“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!

Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites

To access this course you must have a George F. Johnson Memorial Library card to access Hoopla Digital.

Sets to start course:

1. Sign up for Hoopla Digital

2. Using one of your monthly credits borrow The Great Courses 7 Day BingePass (more credits will be needed if you will need more than 7 days to finish course)

https://www.hoopladigital.com/bingepass/the-great-courses-video-bingepass-various-artists/14738022 

3. Look for the course Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites and start learning.

4. After you complete each lesson answer activity question here on READsquared.

Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer. 

Completed logs will get you 200 points. 

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!

Using the library database Mango Languages, complete at least one lesson on speaking like a pirate. A GFJ Library Card is Required. Contact library if you need any assistance. 

Follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/2xbf3yr7 or download the App.

The National Geographic Guide to Birding in North America

To access this course you must have a George F. Johnson Memorial Library card to access Hoopla Digital.

Sets to start course:

1. Sign up for Hoopla Digital

2. Using one of your monthly credits borrow The Great Courses 7 Day BingePass (more credits will be needed if you will need more than 7 days to finish the course)

https://www.hoopladigital.com/bingepass/the-great-courses-video-bingepass-various-artists/14738022 

3. Look for the course The National Geographic Guide to Birding in North America and start learning.

4. After you complete each lesson answer the activity questions here on READsquared.

Wonders of the National Parks: A Geology of North America

To access this course you must have a George F. Johnson Memorial Library card to access Hoopla Digital.

Sets to start course:

1. Sign up for Hoopla Digital

2. Using one of your monthly credits borrow The Great Courses 7 Day BingePass (more credits will be needed if you will need more than 7 days to finish the course)

https://www.hoopladigital.com/bingepass/the-great-courses-video-bingepass-various-artists/14738022 

3. Look for the course Wonders of the National Parks and start learning.

4. After you complete each lesson answer the activity questions here on READsquared.

Walk around the outside of the GFJ Library and look carefully. You’ll find 12 orange fish that each have a shape, letter, or number on them. Write them on the lines below.

Example:

Answer: K

Please complete this mission by 7/15 to be entered in the Mission 1 prize drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.

Solve the sentence at the bottom using the following codes as a guide.

Please complete this mission by Friday, 7/22 if you'd like to be entered in the Mission 2 drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.

Let’s see how good you are at identifying sea creatures from just their shadows! Enter your best guess next to each picture below. Good luck!

Please complete this mission by Friday, 7/29 to be entered in the Mission 3 prize drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.

Have fun making up a silly story by filling in the blanks. Type your words or take a picture of your story and submit it below. For even more fun, have someone else fill in your choices, then read the story together. Be sure to check the definitions, so you choose the right part of speech!

Noun – a person, place or thing, like cloud (Plural noun means more than one, like clouds)
Verb – an action word, like sleeping
Adjective – a word that describes a noun, like fluffy

Please complete this mission by Friday, 8/5 if you'd like to be entered in the Mission 4 prize drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.

Do you know your shark facts? Select one answer to each question below. Have fun!

Please complete this mission by Friday, 8/12 to be entered in the Mission 5 prize drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.

Want to check your answers? Visit gfjlibrary.org/kids after August 15 to take a look!

All questions are from Britannica and National Geographic Kids.

Welcome to Summer Reading BINGO! Cross off a square when you complete the task found there. Complete a row of 5 squares vertically, horizontally, or diagonally to get BINGO! Then answer the questions below. Please complete a different task for each square, and feel free to ask a librarian for help finding any of the different types of books

Please complete this mission by Friday, 8/19 to be entered in the Mission 6 drawing!

If you'd prefer, you can click here to print this mission. Once you've completed it, email it to en.youthservices@4cls.org or bring it into the Youth Services room of the library.