AAC Four Seasons Book Club
AAC Four Seasons Book Club
Spring 2026
April 6
Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield
Video with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-xwNAgCDP0
1. Which line in the song stands out to you and why.
2. If you were writing or deciding your next chapter of your life, what would it be? Do you have plans for
what you’d like to do?
3. Do you think it is exciting or scary that the future is unknown?
Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles
Video with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc1ta1UMGeo
1. What do you like to do on sunny days?
April 20
Spring is Here, Ellie Holcomb
Video with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCShny4ibU
1. What is your favorite thing about spring?
2. Do you like change or do you like things to stay the same?
3. If you could spend one perfect day outside, what would you do?
Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles
Video with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc1ta1UMGeo
1. What do you like to do on sunny days?
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
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Past Book Club Books
Winter 2026
January 12, 2026
“This was the Year that was Not the Year” by Brian Bilston
- What are your New Year’s resolutions? Do you think you’ll fulfill them?
- Do you think that a year that you don’t accomplish everything is still a good year?
- How would you answer this question: “This was the year that was not the year…”
“Dust of Snow” by Robert Frost
A short poem that reflects on how a small, unexpected event can change your mood.
- If a crow dropped a dust of snow on your AAC device, would your mood improve? What would your mood be?
- What do you do if you want to go from feeling cranky to being happy?
- What do you like to do in the winter?
Jan 26, 2026
“Snowball” by Shel Silverstein
- Did you ever have a pet that turned out to be different than you expected?
- Snowball is about misunderstanding. What’s the funniest way someone has misread or misheard your AAC device?
- Did you predict the snowballs ending or did it surprise you and make you laugh?
“Dust of Snow” by Robert Frost
A short poem that reflects on how a small, unexpected event can change your mood.
- If a crow dropped a dust of snow on your AAC device, would your mood improve? What would your mood be?
- What do you do if you want to go from feeling cranky to being happy?
- What do you like to do in the winter?
Fall 2025
October 6, 2025
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.
Text: Goodreads — Each Night Father Fills Me With Dread
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
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCli8TNoZtk
Questions:
- Do you believe in ghosts?
- Do you know who lived in your house before you? What changes have you made to your house?
Summer 2025
Book: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Parts 1 and 2
Questions:
- Is there a time in your life that you would change or relive?
- Did you like the book? Did you have a favorite part?
- If life is a one-way trip, what is something you want to do before the end of the road?
- What do you do to help your mom/family around the house?
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?
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.
