Activities

My Mitten Summer Haiku

June 1, 2016 | strande

"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words." -Edgar Allan Poe

Create your own poetical rhythm by submitting a Michigan Haiku to earn your My Mitten On-the-Scene badge. Find the submission form on the spinner rack in our Connect Your Summer Command Center. If you need some poetical inspiration, browse the nonfiction shelves between 808 and 812.

Your finished haiku can be submitted in the drop box in the CYS Command Center. Don't forget to include your email address. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The final day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

Roadside USA

June 1, 2016 | strande

Go on a quirky roadtrip right inside the library. Grab one of our Roadside USA matching quizzes from the Connect Your Summer Command Center. Match the roadside attraction with its location in the contiguous United States.

Your finished matching game can be submitted in the drop box in the CYS Command Center. Don't forget to include your email address. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The last day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

For more road trip information, check these resources:

National geographic kids ultimate U.S. road trip atlas by Crispin Boyer

Contains a map of the United States and simple road maps of each of the fifty states as well as Washington D.C., and includes facts, state symbols, roadside attractions, games, and more.

Go, go America by Dan Yaccarino

A collection of odd facts, including festivals, contests, and laws,about the states of the United States.

Chow Down with Food Groups

June 1, 2016 | strande

Test your nutrition knowledge with our food group matching game. Grab a copy from our activity spinner in our Connect Your Summer Command Center. Can't quite make your meal match up? Check out choosemyplate.gov or look for more resources in our catalog by searching for "myplate".  

Your finished matching game can be submitted in the drop box in the CYS Command Center. Don't forget to include your email address. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The last day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

Chow Down Like a Top Chef

June 1, 2016 | strande

Stop by our Connect Your Summer Command Center and grab a food quiz. Test your culinary knowledge by matching key ingredients to their recipe name. Coming up blank? Try looking in our cookbook sections between 641.5 and 641.9 for some hints.

Your finished food quiz can be submitted in the drop box in the CYS Command Center. Don't forget to include your email address. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The final day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

Dewey of the Week

May 24, 2016 | strande

Challenge yourself with a weekly test of your Dewey Decimal System knowledge. Each week a new number will be posted in our Connect Your Summer command center. Identify the corresponding topic, then fill out and submit a Dewey of the Week Ticket in the drop box. Don't forget to include your email: all prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The last day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

Take a Walk in the Great Outdoors

May 24, 2016 | strande

Celebrate the great outdoors with a visit to the Friends' Wings of Wonder butterfly garden behind the library. Grab a scavenger hunt sheet from the Connect Your Summer command center and look for the plants and landmarks pictured. If you want to try your hand at identifying the plants or animals you see, resources for identifying Michigan species are listed below.

Claim your Great Outdoors On-the-Scene badge online and don't forget to submit your completed scavenger hunt sheet in the drop box. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The final day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.

Mammals of Michigan field guide by Stan Tekiela
Animal tracks of the Great Lakes states : Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin by Chris Stall

A handbook which features a black-and-white sketch of 40-50 animal tracks on a right-hand page, with information about the animal on the facing page.

Muggle Quidditch

This post contains suggestions for how to earn your Game On: On the Scene and Geek Out: On the Scene badges.
Learn more and earn badges on the Connect Your Summer page.

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Muggle Quidditch

Throw a bludger and catch a snitch when you play Muggle Quidditch, the non-magical version of the game from the Harry Potter novels, at the Heritage Park soccer fields (weather permitting).  Participants should bring their own brooms.  Registration is required for participants (ages 9-17) for each session.  No registration needed for spectators.  Registration for the June 22 session begins May 24.  Registration for the August 9 session begins July 26.  Maps to the playing fields will be available at the Library on game days.  Costumes are encouraged (but not required)!

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Earth Day Container Gardening

March 16, 2016 | Patton

In honor of Earth Week, join us in the Community Room for a hands-on session in container gardening. Landscape Designer Heidi Cook will guide attendees through the step-by-step process of creating an appealing decorative container. Plants, planting pots, and gloves will be provided. Be prepared to get a little dirty and create something pleasant and practical to decorate your front porch or back patio. Join us on Saturday, April 23 at 11:00 AM. Registration is required.

Great Michigan Read 2016 Author Talk

March 5, 2016 | madame librarian

Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN this year's Great Michigan Read 2016 will speak at Plymouth District Library on May 18 at 1:00PM.   Registration is open for this event.  To register call Plymouth District Library at 734-453-0750 ext. 4. or register online at Plymouth District Library.

 

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Also available in: e-book | audiobook | e-audiobook

One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time-from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains-this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet.

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