Adventurer Badge
The Amazing Dewey Race
Tweens and Teens, do you watch the Amazing Race on TV? Interested in embarking on your own adventure? Join us in the library for a race of your own. You will travel around the library and complete tasks from all around the world. Maybe you will be the one to conquer the Dewey Decimal System!Who: Kids, Tweens and Teens, going into grades 4 & up
When: Friday, August 5, 1:00-2:30PM
Where: Library Community Room
Registration begins Friday, July 22
Connect Your Summer Badges for reading Graphic Novels
Below are some ideas from our Adult and Teen Graphic Novel collections that can help you earn Connect Your Summer badges:
The original Johnson. Vol. 1 by Trevor Von Eeden
Laika by Nick Abadzis; color by Hilary Sycamore
The squirrel mother: stories by Megan Kelso
Minute to Win It
Johnny Applestack. Worm Diving. Chocolate Unicorn. They're all games from Minute to Win It. You've watched the TV show, now it's your turn! Check out NBC's Minute to Win It website and start brushing up on your mad skills for our Minute to Win It program on July 8th at 2:00PM. This program is for Teens and Tweens. Registration begins June 24th.
First and Second Grade Book Group
Attention kids going into First or Second Grade! Join us for our book group on August 18, 2011. This month's book selection is Uh-Oh Cleo by Jessica Harper. Registration begins on August 4, 2011. After you register, be sure to stop at the Children's Reference Desk to pick up your copy of the book.
Teen Reading Adventures
13 little blue envelopes by Maureen Johnson
An abundance of Katherines by John Green
Are we there yet? by David Levithan
Destination unexpected: short stories by edited by Donald R. Gallo
Books for Adventurers
Enemies among us: a thriller by Bob Hamer
Every boat turns south by J.P. White
Fragment by Warren Fahy
The lost lady of the Amazon: the story of Isabela Godin and her epic journey by Anthony Smith
Canton Parks
- Parks & Facilities — Canton Leisure Services
- Park Locator — Canton Leisure Services
- Canton Sports Center on Michigan Ave.
- Category:Parks on CantonWiki
Adventurous Summer Library Programs
All Ages programs
- 2011 Great Paper Airplane Contest — July 21, 11:00AM-Noon
Children's programs
- Kids book discussion, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and other natural disasters — July 13, 2:00-2:45PM
- Outdoor Storytime — July 20, 10:00-10:45AM
Tween/Teen programs
- Minute to Win It — July 8, 2:00-3:30PM
- Amazing Dewey Race — August 5, 1:00-2:30PM
Adult programs
- Amazing Kites — July 9, 1:00-2:00PM
- Your Pecha Kucha — July 27, 7:00-8:30PM
Adventurous Kids Reads
Picture Books
The adventures of Bert by Allan Ahlberg & Raymond Briggs
The adventures of Patty and the big red bus by Meghan McCarthy
The adventures of Polo by Regis Faller
All aboard! by James Stevenson
Life is an Adventure!
Agent Zigzag: a true story of Nazi espionage, love, and betrayal by Ben MacIntyre — A charming British thief and con man becomes a spy during World War II – and turns double agent
Beneath the sands of Egypt: adventures of an unconventional archaeologist by Donald P.
