Got a four-legged friend? Need to be more active? Want to lose weight this summer? Earn the Be Well Badge or Animal Lover Badge by walking around Heritage Park. Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound is the Canton Public Library's Summer Walking Program. Do three laps around the lake or 30 minutes with your dog. It's fun for you and your pet!

Canine cuisine: 101 natural dog food & treat recipes to make your dog healthy and happy by Carlotta Cooper

Chow hound: wholesome home cooking for your doggie by Eve Adamson

Chow hounds: why our dogs are getting fatter and a vet's plan to save their lives by Ernie Ward

Eco dog: healthy living for your pet by Corbett Marshall & Jim Deskevich ; photographs by Aime Herring

The everything cooking for dogs book: 150 quick and healthy recipes your dog will love! by Lisa Fortunato

Grrrrowlicious food for hungry dogs by Jamie Young ; photography by Derek Swallwel

Healthy eating by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

Healthy foods from A to Z by [executive editor, Stephanie Maze] = Comida sana de la A a la Z / [editora ejecutiva, Stephanie Maze]

10 ways I can live a healthy life by Sara Antill

My healthy body by Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein ; illustrated by Joe Weissmann

Going organic: a healthy guide to making the switch by Dana Meachen Rau

Cool relaxing: healthy & fun ways to chill out! by Alex Kuskowski

Healthy mom, healthy baby: the ultimate pregnancy guide by Siobhan Dolan and Alice Lesch Kelly

Be fruitful: the essential guide to maximizing fertility and giving birth to a healthy child by Victoria Maizes ; foreword by Andrew Weil

Beautiful babies: nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding & baby's first foods by Kristen Michaelis

Pregnancy health yoga: your essential guide for bump, birth, and beyond by Tara Lee and Mary Attwood ; foreword by Dr. Gowri Motha creator of the gentle birth method

Mommy IQ: the complete guide to pregnancy by Rosie Pope ; foreword by Amos Grunebaum

1 pound a day: the Martha's Vineyard diet detox and plan for a lifetime of healthy eating by Dr. Roni DeLuz, RN, ND, PhD, and James Hester ; with Diane Reverand

7 years younger: the revolutionary 7-week anti-aging plan by the editors of Good housekeeping

Young for life: the easy no-diet, no-sweat plan to look and feel 10 years younger by Marilyn Diamond and Dr. Donald "Rock" Schnell

Clean cuisine: an 8-week anti-inflammatory nutrition program that will change the way you age, look & feel by Ivy Ingram Larson and Andrew Larson, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Shred: the revolutionary diet: 6 weeks, 4 inches, 2 sizes by Ian K. Smith

Call the midwife. Season one [videodisc]

Doc Martin. Series 1 [videodisc]

Doogie Howser, M.D. Season 1, Discs 1 & 2 [videodisc]

Emergency! Season one, Disc 1 [videodisc]

ER. The complete first season, Discs 1 & 2 [videodisc]

Grey's anatomy. Season one [videodisc]

House M.D. Season one, Disc 1 [videodisc]

In treatment.

Earn your Be Well or Curtains Up badge and test your knowledge of a medical TV series on dvd by playing the Medical Quiz Show trivia contest! It's as easy as choose, watch, quiz! Choose a medical TV series on dvd owned by Canton Public Library that interests you. Watch and then take the corresponding quiz. Submit your trivia form and your name will be entered in a drawing for a prize!

This is Week One of our "Back in Time Word Search" series challenge. Throughout the course of six weeks, we'll feature three games. They will focus on different aspects of going back in time. The Back in Time: Historical Events is for this week and the next (until June 2.) Pick one up from the Help Desk, and have fun figuring out the word puzzle. Return it to the Help Desk and you earn yourself a chance for prize drawing!

Sneaky art: crafty surprises to hide in plain sight by Marthe Jocelyn

Pet crafts: everything you need to become your pet's craft star! by Megan Friday

Star Wars origami: 36 amazing paper-folding projects from a galaxy far, far away— by Chris Alexander

Food art by Jeanette Ryall

The kids' guide to duct tape projects by Sheri Bell- Rehwoldt

Robotics: discover the science and technology of the future, with 20 projects by Kathy Ceceri ; illustrated by Sam Carbaugh

Funky felt crafts

Generation T: 108 ways to transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay

20-minute crafts: beading by Katherine Stull

Zombie felties: how to raise 16 gruesome felt creatures from the undead by Nicola Tedman & Sarah Skeate

Closet monsters: stitch creatures you'll love from clothing you don't by written & illustrated by John Murphy

Manga mania Shonen: drawing action-style Japanese comics by Chris Hart

Felties: how to make 18 cute and fuzzy friends by Nelly Pailloux

The blood stone by Jamila Gavin

Destiny, rewritten by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

Breaking Stalin's nose by written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

Ben and me: a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse Amos by lately discovered, edited & illustrated by Robert Lawson

Soldier bear by written by Bibi Dumon Tak ; illustrated by Philip Hopman ; translated by Laura Watkinson

Heart of a samurai: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro by Margi Preus

War horse by Michael Morpurgo

Try one of these 50 summer crafts (courtesy of thelongthread.com) from building a fairy house to making homemade playdough. Nothing to do on those long summer days? Get crafty and impress all your friends.

[Scissor Kit by LollyKnit is licensed under CC BY-A 2.0]

Calling all cooks! We're bringing back last summer's popular recipe exchange kiosk. It's a great way to share your favorite recipes, discover some new ones and earn your Chow Down badge. Use our recipe card or just print out your recipes and deliver them, paper clipped together, to the recipe exchange kiosk located by the Reception Desk. If you prefer to share your recipe online, simply add the recipe in a comment to this blog post.

For more great cooking (and eating) inspiration, visit our Chow Down Pinterest page.

Bon Appetit!

A teen guide to eco-gardening, food, and cooking by Jen Green

Cooking up a storm by Sam Stern, with Susan Stern

Eat fresh food: awesome recipes for teen chefs by Rozanne Gold and her all-star team ; photographs by Phil Mansfield

Food for feeling healthy by Carol Ballard

Fast food nation: the dark side of the all-American meal by Eric Schlosser

Peanut by written by Ayun Halliday ; illustrated by Paul Hoppe

The sweet life of Stella Madison by Lara Zeises

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

The book thief by Markus Zusak

Code name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

Never fall down: a novel by Patricia McCormick

What I saw and how I lied by Judy Blundell

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Between shades of gray by Ruta Sepetys

Here's a tasty way to earn your Chow Down badge-- join the Canton Grub Crawl and taste your way through some of Canton's best restaurants.

Grub Crawl tickets are $35 and include a shuttle ride between restaurants. For a list of this year's participating restaurants and information on how to get your ticket, visit the Canton Chamber of Commerce website.

Earn your Be Creative badge and learn a new craft all at the same time! Don't forget to share your finished project!

The complete book of home crafts: projects for adventurous beginners by edited by Carine Tracanelli

175 easy-to-do everyday crafts by edited by Sharon Dunn Umnik

The crafty diva's D.I.Y. stylebook: a grrrl's [sic] guide to cool creations you can make, show off, and share by Kathy Cano Murillo ; illustrated by Carrie Wheeler ; photography by John Samora

Scrapbooking made easy! by Jill A. Rinner

The joy of beading: more than 50 easy projects for jewelry, flowers, decor, accessories by Anna Borrelli ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia

Tired of the same old supper? Looking to mix up mealtime? Checkout one of these cookbooks, find an exciting but easy new recipe and earn your Be Creative Badge for your efforts. Be sure share your experience!

Hey Kids. Seven days and counting. Until what you ask? Connect Your Summer! CYS is my favorite part of the year! What's new this summer? There are four new badges for you to earn. And I cannot wait for you to find out all the fun things the librarians have planned for you this summer. I wish I could tell you, but I've been sworn to secrecy. If you are excited like I am, there is one thing you can do TODAY. You can go to the My Account page and create a username and password (not with your library card). You'll use this to claim your badges this summer. One of the things that LB loves about CYS, because he travels so much, is that you can participate from anywhere in the world. So you can still have library fun this summer, even if you are not at home! And I know that you have fabulous and exciting travel plans this summer. So do that right now, and then you can wait with eager anticipation (like me!) for 9:00 AM on Monday, June 17th when CYS goes live for the summer. 6 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes and 22 seconds....

Do you plan to attend the Naturalization workshop on July 7? If so, this is a must for you. Ruby Robinson of the Michigan Immigration Center will get you started by telling you why it is important to become a naturalized citizen, what papers you will need to bring to the workshop and what questions you will need to answer. This information session will help you be prepared and make the entire process run smoothly on July 7. Come to the Community Room on June 30 at 2:00 PM and get prepared.