Gardening season is upon us! Check out this kid’s craft to add some life to your gardens.
Supplies:
- Paint brushes
- Paint
- Smooth, flat rock
Music: “Beyond the Line” from bensound.com
Teen Reads Prompts
QOTD #1: 13 Little Blue Envelopes
Why do you think Ginny had such a close relationship with her Aunt Peg, especially when she was completely different from her mother? How do you think Ginny feels when she starts off on her journey, guided by her Aunt?
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Kids Reading Club Prompts
QOTD #1: Chronal Engine
Emma, Max, and Kyle come from a family of recluses and hermits. Why do you think members of their family chose to live a lonesome lifestyle, when their families are so close?
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Kids Reading Club Prompts
Chronal Engine by Greg Leitich Smith
New month, new book! Check out this month’s first book club title, Chronal Engine by Greg Leitich Smith!
The book can be downloaded as an ebook from Hoopla:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12017188
When Max, Emma, and Kyle are sent to live with their reclusive grandfather for the summer, they’re dismayed to learn he thinks there’s a time machine in the basement.
But when Grandpa Pierson predicts the exact time of his own heart attack, and when Emma is kidnapped by what can only be a time traveler, they realize he was telling the truth about the Chronal Engine. And if they want their sister back, they’ll have to do it themselves.
So Max and Kyle, together with their new friend Petra, pack up their grandpa’s VW and follow Emma and the kidnapper back in time, to Late Cretaceous Texas, where the sauropods and tyrannosaurs roam. Can the trio find Emma and survive the hazards of the Age of Dinosaurs, or are they, too, destined to become part of the fossil record?
Check out the blog on Monday for the first book club question!
Teen Reads Prompts
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Are you excited to check out our first book for May? This week, we will be reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson!
Download the book as an ebook from Hoopla:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13095702
When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes and instructions to buy a plane ticket to London, she knows something exciting is going to happen. What Ginny doesn’t know is that she will have the adventure of her life and it will change her in more ways than one. Life and love are waiting for her across the Atlantic, and the thirteen little blue envelopes are the key to finding them in this funny, romantic, heartbreaking novel.
Check the blog on Monday for the first question!
Kids Reading Club Prompts
QOTD #5: The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Sabrina’s attitude about Granny Relda changes throughout the book. What was her opinion at the beginning of the book, and how did it change by the end?
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Teen Reads Prompts
QOTD #5: You Ruined My Life
Rod finds out that Blake was intentionally trying to ruin his life because of his own unhappiness. Can you see why Blake may have seen that it was a good idea? What did he learn about happiness by comparing his life with Rod’s?
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Teen Reads Prompts
QOTD #4: How You Ruined My Life
Even after Rod repeatedly explained to Audrey that Blake was fabricating lies to make him seem unfaithful, she continued to ask him about it. Then, she breaks up with him without really listening to him. Do you think they should have stayed together, or was it better for them to break up?
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Kids Reading Club Prompts
QOTD #4: The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Puck sees himself as a villain in this story. Are his actions that of a villain? What are some examples?
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Teens
Foam Succulent
Are you looking for a plant you can’t kill? Make your own foam succulent!
Supplies:
- Foam or stiff felt
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Wavy edged scissors
- Decorative rocks
- Bowl
Music: “Happiness” from bensound.com