The Next Step!

Many people believe that only youth and adults can make a change because they are able to spot what they don't like and push for a difference. People see children as sheltered and blind to their society till they become teenagers and can "think for themselves". 20months with the members of the Abuja Children's Bookclub have dispelled those beliefs from our minds forever.

CLUB HOLIDAY MOMENTS: Court sessions, Movies, Books, Train Rides,Games And Now Resort

We pride in developing the total child with global knowledge and open minds at the AC Book Club located in Abuja.

During long holidays like we are now, we get every alternative knowledge and experience at our disposal...

Wizard Of Law, Remember it? Children Think Differently

For our second law themed book and third play since the inception of our amiable club, The Abuja Children's Bookclub, Zulu Sofola's Wizard of Law made for interesting reviews by the older children aged 8 to 13years.

The Passport Of Mallam Iliah As Seen By Today's Children

The first thing we noted about Cyprian Ekwensi's The Passport of Mallam Ilia was it's similarity with his other book, 'An African Night's Entertainment.' Have you read that?

Check out that outing Here

When A MOTHER'S CHOICE Is All A Child Has

Reviewing Mother's Choice with the senior class was a remarkable experience,Ufuoma says

BOOKS; As Children Take on Oldmen and Heroes

Book Club was awesome, yeaaaah...as usual.

Makcit aka purple diva starts with a confession by saying 'I may still be high on some of the super hero motivation we got, but nonetheless It was exciting'.

Children's Experience: Being A Hero Or 'Long Way Home'?

April is a special month in so many ways, one of them is the fact that the children had their holiday activities at the book club and especially that April 23rd is World Book Day.  

How Best To Experience Other Peoples Adventures

Books are a marvel, they transport you to any world. They can give you the adventures of some one, the entire life time of another and yet, other great imaginations of all time.

This week, we experienced GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, and the children had interesting things to say.

'The African Child' And Internet Safety,

Hi there, So we are the AC Book Club in the FCT. We read a book for two weeks and meet up to review it at the club as friends and soon getting more like family actually. We have two classes grouped for children of 5-7 and 8-12 and 5 coordinators who make it tick.

EXPO 77-What Was Chukwuemeka Ike Thinking? We Found Out!

As a young person, did you read any of Chukwuemeka Ike's books?

The AC Book club has had a couple of reads from his classics,especially THE BOTTLED LEOPARD.

We expected the young minds to be scared baring in mind the content of the book but hey, we were pleasantly surprised, and we thought, what better time is there to know your community better?

Februay 10th was our first book review and club meeting day in 2018 and boy did we enjoy it?

Expo 77 by Chukwuemeka Ike has a winding plot twist involving the work of Detective Mora of Tutuntu Associates in solvin the leakage of examination questions from the National Examination Board. In this elaborate scheme with an unexpected ending, Detective Mora travels around the country unraveling the plot step by step till he discovers the treachery of a herbalist who deceived a young seminarian into stealing question papers for him to sell, leaving the Acting Registrar of the Board relieved that the leak was not from his office, but frantic to make necessary changes to the old system of National exam preparation, says Ms Ufuoma.

Dissecting this book during the club outing was an experience in patience as most of the children found the story less straight forward but relatable.
With questions like "Is asking questions during examination also cheating?" and "What do I do when the person beside me is cheating?".

We learnt that examination malpractice is not a thing of the past as it is still rampant today, in private schools, better believe it. But we also learnt that though it might seem easier to cheat, the penalties are not worth it.

After agreeing to trust in our abilities to read, absorb and understand our books in order not to cheat during exams, we also learned that we should appreciate our parents for sending us to good schools where National Examination syllabuses are actually covered and the teachers are not too negligent to answer questions, a privilege that many children are not afforded today.

In this vein, we learned from Aunty Ier Jonathan of SESOR AFRICA about children who have been driven from their homes to IDP by both natural and man made disasters and therefore are not as priviledged as us.

Most of the younger childen heard about IDP for the first time and it was intriguing to find out that the children were more vast with natural disasters of the Western world.

Intelligent contributions were made during the interaction as they answered what racism was, enquired about the conditions of the children at the IDP's, explained certain happenings in their areas and ultimately learnt that they should make contributions to IDPs.

We are glad to inform you Aunty Ier that we are puting together our past text books for Ms Shantel to use in teaching her students at the IDP and we would also visit the IDP sometime during the year.

The younger class, 5-7 usually reads short stories out loud to other members. The books showed their different preferences and tastes.

Our next meeting is on February 24th and we will be reviewing OLIVER TWIST...Did you read that? You remember it? In your estimation, who was the most sympathetic character? Join us at @THOUGH PYRAMID ART GALLERY and let's have more fun traveling the world over through our books in fun and style.

Aunty Didi was behind the cameras this week. Thank you aunty Makcit @purplediva for these pictures too.

Which Of These Board games Does Your 7year Old Play?

Helloooo!!!  Is it still a new year? Happy new year dear reader.

So...Is it Chess, Othello, Scrabble, Word Whizz, Snakes and Ladder, Monopoly, Or even Cards?

It's February and it is still a new year this 2018 and we at the book club are excited because we are travelling to so many places this year, yeas you heard right...through our books.😋😁.

If you have been following us, we have read and gisted about many Nigerian classics like CHIKE AND THE RIVER, WITHOUT A SILVER SPOON, BOTTLED LEOPARD...Just name them. This February, we are reading EXPO 77 and ANIMAL FARM.
We are so excited, Join us if you are too.

So, Lets talk with the co-ordinators, Ms Ufuoma says...'So we resumed bookclub this year with happy memories of our holidays in our usual venue...Thought Pyramid Art Gallery.


Those of us who weren't able to travel learned that traveling does not ensure holiday fun.
And Lesoda taught us a song he learned from his holiday on the five magic words of etiquette.


We played board games that were not only fun, but also designed to teach us how to be better people in our society and how to read properly.

Bookclub ended with the announcement that we were going to read Expo 77 by Chukwuemeka Ike for our next meeting and we had very moist cup cakes from Kay's Pastries.'

Then, for Ms Makcit aka the purple diva says 'The young ones wrote and narrated their holiday experiences and we all realised that no matter what you do or don't do, it's all about who you spend it with - family.

The mothers were asked to send the kids over with board games and they surely did because there were a lot of them; Chess, scrabble(s), Othello and Word Whiz - which is a fun way of teaching kids to be courteous and upstanding. Guess what? It was their favourite game.

Over all, it was a successful outing. 7-year old Lesoda reminded the kinds of a song 'the 5 magic words' which include; Please, excuse me, sorry, thank you and pardon me.

We discovered some great writing/narrative skills in some kids that need honing and there were deliciously divine cupcakes to round it up courtesy of Kay's Pastries (You should check them out on IG @kayspastries).

For a first outing in 2018, it was definitely successful. Would you like to know more about what we do? Send us a mail to ahemdoomc@gmail.com and be sure to check us out on Instagram @ACBookclub

Catch you later 😁


As for Ms Didi, had this to add, 'We also played board games like Scrabble, chess, word wizard, etc. that helps to build our cognitive, social and psychological abilities, teaching us to be better people.

The meeting was fun-filled, interactive and engaging. We truly look forward to the next meeting where we will be reviewing the book Expo 77 by Chukwuemeka Ike.

Thank you to @Thought Pyramid Art Gallery, @Kayspastries @Mummy Oyiwodu and the children, for making it worth while. So catch ya on February 10th, we would gist you about Chukwuemeika Ike's EXPO 77.