Northeast Regional Library Blog

Suggested Family Activities • Summer ☀ Reading Packets Have you picked up your Summer Reading Program packets yet?  They are filled with lots of fun activities – coloring sheets; activity sheets such as mazes, color by number, hide and seek, crossword puzzles, and connect the dots; craft projects; and more.  Additional special sheets this week include a recommended reading list for “Water Tales,” a color your own ocean scene that can be cut apart to Read more

Suggested Family Activity • Hand ✋ Imprints If you like to turn your child’s handprint into fun pieces of art, this week’s Summer Reading Theme of “Water Tales” will give you lots of ideas!  If you take an imprint of their hand with the fingers facing down, you can turn it into a cute octopus by painting on a face in the palm area.  Let them decorate an underwater scene around it – and don’t Read more

Suggested Family Activity • Cow 🐄 Appreciation Day Two different national days this week fit perfectly into our animal theme this summer – Cow Appreciation Day today and National I Love Horses Day tomorrow! So, take this time to appreciate the gently mooing creatures that give us great products such as milk and cheese.  And in the case of horses, we honor how they have helped clear fields, worked on farms, served as reliable transportation, Read more

Suggested Family Activity • National 🐈 Kitten Day Tomorrow, July 10th, is National Kitten Day, the perfect time to celebrate our cute and cuddly kitten friends.  Send us pictures of your best kitty friends at summerreading@nereg.lib.ms.us.  If you do not have a kitty right now but would like one, call or visit your local animal shelter to find the perfect new member of your family.  Many shelters have rules for their adoption process, so check with Read more

Suggested Family Activity • Art 🎨 Collage The world of children’s literature was saddened recently to lose two wonderful children’s book authors.  Eric Carle brought the natural world to life through such titles as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and A House for Hermit Crab.  His beautiful artwork was made by layering hand-painted and tinted tissue paper together to create colorful images.  Later in life, he created the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amhurst, Read more