Summer Reading Week 4: Natural Environments Around the World

Summer Reading Week 4: Natural Environments Around the World

by | Jul 21, 2025 | Books, Children & Families, Summer Reading

 Hello Summer Readers! 

This week’s theme is all about the Natural Environments that can be found in each and every corner of Earth! We hope you bring your binoculars for our Safari Scavenger Hunt, where wild animals have taken a safari of their own within each Huron County Library branch. After that, we’ll be reading the story I Am a Meadow Mermaid by Kallie George. A heartwarming story that looks at an environment that can be found across the globe. To finish off our programming, we’ll be blending reading and nature together with a unique craft.  

If you can’t make it this week, no worries! Feel free to use this colouring sheet, to print at home or to pick it up from your local library branch. Don’t forget to check the week 4 online reading list to find a book about natural environments!  

Sincerely, 

Nadine and A.J. 

Summer Reading Week 3: Animals Around the World

Summer Reading Week 3: Animals Around the World

by | Jul 13, 2025 | Children & Families, Summer Reading

Dear Summer Reading Kids,  

After getting active and engaged in some international games, we will be exploring the world’s strange and intriguing animals as this week’s theme.  

To continue our fun-filled summer, we’ll be looking all the way to South African animals in the story The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson – a campy story about animals of the Savannah who find comfort and glee in embracing their appearances. This week’s craft is a favourite of A.J.’s- it tasks participants to make a fun and easy-to-use animal toy that can climb over and over again. We will play a creepy crawly game together called “Eek! A Snake!” Better keep your nerves while we work together to reach the finish line.  

For anyone who can’t make it this week, we have something special for you too! This colouring sheet is a fun way to spend time, print it off at your library or at home! You can also check out our week 3 online reading list to find books about all kinds of animals – big, small, friendly, not-so-friendly… check it out! 

Sincerely,  

Nadine and A.J.

Add a Huron County Library card to your back-to-school list

Add a Huron County Library card to your back-to-school list

by | Aug 23, 2024 | Children & Families, Library Card, Object Library, Online Resources

Get ready to head back to school by registering for a Huron County Library card! Access a wide variety of FREE resources to support learning for ALL ages!

The Huron County Library offers a variety of Online Resources that provide card holders 24/7 access from home. Find tools to support literacy, creativity and research supports, including:

  • PebbleGo is packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for K-3 students of all abilities. To access from home, a username and password is required. Contact your local library branch for this information.
  • Tumblebooks offers resources for children in K-6, including animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction books, playlists, graphics novels.
  • cloudLibrary provides access to over 120,000 eBooks and Audiobooks for download or streaming.
  • Mango Languages is a powerful learning platform that delivers fast and effective language learning.
  • Canadian Reference Centre can support research projects through its database that includes leading Canadian and international periodicals, reference books, biographies, and images.
  • Never stop learning through kanopy’s The Great Courses which offers enriching courses by the world’s greatest professors and experts on history, science, religion, health, travel, and more.
  • The Huron County Library supports life-long learning through Contact North, which brings distant learning options to local residents, and Gale Courses, which offers six-week personal and professional courses led by expert instructors.

The Huron County Library’s Object Library offers a wide variety of items to support hands-on learning, including:

Of course, the library also offers a great collection of books on an endless variety of topics for all ages and interests! And if you’re looking for in-person opportunities, each of our 12 branches offers programs and events for all ages to come together to learn something new while having lots of fun!

Summer Reading Week 8: Houston, We Have a Problem

Summer Reading Week 8: Houston, We Have a Problem

by | Aug 19, 2024 | Children & Families, Reading, Summer Reading

Did you know it’s our last week of summer reading club already? We have had so much fun this summer and we are sad that it’s coming to an end (but not before one more week of fun!)  

This week our theme is “Houston, we have a problem!” and we will be learning about all the technology that helps us discover and learn about the mystery of space! Did you know that there is a robot (rover) on Mars right now, exploring? Its name is Curiosity, and it’s been working for 12 years! Together we will read Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum, and create our own kaleidoscopes with recycled materials! As this is our very last week of club meetings this summer, we will say goodbye to all our new friends and give out prizes to celebrate everyone’s amazing reading accomplishments!  

Thank you all for an incredibly adventurous and fun summer, and as always, for those who were designing robots and could not make it to our club, we will miss you, but we have colouring sheets and a techy reading suggestion list for you to enjoy! 

Keep reading! 

Nadine and Morgan  

Summer Reading Week 7: Over the Moon

Summer Reading Week 7: Over the Moon

by | Aug 11, 2024 | Books, Children & Families, Reading, Summer Reading

Woah! Do you see that giant rock floating in the sky?! It must be important for sure. In our second-last week of summer reading club, our theme will be “Over the Moon”, and we will focus on Luna, the name of Earth’s moon!  

Did you know Saturn has 136 moons (that we know of)? That’s a lot more than Earth’s one moon! This week we will read Mi’kmaw Moons by Cathy LeBlanc and learn how the moon has helped this group of Indigenous peoples to Canada track seasons! We will create a moon lander that can open to reveal aliens and astronauts!  

As always, for those who were taking one small step for man, one giant leap for humankind and could not make it to our club, we have colouring sheets and a moony reading suggestion list for you to enjoy! 

We promise you the moon! 

Nadine and Morgan  

Summer Reading Week 6: When the Stars Align

Summer Reading Week 6: When the Stars Align

by | Aug 4, 2024 | Books, Children & Families, Summer Reading

Have you ever gone outside at night to see a clear sky full of stars? Have you ever wondered about all the stories and myths contained in that night sky? On week 6, our theme is “When the Stars Align”, and we’re going to learn all about constellations!  

Did you know that the visible constellations rotate through the year? For example, in winter, Orion is very clear, but it’s almost completely gone in the summer! Together we will read Zoo in the Sky by Jacqueline Mitton and create mesmerizing galaxies in jars. 

As always, for those who are busy stargazing and could not make it to our club, we have colouring sheets and a starry reading suggestion list for you to enjoy! 

Stay starry! 

Nadine and Morgan