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Calvert Library on Social Media
Follow Calvert Library on Facebook.
Like a Calvert Library post on Instagram.
Subscribe to Calvert Library’s YouTube channel.
Check out Calvert Library on TikTok.
Become a CLambassador–use your social media accounts to become an advocate for Calvert Library.
Adventure with Calvert Library Mobile Services
- Check out the schedule of community stops for the Bookmobile. Find one near you!
- Visit the Bookmobile at a community event.
Adventures with Movies
- Check out a DVD or Blu-ray from your local library.
- See all of the movies available to stream from Calvert Library’s online platform, Kanopy.
- Check out Kanopy Kids for the best in entertainment for the little ones!
- Attend a Monday Movie Musings at Calvert Library in July or August.
- Check out a book that a movie was based on. Which was better–the book or the movie?
- Cast yourself in your favorite movie–what part would you play?
- Check out the Summer Mini-Movie Festival at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on June 29.
Share the Adventure
- Snap a picture of what you are reading during your summer adventures–in Calvert County or around the world! Message Calvert Library on Facebook with your photo.
- Visit a local library wherever you travel this summer. What did you think was great about the library? Message Calvert Library on Facebook with your photo.
- Write a story that takes place in a world from your imagination. What is your world called? Share your world with a friend or a family member.
- Travel the imaginative way–check out a book that takes place somewhere you have never visited before. Why did you choose this adventure? Share this with a friend.
All About STEAM
- Attend SummerSTEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) at any library branch this summer.
- Go outside and create art (of any kind)!
- Check a book out from the library to learn about a science topic that interests you.
- Learn how to do something new on your computer, phone, or tablet. What did you learn?
- Use blocks, Legos, sticks, or cardboard to build something from your imagination. What did you build?
Calvert Library’s Online Resources
Celebrate Smokey Bear
- Read a picture book from Smokey’s Reading List.
- Take the Smokey Bear Pledge.
- Tell a friend or family member about campfire safety.
- Check out a field guide to trees from your library and see how many trees you can identify in your neighborhood.
- Explore different natural resource careers.
Community Adventure
- Read a book that features characters that are different from yourself. What did you learn about their community?
- Share your time–volunteer at your favorite local charity.
- Help someone with their chores or surprise them with a little treat.
- If you are a teen, sign up to be part of TACOS (Teen Advisory Council of Students) and earn community service hours for graduation–a win-win adventure!
Adventurous Reader
- Learn about a place you have never been but would love to go to one day. What did you learn? Do you still want to go? Why or why not?
- Listen to music from another culture through Freegal. What did you think?
- Read stories from different cultures. Did you learn anything new? Did you notice any similarities with stories from your culture?
Family Adventures
- Listen to stories from an elder friend or family member. What did you learn about them?
- Work together to preserve family stories, traditions, or history. How did you go about doing this (e.g., recording their stories, writing down what they said, creating a photo album, etc.)?
- Enjoy a family story. Explore BookFlix to build a love of reading and learning for kids.
- Go camping with your family or friends.
Online Adventures
- Learn a new skill–business, technology, and creative skills–at your own pace with LinkedIn Learning.
- Learn about Southern Maryland history on the new Equity in History website.
- Visit the Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library. Learn more about Deaf Culture, check out recommended books, or learn where to take local American Sign Language (ASL) classes.
- Learn a new language on Mango Languages.
- Explore the Anti-Racism resource page for books, movies, and podcasts.
Out of This World Adventures
- Research stars or constellations. Design your own constellation and the myth to explain it.
- Look online for a guide to constellations. See if you can find your favorite constellation in the nighttime sky.
- Imagine you were going into space—make a list of the five things you would bring with you. Compare your list to your family or friend’s.
- Go outside and read beneath the stars (don’t forget a flashlight).
- Using supplies around your house, build a rocket, a model of the solar system, or the International Space Station. What did you choose to build and why?
Outside Adventures
- Have a backyard campout.
- Help your garden grow–plant something new or tend to your veggies or flowers.
- Hunt for fossils, shark teeth, or sea glass at a local beach.
- Organize a community game.
- Take your lunch break or conference call outside.
- Treasure hunt in nature by going geocaching locally.
Summer Adventures with Calvert Library
- INFO ON ALL SUMMER FUN PERFORMANCES
- Attend our Summer Fun Performer Kickoff with Culture Queen on June 15th 10 am & 12:30 pm ( Calvert Library Prince Frederick).
- Attend Summer Fun with Didgeridoo Down Under on June 27th at 10 am (Twin Beaches Branch) or 11 am (Calvert Library Prince Frederick).
- Attend Summer Fun with the Maryland Science Center on June 30th at 2:30 pm (Fairview Branch).
- Attend Summer Fun with Reptile Wonders on July 11th at 10 am or 11:15 am (Twin Beaches Branch) or 2:00 pm (Calvert Library Prince Frederick).
- Attend Summer Fun with Meki’s Temure Polynesian Arts Group on July 25th at 10 am (Dunkirk Firehouse) or 2:00 pm (Southern Community Center).
- Attend Brian Curry’s Magic show on August 8th at 10 am (Dunkirk Firehouse) or 2:00 pm (Southern Community Center) or 6 pm (Calvert Library Prince Frederick).
- Check out Calvert Library’s Discord server for teens.
- Attend a Storytime and enjoy some fun.
- Join a Book Discussion–online or in person.
There’s An App for That!
- Download the Calvert Library app.
- Using the app, check your account.
- Put an item on hold on your app.
- Check out a book using the app.
Water Adventures
- Read or listen to a book with “water” or “ocean” in the title.
- Go to the beach or enjoy a title with a beach on the cover.
- Swim in your local pool.
- Go kayaking or canoeing.
- Splash through a creek or river near you.
- Pretend to play with your favorite animals in the sink or bath.