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Help Smokey Bear celebrate his birthday with these nature activities. Complete two or more activities in each mission to earn badges. How many can you collect?

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"Writing" a Scrapbook and Viewing Cultural History

Cussy Mary and her fellow librarians breathed new life into damaged magazines, etc. by creating theme-based scrapbooks. Scrapbooks and scrap-albums have a long tradition; going back to the alba amicorum (friendship albums) of Renaissance scholars to 19th-century women's albums, to 20th-century photo albums, and beyond. From a 19th-century paper seller's advertisement: "Scrap-albums are not difficult to make; indeed, there are but four things we shall want from first to last: Patience and Taste, Scissors and Paste." Try creating your own scrapbook page with whatever you have at hand -- even your digital tools! And also, delve into the some of the rich cultural history of scrapbooks and scrap-albums from around the world.


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100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.



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Alabama

Read a book about Alabama or one that takes place there and complete a trivia question (a link is provided to help you find the answer.)

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Alaska

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American Samoa

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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Dr Seuss Activities

Dr. Seuss is one of the most influential children's authors of all time. Through his mastery of wordplay and rhyme, he inspired the imaginations of millions of young readers, probably including most of you reading this right now.

Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped millions of children learn to read.

While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.




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Florida

Read a book about Florida or one that takes place there and complete a trivia question (a link is provided to help you find the answer.)

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Genre Tracker


The 40 Book Challenge encourages students to read forty books across a variety of genres. This personal challenge is designed to push readers to embrace a culture of reading, to explore all genres, and to go beyond our comfort zones.There are 9 listed genres and the opportunity for your choice of genre.

How many can you read this year?


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Georgia

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Guam

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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NASA: 60 Years and Counting

On October 1st, 2019, NASA will be celebrating its 60th birthday! For over six decades, NASA has brought the world an amazing number of bold missions in science, aviation, and human exploration. Watch these 8 videos to learn more about NASA and their accomplishments over these past six decades!

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Puerto Rico

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READ Through 52 Action Plan

Don't be intimidated by the goal of 52 books in 52 weeks.

Work through the activities in this mission to form an action
plan of small attainable steps to reach SUCCESS!


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Reader to Reviewer

Pack Horse Librarians needed to be readers themselves in order to advise their readers and bring to them books that were useful and/or of interest to them.  Arkansas State Library staff have created  associated reading lists foryour summer reading. For If All Arkansas Read the Same Book, see especially "Fiction and Literature in Cussy Mary Carter's Bag"; "Reading the Great Depression"; and "If All Arkansas Reads - Over 20 Years". In this mission, you will read and review books related to the time period and to the If All Arkansas Read the Same Book program.



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Recipes from the Pack Horse Librarians

Readers on Cussy Mary's book route shared recipes in various ways. You will find examples of "Authentic Recipes from the Pack Horse Librarians" in the companion booklet (recipes begin at approximately page 27) for the novel. Read and peruse the recipes and make a recipe that interests you.



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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Take a Virtual Field Trip

Books open doors to many places! Even though we are limited this year to travel, we may take a virtual field trips to see animals, parks, museums, outer space, geography, and history!  Don't forget to mark each activity as completed once you've explored.



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Tennessee

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Texas

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U.S. Virgin Islands

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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Washington, D.C.

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West Virginia

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What Books Would You Carry?

In addition to the Fiction and Literature in Cussy Mary Carter's Bag, she also carried serials - such as Popular Mechanics, Women's Home Companion, and National Geographic - as well as comics such as Dick Tracy by Chester Gold and Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. If you were a Book Person, what would you carry to your readers?


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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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A Conversation with Kim Michele Richardson

Watch the recorded event, A Conversation with Kim Michele Richardson, to complete this mission. You can watch the program on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CQu7DBN3rmwZD8dqEwSYA?view_as=subscriber

Additional information is available on https://www.library.arkansas.gov/programs/arkansas-center-for-the-book/if-all-arkansas-read-the-same-book/



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Learn About Smokey Bear

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Read

Reading together develops vocabulary and comprehension, nurtures a love for reading, and motivates children to want to learn to read. Shared reading (interactive reading) is an important way to help children get ready to read. Reading with children will show how books and written language work and that stories have a beginning, middle and end.

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Space Exploration


A new planet has recently been discovered in our solar system! Help us collect data about this strange new planet by completing the activities below. Maybe this new planet will become your new home!

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Traveling to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of the Moon and twin sister to the sun god Apollo. Much like NASA’s Apollo program, which took humans to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, the Artemis program will take humans, including the first woman and the first person of color, back to the Moon and prepare us for traveling to Mars and beyond for the first time.

The following activities are all about the Artemis program and NASA’s plans for a new generation of crewed spaceflight. Complete three of the six activities to earn your “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” badge.

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A Presentation by Kim Michele Richardson

Watch the recorded July 16 If All Arkansas Read the Same Book program, A Presentation by Kim Michele Richardson, to complete this mission. You can view the program on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CQu7DBN3rmwZD8dqEwSYA?view_as=subscriber 

Additional information is available on https://www.library.arkansas.gov/programs/arkansas-center-for-the-book/if-all-arkansas-read-the-same-book/.



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Back to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Going back to the Moon and building a permanent presence on the lunar surface is a crucial step towards putting humans on Mars for the first time.

Learn all about NASA’s plans for lunar exploration and earn the "Back to the Moon" badge by completing four of the eight activities below!

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Campfire Safety

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Sing

Singing emphasizes many early literacy practices, and it contributes to oral language development by slowing down language and making it easier for children to hear the words. Singing is also a great way to increase children’s vocabulary as children’s songs and nursery rhymes include many new and uncommon words. Songs are a natural, fun way for children to learn language. When children sing, they hear different parts of words, pay attention to the rhythms and rhymes of language, and develop listening skills.

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Many Miles to Mars with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! The Artemis program is all about sending humans back to the Moon in preparation for an even more challenging goal: human travel to Mars, the Red Planet!

Earn this badge and learn more about Mars by completing three of the five activities below!

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Nature Adventure

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Talk

Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills. Children learn about language by listening to parents and caregivers talk and joining in the conversation. Talking in a way that encourages children to talk will help them understand what they later read. When children listen to spoken words they learn: how letters and words sound, the meaning of words, how words can be put together to communicate ideas, information and feelings.

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Planning and Prototyping with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Space travel requires massive amounts of planning, design, prototyping, and testing to ensure the vehicles and tools sent with astronauts into space are safe and reliable.

Dive deeper into NASA’s planning and prototyping process for the Artemis missions and earn this badge by completing three of the five activities below!

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Tree Exploration

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Write

Just like reading, writing teaches children that print has meaning, letters represent sounds, and written words represent the oral words they use every day. Scribbling and writing help children learn that written words stand for spoken language. For children, writing: begins with developing small finger muscles which will build dexterity for scribbling, then drawing, and eventually writing letters, helps develop hand-eye coordination, and helps build awareness that print has meaning.

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Career Exploration

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Play

Play is an essential part of childhood and is one of the best ways to learn language and literacy skills. As children engage in many types of play and across many scenarios, they talk with a wide variety of adults and peers, therefore developing their oral language, narrative skills, and vocabulary. When children play, they: develop narrative skills through imaginary play, act out real situations, learn communication, cooperation, construction and much more!

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Wildfire Science

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Make a Difference

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