Head to our branches for indoor fun this month!
Aspen Hill Library
7/28-8/4
Adventure Week Take and Make Craft – Cork Boat Craft Kits
Float your own boat with our cork boat craft kits, available all this week.
Kits are available at the Information Desk, while supplies last.
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library
7/24-8/2
Mari Mariposa Adventure Week Scavenger Hunt
It’s adventure week at McGee Library! Come celebrate by visiting and completing our scavenger hunt for a fun prize!
Chevy Chase Library
8/1-8/31
Mari Mariposa Summer Reading Challenge Scavenger Hunt
Help celebrate Summer Reading at MCPL by finding Mari Mariposa! Mari is having lots of fun outside this summer – can you spot her on all of her adventures? Once you find all 11 pictures in the Children’s Room, bring your finished scavenger hunt sheet to the Information Desk for a prize!
Davis Library
7/28-8/3
Teen Graphic Novel Contest — Celebrating Adventure Week!
Adventure Starts Here! Visit Davis Library July 28-August 3 to pick up an entry form and template to enter our graphic novel contest! Using the provided template, you’ll be able to create a graphic novel page about an adventure of your choice. For grades 6-12. Submissions are due on August 3rd at 6pm. No exceptions.
*Submissions will not be returned. Please make a copy of your artwork to submit if you’d like to keep it. Submissions must be on the provided template.
Questions about this program? Contact the branch 240-777-0922
Germantown Library
7/31-8/4
Germantown Library Bird Count!
Try your hand at bird watching around the Germantown Library!
Have you ever wanted to birdwatch and try to identify birds in our area? Participate in citizen science? How about identifying birds outside the Germantown Library or in Germantown Town Center Park? Come pick up a bird list with some of our more common species found by a staff member at or near the library. Check off and count how many you see — you can return the list to the library to be added to eBird, or if you have an eBird account, don’t forget to add your list to the Germantown Town Center Park Hotspot! 7/10, 17, 24 & 31, 5-7pm
Drop-in Chess
Kensington Park Library
7/1-8/31
Summer Adventure Scavenger Hunt at Noyes & Kensington Park Libraries
Explore the Town of Kensington on an adventure to find carved statues! A collaboration of the Noyes and Kensington Park libraries.
During the Summer Reading Challenge, stop in to either the Noyes Library or Kensington Park Library to grab your map to adventure! There are 9 carved statues throughout the Town of Kensington that you and your adult need to find. For every 3 you find, you get a sticker prize; find all 9 and get a bonus sticker!
This scavenger hunt will be available during the Summer Reading Challenge and will be available and completable from either the Noyes Library or the Kensington Park Library.
7/1-7/31
Scavenger Hunt: Pirate Scavenger Hunt
Start your search in the Picture Book Room. Find all the images around the Children’s areas and then come to the Information Desk for a prize!
7/28
Take and Make: Camp Scene Craft
For systemwide Adventure Week. We will start giving the kits out either Sunday (7/28) or Monday (7/29) until they are gone. While supplies last.
Little Falls
7/1-31
Scavenger Hunt: Monthly Scavenger Hunt
Join our monthly scavenger hunt.
Marilyn J. Praisner
7/1-7/31
Mari Mariposa Summer Scavenger Hunt
Join our monthly scavenger hunt and find all the Mari Mariposas hiding in the library. Find all of them and win a sticker or a pin! From July 1st to July 31st.
7/14-27
Take and Make: Make a Strawberry)
Come to the library and pick up a take and make kit to make your own strawberry from July 14th to July 27th.
7/28-8/10
Take and Make: Olympic Rings
Come to the library and pick up a take and make kit to learn about the Olympic Rings and make your very own from July 28th to August 10th.
Noyes Library
8/1-8/31
Mari Mariposa Summer Scavenger Hunt
All summer long stop in to the Noyes Library to search for postcards featuring this year’s Summer Reading Challenge mascot Mari Mariposa. Find all 11 postcards and win a fun sticker prize! You can do the scavenger hunt as many times as you want, but you can only get 1 sticker a day.
Scavenger hunt runs for all 3 months of the Summer Reading Challenge (June, July, August).
8/1-8/31
Folded Paper Sunflowers
Stop in to the Noyes Library all August long to pick up a kit to make some bright and sunny sunflowers using only paper! Fold some yellow paper to make petals and crush some tissue paper to make seeds of your vary own bright and sunny sunflower.
6/14-8/31
Summer Adventure Scavenger Hunt at Noyes & Kensington Park Libraries
Explore the Town of Kensington on an adventure to find carved statues! A collaboration of the Noyes and Kensington Park libraries.
During the Summer Reading Challenge, stop in to either the Noyes Library or Kensington Park Library to grab your map to adventure! There are 9 carved statues throughout the Town of Kensington that you and your adult need to find. For every 3 you find, you get a sticker prize; find all 9 and get a bonus sticker!
This scavenger hunt will be available during the Summer Reading Challenge and will be available and completable from either the Noyes Library or the Kensington Park Library.
Olney Library
8/1-8/31
Mari Mariposa Scavenger Hunt
Find all 11 hidden Mari Mariposa images in the children’s section
Twinbrook Library
8/1-8/31
Adventure Starts Here Reading Activity
‘The Best Summer Adventure Begins With a Library Book’
Looking for an adventure this summer?!
Select a wrapped book by only reading an abstract or review.
Check it out.
Unwrap the book at home and enjoy the adventure!
Scavenger Hunt: MARI MARIPOSA Scavenger Hunt
There are 11 photos of Mari Mariposa hidden around the children’s area. Find them all to claim your prize!
Help celebrate Summer Reading at MCPL by finding Mari Mariposa! Mari is having lots of fun outside this summer – can you spot her on all her adventures?
Once you find all 11 photos, bring your finished sheet to the Information Desk for a prize!
Question of the Week
We will post questions on the shelf-end board in the Teens section, along with pencils and post-it notes for answers. Answer notes will be collected and the question changed on a weekly basis. The Teen Advisory Board will provide suggestions for new questions, and have an opportunity to discuss and rank collected answers.