Suggested Family Activity • Art 🎨 Collage The world of children’s literature was saddened recently to lose two wonderful children’s book authors. Eric Carle brought the natural world to life through such titles as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and A House for Hermit Crab. His beautiful artwork was made by layering Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Wild Kratts 🦇 Creaturepedia Generations of children have learned about the amazing world of animals through the adventures of zoologists Chris and Martin Kratt, first through their PBS show “Zoboomafoo” and now with their current show “Wild Kratts.” The PBS Kids website has a special Wild Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Painted 🎆🧨 Fireworks With the 4th of July weekend upon us, try out this fun art project with your family to make some painted fireworks: You’ll need scissors, paper, paint, a plate (a disposable paper plate works great!), and several inner carboard tubes from a roll Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Animal 🏁 Racing 🐢🐇 If you are looking for some fun outdoor activities to do this weekend, check out these instructions for Animal Racing, courtesy of the website education.com: Find a big open space, preferably outdoors, with nothing around that can be knocked over. Warm up Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • 🦏Zoo 🦍 Cams SUMMER READING EDITION If you can’t make it to a zoo this summer, check out some of the fun Zoo Cams located at many zoos around the U. S. The nearby Memphis Zoo has live camera feeds on their pandas, hippos, elephants, and Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • National 📷 Camera Day National Camera 📷 Day today gives us another opportunity to encourage everyone to take pictures of your Summer Reading Program activities during June and July. You could take a photo of your child (or an adult) reading to their pet or their Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: National Paul Bunyan Day Today is National Paul Bunyan Day, a day to remember the tall tale of Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe. The giant lumberjack with tremendous strength is one of the most famous figures in North American folklore. To read up on Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: Duck Duck Goose If you can find enough players this weekend, another classic game to try out is Duck, Duck, Goose. All players start off sitting in a circle on the floor. One person is picked to start off the game as the Tapper. The Tapper walks Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: Story Times Join us here LIVE at 2PM today for Virtual Story Time! Our Library Director, Dee Hare, will be reading Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon Have you checked out any of our Summer Reading Program Story Times yet? Various NERL staff are reading (either live Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: Animal Crafts If your kids love to use play dough or clay to make things, have them mold and create their own animals today. They can stick to familiar ones from around your home, such as favorite pets or the animals you see in your yard. In Read more…