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Virtual Club Information

Below you’ll find a listing of all activities for 2020's virtual activities for the Summer Reading Club, a new venture added due to COVID-19. Check back in Spring of 2021 for a look at next summer's activities.

Summer Virtual Activities Available

Movies, Myths & Media Trivia (Daily)
Fairy Tale LEGO Challenge (Weekly)
Emoji Pictionary Challenge

Movies, Myths & Media Trivia (Daily)

Movies, Myths & Media Trivia

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION

Test your trivia knowledge in this fun activity where we’ll post a new trivia question every weekday. Submit your answer online and for ever five (5) you get correct, you’ll receive an entry into prize drawings at the end of summer.

Trivia questions will not only be posted on our website, but also on our social media accounts including Facebook and Twitter. Respond quickly as you’ll only have access to answering each question for a 24-hour period.

Fairy Tale LEGO Challenge (Weekly)

Fairy Tale LEGO Challenge

ONLINE ENTRY FORM FOR WEEK #8 CHALLENGE

Week #8 Challenge | August 3-8

THEME 1: THE BOOTS FROM PUSS IN BOOTS | THEME 2: THE WITCH'S HOUSE FROM HANSEL & GRETEL

If you love to build with LEGO we’re challenging you with building projects that fit one of two themes. Each week the theme will change so choose the one you like the most.

Once you’ve completed the task, take a photo of your creation and submit it to us so we may share some on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Check back each Monday for a new challenge!

Emoji Pictionary Challenge

Emoji Pictionary Challenge

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & PRINT PDF TO RETURN TO LIBRARY or
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE ONLINE

Dive into a reading challenge where you’ll have to guess the titles to popular children’s books using only emojis.

We’ll have 17 titles for you to guess and you may do so by either stopping by the library to pick a form to complete and return to us, or you may complete the challenge online.

Those who complete the challenge will be entered into our drawing for prizes later in the summer. Good Luck!!!

Choose Your Own Adventure
Choose Your Own Adventure 2
Create Your Own Board Game: Kid Edition
Create Your Own Board Game: Teen Edition

Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure Game

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN THE CHALLENGE

Youth are invited to become immersed in a virtual story where they will choose the course of the read. Be a part of the Choose Your Own Adventure activity where you’ll answer prompts that present themselves while engaging in the story. Each turn can lead you somewhere new too

Choose Your Own Adventure 2

Choose Your Own Adventure Game 2

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN THE CHALLENGE

Dive into a new tale featuring the Labyrinth where, this time, a now teen Toby must venture into this treacherous world if he wants to save his baby sister. Be a part of the Choose Your Own Adventure activity where you’ll answer prompts that present themselves while engaging in the story. Each turn can lead you somewhere new too

Create Your Own Board Game: Kid Edition

Create Your Own Board Game: Kid Edition

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE

We’re challenging youth to see what game you can create in this fun summer challenge. We’ll ask that you find materials around your home and create a game using our guidelines.

Once you’re finished, take some photos of yourself playing your game with your family/friends and send them our way so we can share with others.

Create Your Own Board Game: Teen Edition

Create Your Own Board Game: Teen Edition

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE

Everyone loves games and we challenge you to create one of your own. Take part in our summer challenge where we’ll ask you to find materials around your home and create a game using our guidelines.

Once completed, take photos of yourself, and/or others, playing it so we may share with others.

Fairy Tale Art Contest
Fairy Tale Reboot Writing Contest
Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt
Fractured Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

Fairy Tale Art Contest

Fairy Tale Art Contest for All Ages

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ART ENTRY ONLINE

Return submissions to the the Main Library or
South Branch, or email your submission to Marianne.Vadney@abilenetx.gov.

If you love fairy tales and art, we’re combining the two in a fun contest. All ages are invited to submit his/her original artwork based on a pre-existing fairy tale from any culture, whether it is widely known or not.

Fairy Tale Reboot Writing Contest

Fairy Tale Art Contest for All Ages

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING ENTRY ONLINE

Return submissions to the the Main Library or
South Branch, or email your submission to Marianne.Vadney@abilenetx.gov.

If you’re a writer, we’re offering a contest that will have you re-telling a classic fairy tale. All entries must be based on a pre-existing fairy tale while also providing a new twist on the original story.

Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & PRINT PDF TO RETURN TO LIBRARY or
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE ONLINE

Youth can participate in a scavenger hunt where you’ll be given a list of items to look for. Your task will be to look for those items in the fairy tales you read, or the areas around your home you may spot them, and record them on our scavenger hunt sheet. You may print out the form and return it to us, or complete the challenge online. Your submission will get you an entry into our prize drawings.

Fractured Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

Fractured Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM

Teens are invited to take part in a fun Fractured Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt. These tales take on an old story and recreate it in a way that reflects modern values and ideals. Maybe the villain is the hero, genders are swapped, who knows. Your task is to read some of these tales and then complete our online form to write down the titles of the books that feature the different tropes included in our lest.

Geppetto's Home Workshop Challenge
Myth-ing Key: Virtual Escape Room
Shapes, Colors & Numbers Scavenger Hunt
Seek & Find Scavenger Hunt

Geppetto's Home Workshop Challenge

Geppetto’s Home Workshop Challenge

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM

Teens are invited to express themselves creatively in this fun challenge. Your task for this activity will be to create a toy, fairy tale, or storybook character using items you find around the house. Once you’ve completed the task, take a photo of it and we’re asking that you share it with us by submitting your photos through our online entry form above. Your entry will award with an extra entry into prize drawings at the end of the summer so get creative and have some fun!

Myth-ing Key: Virtual Escape Room

The Myth-ing Key: Virtual Escape Room

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM

If you like the challenge of finding your way out of escape rooms, we’re offering you the opportunity to try your hands in a virtual escape room challenge. Throughout the Summer Reading Club, you’ll have the opportunity to enter our virtual escape room and see if you have what it takes to solve all of our clues and successfully navigate your way throughout different mythological settings to find a missing key to escape.

Shapes, Colors & Numbers Scavenger Hunt

Shapes, Colors & Numbers Scavenger Hunt

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD/PRINT THE PDF SCAVENGER HUNT FORM

Colors Shapes and Numbers Scavenger Hunt

Youth, ages 2-6, can take part in a fun scavenger hunt at home that will have them learning to identify colors, shapes, and numbers. Simply download our scavenger hunt form above and then search for the items that match what we ask for in the form like "Find Two Triangles" or "Find Five Blue Things." You don’t have to turn this in, it’s just for fun.

Seek & Find Scavenger Hunt

Seek & Find Scavenger Hunt

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS PDF SEEK & FIND SHEETS

Hispanic Boy in Scavenger Hunt Infographic

In this scavenger hunt for kids, we’re offering you with multiple sheets that ask you to find specific things around you such as find something "fuzzy," "brown," or "dirty." Find them, fill out the sheet it back to the library. You’ll receive an entry into prize drawings for the end of summer.