughts with each other online.

Each month our humane education experts will feature a book for young adults from our collection of Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award winners. Readers will be invited to a moderated online discussion with thought-provoking questions provided by ASPCA experts and the book authors themselves. And, as a special experience, they’ll be invited to live, online chats with the authors. Our first author chat will be held next Thursday, February 14, from 4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. EST, in the Henry's Book Club Online Community. Ann Martin, author of this month’s young adult selection A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray, will answer readers’ questions directly.

For the little literati, not only will we feature a book each month, chosen by Henry, the club’s canine mascot who dons a Bergh-esque top hat, but we'll give parents and teachers guidelines on how curious young readers can start their own book clubs. So let’s put some great humane literature into the hands of our next generation and let them discuss the books with their own literary set.