Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading Scholastic Activities

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Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading

Scholastic Activities

Scholastic, one of the leading publishers of children’s books, is offering lots of FREE activities on their website this summer!  You will find reading challenges, free e-book access for titles to read and watch, author read-aloud programs, and other special virtual events starring your favorite Scholastic characters.  To check out this free resource this summer, visit https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/games/homebase/.

If you have always wanted to learn to draw, let the library help you get started on this fun hobby this summer.  Check out the following titles from our branches:  60 things I Can Draw: Animals by Kaye Quinn, The Artist’s Guide to Drawing Animals: How to Draw Cats, Dogs, and Other Favorite Pets by J. C Amberlyn, and Draw 50 Animals by Lee J. Ames.  Ames has a variety of titles available to help you learn how to draw everything from birds, cats, dogs, horses, sharks, whales and other sea creatures.

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