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Book review: Can I Join Your Club?
June 15, 2026

Reviewed by DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters

Can I Join Your Club?
Written by John Kelly

Duck is trying to make friends and decides to try joining a club. He tries to join several clubs including Elephant Club and Lion Club. Those clubs won’t let him in because he can’t roar like a lion or trumpet like an elephant. He decides to start his own club. Anyone can join his club.

Ms. Melly’s second-grade Cub reporters recently reviewed this book. The book teaches about empathy. Empathy is when a person can relate to someone else’s feelings.

Almost all the reporters in Ms. Melly’s class said they enjoyed the book and thought it would be a good book for students in kindergarten to fourth grades.

They said other people will enjoy this book if they like animals and animal sounds.

They also said that “Can I Join Your Club?” is good for people to learn about how to include others in a group. The book also teaches about being kind.

The reporters suggested that this book would be a good book for DePaul’s Peace Room.

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