Summer Reading Club With Surrey Libraries

The Surrey Public Library is once again holding their Summer Reading Club and registration is now open!

Kids will track their reading over the summer and receive a medal for 49 nights of reading.  

Click here to register online 

The reading logs and stickers can also be picked up for those who prefer to have the physical booklet.

You can find all the information about the program and how to pick up materials on their website https://www.surreylibraries.ca/services/kids-families/summer-reading-club

Many branches of the library will also be offering curbside pick-up this summer, so be sure to check their website for information on how to reserve books and other materials you may want to borrow.

Happy Reading!!

Results of the Surrey Book Award Programs!

Students all over Surrey voted for their favourite book in 3 different categories and the results are in!

The winners are.....

Surrey Book of the Year- Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

Surrey Picture Book of the Year- Potato Pants by Laurie Keller

Surrey Narrative Non-Fiction Book of the Year- 

What Do They Do With All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz

Thank you to everyone who read this year's nominees and voted for your favourite!!

Clay Mates

Clay Mates by Dev Petty is a fun story about two pieces of clay that sculpt themselves into all sorts of shapes when the artist leaves the room.  Now they must attempt to fix themselves before getting caught!

Suggested Activities:
-Create your own characters out of PlayDough (click here for recipe)
-Draw your own Clay Mate (click here for template)
-Combine two different animals to make a new creature (click here for template)
-Write a story about some Clay Mates (click here for template)

Listen to "James and the Giant Peach" Online!

Award winning filmmaker Taika Waititi, with the help of famous guests, is reading Roald Dahl's chapter book James and the Giant Peach online.  It is quite entertaining! Check it out below.

Where Oliver Fits

Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson is about a puzzle piece named Oliver who is searching for where he belongs.  He tries everything to fit in by changing his shape, his color etc., but in the end he realizes the importance of being himself.

Suggested Activities:
-Fill in each puzzle piece with traits that make you who you are ie. kind, honest, hardworking etc.
-Draw/describe the problem and solution in the story

The Good Egg

The Good Egg written by Jory John and illustrated by Pete Oswald is about an egg that is always good but begins to crack under the pressure of always trying to be perfect.  This is a great story to teach us about acceptance, and the importance of taking care of yourself and your own mental, physical and emotional well-being.  

Suggested Activities:

-Draw or describe ways that you can be a good egg 

-Make a list of self-care strategies that you can use when you feel stressed 

Leonardo the Terrible Monster

This week the students in Divisions 13-17 read Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems.

After hearing the story, they then created their own monster, named it and wrote all about it!