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Summer Reading
& Patch Challenges

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Summer Reading and Patch Challenges

Carver Memorial Library encourages everyone--kids, adults, teens, and families--to join in Summer Reading and earn patches! We encourage you to read widely and explore the library and the world around you.
This summer the theme is “Oceans of Possibilities”, celebrating oceans and sea stories.
Download the Summer Reading brochure with all the events, activities, and Oceans patch challenge.

Read often! Try to read for 50 days this summer, or set your own goal. 
Read widely! Try reading new topics, new formats or in new places. Try Scholastic Summer Reading Bingo.
Learn! Do activities related to oceans, animals, fairytales, Maine History, Searsport, STEAM, or wherever your interests take you.
New Take and Make kids activity kits every week at the library this summer.

New DIY Kits (adults and teens) first week of the month.
New Craft Kits (tweens and teens) every month


Patch Challenges
To complete each patch challenge, log reading and activities to earn an embroidered patch. Independent readers read 3 books (appropriate to your reading level) and do 3 activities related to the theme. The log sheets have some ideas, or choose your own. Family readers/children being read to/pre-readers read 5 books and do 3 activities. Our challenges so far are Animals, Fairytales, Maine History, Searsport, and STEAM. Oceans starts this summer!

Track your reading and activities:
Track your challenges with our paper log sheets (at the library, or download below).
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Oceans
Download a log sheet here, or pick one up at the library.
Reading: What kind of books?
Fiction or nonfiction with a connection to the ocean: ocean facts, fish and sea creatures, mermaids, seafaring stories, beaches...
Activities:
Learn about oceans, make an ocean art project, do an ocean science experiment, identify plants and animals or pick up trash at the shore, visit the Penobscot Marine Museum, write a review of one of the books you read, or come up with your own ideas.


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Animals
Download a log sheet here, or pick one up at the library.
Reading: What kind of books count? Fiction or nonfiction, animal facts or identification, pets, service animals, stories with animal characters or where animals play an important role.
Activities: Learn about an animal, make an animal art project, look for animal signs outdoors, volunteer, care for a pet, clean the birdbath, write a review of one of the books you read, or come up with your own ideas.


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Fairytales
Download a log sheet here, or pick one up at the library.
Reading: What books count? Fiction or nonfiction, collections or retellings of folk or fairytales, books about storytelling and oral traditions, books with fairytale creatures or elements, etc.
Activities: Do 3 activities having to do with fairytales. Draw a fairytale character or scene, write a story, tell a story, make a craft, build a cardboard castle, memorize a nursery rhyme, write a review of one of the books you read, or come up with your own ideas.


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Maine History
Download a log sheet here, or pick up one at the library.
Reading: What books count? Fiction or nonfiction, biographies or memoirs of Maine people, books about Wabanaki people and culture, books about a traditional Maine industry such as maple sugaring or logging, historical art or architecture in Maine, a book by a vintage Maine author, etc.
Activities: Do 3 activities having to do with Maine history. Visit a historic site or local monument, attend a event on Maine history, make a craft about a historical topic, watch a Maine historic film, write a review of one of the books you read, or come up with your own ideas.

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Searsport
Celebrating the 175th anniversary of Searsport!
Download
a log sheet here, or pick up one at the library.
Reading: What books count?
Fiction or nonfiction, biographies of Searsport people, books about seafaring or the China trade, living in a small town, or other topics with a local connection, a book by a Searsport author, etc.
Activities: Do 3 activities having to do with Searsport. Visit a historic site or local monument, make a craft, attend a Searsport event, volunteer in the community, visit the Museum in the Streets, write a review of one of the books you read, or come up with your own ideas.


STEAM Tag
Do five activities, one for each aspect of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
Many Take and Makes are STEAM activities. You can also choose your own!
Download a log sheet here, or pick one up at the library.

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Carver Memorial Library
12 Union Street / P.O. Box 439
Searsport, ME 04974
M. 10-5, T. 10-6,  W.-F. 10-5, Sat 10-1
(207) 548-2303
staff@carverlibrary.org
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    • Summer Reading + Patches
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