Tweens and Teens, do you watch the Amazing Race on TV? Interested in embarking on your own adventure? Join us in the library for a race of your own. You will travel around the library and complete tasks from all around the world. Maybe you will be the one to conquer the Dewey Decimal System!

Who: Kids, Tweens and Teens, going into grades 4 & up
When: Friday, August 5, 1:00-2:30PM
Where: Library Community Room
Registration begins Friday, July 22

Johnny Applestack. Worm Diving. Chocolate Unicorn. They're all games from Minute to Win It. You've watched the TV show, now it's your turn! Check out NBC's Minute to Win It website and start brushing up on your mad skills for our Minute to Win It program on July 8th at 2:00PM. This program is for Teens and Tweens. Registration begins June 24th.

Attention kids going into First or Second Grade! Join us for our book group on August 18, 2011. This month's book selection is Uh-Oh Cleo by Jessica Harper. Registration begins on August 4, 2011. After you register, be sure to stop at the Children's Reference Desk to pick up your copy of the book.

Enemies among us: a thriller by Bob Hamer

Every boat turns south by J.P. White

Fragment by Warren Fahy

The lost lady of the Amazon: the story of Isabela Godin and her epic journey by Anthony Smith

Maverick heart: the further adventures of Zane Grey by Stephen J. May

Frommer's 500 adrenaline adventures by Lois Friedland

13 little blue envelopes by Maureen Johnson

An abundance of Katherines by John Green

Are we there yet? by David Levithan

Destination unexpected: short stories by edited by Donald R. Gallo

Going bovine by Libba Bray

Guyaholic: a story of finding, flirting, forgetting… and the boy who changes everything by Carolyn Mackler

Picture Books

The adventures of Bert by Allan Ahlberg & Raymond Briggs

The adventures of Patty and the big red bus by Meghan McCarthy

The adventures of Polo by Regis Faller

All aboard! by James Stevenson

An anaconda ate my homework by Alice Schertle; pictures by Aaron Renier

Bee & Bird by Craig Frazier

Canton Township prides itself on providing an excellent system of parks which offer a variety of activities for residents, plus a place for families to gather for picnics and other outdoor activities:

• Parks & Facilities — Canton Leisure Services
• Park Locator — Canton Leisure Services
• Canton Sports Center on Michigan Ave.
• Category:Parks on CantonWiki

All Ages programs

• 2011 Great Paper Airplane Contest — July 21, 11:00AM-Noon

Children's programs

• Kids book discussion, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and other natural disasters — July 13, 2:00-2:45PM
• Outdoor Storytime — July 20, 10:00-10:45AM

Tween/Teen programs

• Minute to Win It — July 8, 2:00-3:30PM
• Amazing Dewey Race — August 5, 1:00-2:30PM

Adult programs

• Amazing Kites — July 9, 1:00-2:00PM
• Your Pecha Kucha — July 27, 7:00-8:30PM

Agent Zigzag: a true story of Nazi espionage, love, and betrayal by Ben MacIntyre — A charming British thief and con man becomes a spy during World War II – and turns double agent

Beneath the sands of Egypt: adventures of an unconventional archaeologist by Donald P. Ryan — Archaeologist excavates Egypt’s Valley of the Kings

Blood and thunder: an epic of the American West by Hampton Sides — Kit Carson – trapper, soldier and scout in the 19^th century Southwest – confronts  Manifest Destiny

Boone: a biography by Robert Morgan — Legendary frontiersman helps open the trans-Appalachian West, and along the way fights in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution

July 21, 11:00AM-Noon. Compete in contests from distance to tricks and win some prizes. Plus, learn some wicked new designs from our experts. Bring your own plane(s), or use our paper to create some.