AAC Four Seasons Book Club
AAC Four Seasons Book Club
Are you an AAC communicator who likes to listen to or read books? This will quench your literary thirst!
Come to connect, communicate & celebrate each season with the AAC Four Seasons Book Club.
Selected books will be available in hard copy, ebook and audio forms.
See below for more information, including where to find the book.
AAC Four Seasons Book Club Meetings
Dates: October 6 and October 20, 2025
Time: 2 pm ET
Hosts: Chelsea Hagen, Patrick Regan and Marcia Gemler
October 6
The Haunted House, Shel Silverstein
The Haunted House begins with a dare to enter a terrifying house.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SskMFUd4lY
Question Suggestions:
- Were you surprised by the poem’s ending?
- Do you remember a favorite bedtime story that had an unexpected ending?
Each Night Father Fills Me With Dread, Edward Gorey
Each Night Father Fills Me with Dread is a short disturbing limerick.
Audio Only:
Question Suggestions:
- How did your reaction to the poem change from reading the title to the final line?
- If you could invite someone who has died to dinner, who would it be?
October 20
September Tomatoes, Karina Borowicz
This poem laments the passage of summer into fall.
Text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56583/september-tomatoes
Questions:
- What traditions do you have in the fall?
The Witch, Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky’s “The Witch” describes a terrifying crone with a piercing scream, who hurls curses and spells on her flight.
Text:
https://lmsplanner8.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/3/1/2431484/witch_-_prelutsky.pdf
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-Xq8jfET0
Questions:
- In the poem, we imagine how scary or funny the witch is. How does using an AAC device let others imagine your personality?
- What words or lines in the poem show the witch’s personality? Do they make her seem more funny, scary or both?
Haunted Houses, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This poem suggests that every home carries the memory of those who have lived there.
Text: https://poets.org/poem/haunted-houses
Audio:
Questions:
- Do you believe in ghosts?
- Do you know who lived in your house before you? What changes have you made to your house?
Join the Book Club Chat
Email: AACBookClub@isaac-online.org
Sources for free and paid audiobooks:
- Amazon Audible
- Bookey App
- Listening Books (for UK)
- Spotify
- Bookshare (for US students with qualifying disabilities)
- Cela (for Canadians)
- CDs
- Dolphin Reader
- Apple Audiobooks
- Libby (through library systems)
- ebooks
- Chelsea Hagen
- Patrick Regan
- Kevin Williams
- Marcia Gemler
Past Book Club Books
Winter 2025
Book: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Questions about the book:
- How relatable was Melody’s story to you?
- What was your favourite part of the book?
- Do you think the author showing Melody as a genius makes it seem like only extremely intelligent people can use AAC?
- What part of the book made you feel happy?
- How did the book handle the portrayal of AAC?
- Did you like the book? Why or why not?
- Did you enjoy the movie premiere of “Out of My Mind”? Now let’s read the book and talk about it.
Spring 2025
Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Questions about the book:
A Man Called Ove is about a grumpy old man whose life changes when a lively family moves in next door, showing him the power of unexpected friendships.
- Is Ove just a grump, or are we guilty of stereotyping people?
- What is a stereotype that people assume about you?
