92 Days of Summer! Yes, you read that right! The Kenton County Public Library runs Summer Reading Club for 92 days – June 1-August 31. Summer is typically very exciting in the beginning but kids tend to get bored about two weeks into June. Even adults find themselves looking for outdoor fun and rainy day activities. So the Kenton County Public Library has you covered with our list of activities and books for 92 Days of Summer. This is a long list so print it off to hang on the fridge, mark things on your calendar or check the post often.
We will also be giving away prizes EVERY SINGLE DAY of the 92 Days of Summer on our Facebook page so be sure to check it out everyday. Every day we will be giving away a Parenting in NKY Prize Pack (a Florence Mall carousel token, McDonalds ice cream cone coupon, Fazolizi’s kids meal coupon and a slinky), as well as another prize that is listed below with the corresponding day.
92 Days of Summer
1. Book:Holy Spokes!: A Biking Bible for Everyone by Rob Coppolillo
Activity: Bike trails at Tower Park
Give Away: Cooler Bag & Kenton County Public Library water bottle.
2. Book: Run Less, Run Faster
Activity: Run a 5k
Giveaway: Bob Roenker’s gym bag and a Kenton County Public Library water bottle.
3. Book: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey – Adventures Around Cincinnati (pg 290)
Activity: Berry picking at one of several area UPick farm
Giveaway: Adventures Around Cicinnati Book
4. Book: The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball by Paul Dickson
Activity: Attend a Reds or Florence Freedom game
Giveaway: Florence Freedom tickets & T-shirt
5. Book: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Activity: Visit Gladys the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens
6. Book: Look! Look! Look! at Sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Activity: Visit Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park
Giveaway: Kenton County Public Library art pack
7. Book: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Activity: Visit the Cincinnati Art Museum
Giveaway: Cincinnati Art Museum Annual Family Pass & goodies
8. Book: Katie series by James Mayhew
Activity: Create a piece of art with you as the subject
Giveaway: Art Pack
9. Book: Sea Turtle Scientist by Stephen R. Swinburne
Activity: Visit the new “Turtle Canyon” at the Newport Aquarium
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
10. Book: Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay
Activity: Visit the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
Giveaway: Cincinnati Art Museum Annual Family Pass & goodies
11. Book: Skyscraper by Lynn Curlee or You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Skyscraper Builder by John Malam
Activity: Ride to the top of the Carew Tower
Giveaway: Two tickets to Contemporary Arts Center
12.Book:Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects
Activity: Explore Cincinnati’s many bridges including the Roebling and Purple People Bridge
Giveaway: $10 AMC Movie Theater Gift Card
13.Book: The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snickett
Activity: Visit Cincinnati Music Hall/Washington Park
Giveaway: The Carnegie gift certificate for two tickets to any 2014-2015 production
14.Books: City Signs by Zoran Milich, Signs in our World by John Searcy, or Go : a Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd
Activity: Visit the American Sign Museum
Giveaway: $10 Starbucks gift card
15.Book: Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck by Laura Murray
Activity: Visit the Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati
Giveaway: Book Prize Pack
16.Book: Princess Diana by Joanne Mattern
Activity: Visit the Diana Exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center
Giveaway: Two Cincinnati Museum passes
17.Book: Fountain Square and the Genius of Water: The Heart of Cincinnati by Gregory Parker Rogers
Activity: Visit interesting fountains such as Fountain Square, the musical fountain at Washington Park, and the Goose Girl Fountain in MainStrasse Village
Giveaway: $10 Starbucks gift card
18. Book: King Records of Cincinnati by Randy McNutt
Activity: Download some new tunes with Freegal, the Kenton County Library’s collection of Sony artists or check out one of the many free concerts this summer at Party in the Park, City of Edgewood, Washington Park, Fountain Square or Newport on the Levee
Giveaway: $10 iTunes gift card
19.Book: Golf : the Essential Guide for Young Golfers by Clive Gifford
Activity: Golfing at AJ Jolly Park, World of Golf or another local golf course
Giveaway: Golf umbrella
20. Book: Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins
Activity: Visit the “Our Vietnam” exhibit at the Behringer-Crawford Museum
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
21. Canoeing & Camping : beyond the basics by Cliff Jacobson ; illustrations by Cliff Moen.
Activity: Canoe at one of the local places like Whitewater Canoe Rental.
Giveaway: Pass to be used at Whitewater Canoe Rental to permit one person to canoeing, kayaking, river tubing or riverside campaign May – September 2014.
22.Book: Gardening Lab for Kids by Renata Fossen Brown
Activity: Check out the Boone County Arboretum
Giveaway: Garden set and bubbles
23.Book: Our Organic Garden by Precious McKenzie
Activity: Explore the Civic Garden Center in Cincinnati
Giveaway: Petal Pushers Gift Card
24.Book: Hana’s suitcase: a True Story by Karen Levine
Activity: Visit the Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Cincinnati Museum Center
25.Book: Locomotive by Brian Floca
Activity: Play at the Erlanger Train Depot Park or check out the trains at Cincinnati Museum Center
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Cincinnati Museum Center
26.Book: When Stravinsky met Nijinsky: two artists, their ballet, and one extraordinary riot by Lauren Stringer
Activity: Go see the Cincinnati Ballet
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
27.Book: 13 Modern Artists Children Should Know by Brad Finger J 709.04 Fing
Activity: Play at the UnMuseum of the Contemporary Arts Center
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
28. Book:Lincoln Logs Building Manual by Dylan Dawson
Activity: Check out the Campbell County Log Cabin Museum
Giveaway: Art bag of fun
29. Book: Peace One Day by Jeremy Gilley
Activity: See the World Peace Bell in Newport, the largest free-swinging bell in the world
Giveaway: $10 AMC Theater gift card
30.Book: Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Chris Raschka
Activity: Take a bicycle ride as a family through town or at a local park
Giveaway: Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Chris Raschka and a Kenton County Public Library water bottle
31.Book: Look Up! Bird Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Activity: Go bird watching! Make a list of birds that you have seen so far today. If you don’t know the type of bird, list its color and any distinguishing characteristics.
Giveaway: Handmade cards and $20 gift certificate for Cards by Katie
32.Book: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Activity: Many of the drawings in this book are made from geometric shapes. Using construction paper, cut triangles, rectangles and circles. Make a picture of a scene or character using the shapes you have cut! Go to the city and imagine how a tiger would act in the city trying to fit in then go to the forest or a big park and act how a tiger would in the wild.
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
33.Book: Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Activity: Play old school Barrel of Monkeys with the family
Giveaway: Autographed copy of County The Monkeys by Mac Barnett
34.Book: For kids: Kentucky Derby by S. L. Hamilton; for adults: Kentucky Derby Museum Cookbook
Activitiy: Visit the Kentucky Horse Park or other horse racing venue
Giveaway: $10 Starbucks gift card
35.Book: The Super-Duper Dog Park by Aron Nels Steinke
Activity: Take your dog to the park or visit Puppy Tales at the Library
Giveaway: Kenton Library Prize Pack
36. Book: Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
Activity: Go to a stand up comedy show at the Funny Bone
Giveaway: Two tickets to Funny Bone
37. Book: Cleaning Up Litter by Charlotte Guillian
Activity: Volunteer for Great American Cleanup
Giveaway: Bob Roenker’s bag and library water bottle
38.Book: Brothers Are For Making Mud Pies by Harriet Ziefert
Activity: Make Mud pies!
Giveaway: Bucket of Summer Fun
39.Book: The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club
Activity: Attend a craft program at the Library or knit for St. Elizabeth Hospice
Giveaway: $10 Starbucks gift card
40.Book: With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin
Activity: Write an actual letter to someone
Giveaway: Handmade note cards with pins
41.Book: (for adults) Thirteen at Dinner by Agatha Christie
Activity: Attend a mystery dinner theater, see NKU’s summer production
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
42.Book: (for women) The Weekend Makeover: Get a Brand New Life by Monday Morning
Activity: Have a grown-up slumber party with your girlfriends and do makeovers/mani/pedis
Giveaway: Book Prize Pack
43. Book: Rabbit Hash, Kentucky: River Born, Kentucky Bred by Donald Clare
Activity: Visit Rabbit Hash
Giveaway: Handmade soap, soap dish and earrings
44. Book: Beaches by Iris Rainer
Activity: Visit one of Cincinnati’s local beaches: Mounds Beach (Brookville Lake) or East Fork Lake Beach
Giveaway: Book Prize Pack
45. Book: Fighters of World War II by Jeffrey L Ethell
Activity: Visit Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
46. Book: The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky
Activity: Take a walk through your city visiting the city building, neighborhood parks and landmarks
Giveaway: Playaway Bookpack with the Amelia Bedelia audio and print book collection
47. Book: This is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson
Activity: Take a car ride along the river or on back country roads with the family
Giveaway: Autographed copies of This is the Rope and Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson
48. Book: Tell Me a Silly Story by Carl Reiner
Activity: Create your own story through comedy and art
Giveaway: Sticker and art pack
49. Book: Doc McStuffins series by Sheila Sweeney Higginson
Activity: Let the kids pretend to be the doctor and treat their stuffed animals
Giveaway: Doc McStuffins Prize Pack
50. Book: Saturday Night Live Books or DVDs
Activity: Watch a comedy or put on your own skit
Giveaway: Two tickets to Funny Bone in Newport
51. Book: The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert by Richard Betts
Activity: Visit the Northern Kentucky Wine Trail
Giveaway: $10 iTunes gift card
52. Book: Kentucky horse country : images of the Bluegrass / James Archambeault.
Activity: Visit Turfway or River Downs (now Belterra Park) for live horse racing
Giveaway: $25 Petal Pushers gift card
53. Book: Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Activity: Visit A Taste of Belgium
Giveaway: Book Prize Pack
54. Book: Stick! by Andy Pritchett
Activity: Collect sticks at the park or on a hike. See what YOU can make/do with a stick and your imagination.
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Cincinnati Museum Center
55. Book: Higher! Higher! By Leslie Patricelli
Activity: How high can you swing? Go to your favorite park and see!
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
56. Book: Family History Detective: A Step-by-Step Guide to Investigating Your Family Tree by Desmond Walls Allen
Activity: Visit the Local History and Genealogy Department to work on your family history! Fill Out a family tree.
Giveaway: $10 iTunes gift card
57. Book:Read “Newport: The Sin City Years” by Robin Caraway
Activity: Take Newport Gangster Tour in Newport, KY.
Giveaway: $10 AMC gift card
58. Books: Beyond the Solar System –Exploring Galaxies, Black Holes, Alien Planets, and More by Mary Kay Carson (Cincinnati author!); and, Awesome Astronomy by Raman Prinja
Activity: Visit The Cincinnati Observatory in Mt. Lookout or, The Drake Planetarium and Science Center in Cincinnati
Giveaway: Tween Book Prize Pack
59. Book: Windows in Glass: Stories of the Windows of the Basilica of the Assumption by William F. Cleves
Activity: Take a tour of the Cathedral of the Basilica of the Assumption in Covington or attend a service.
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
60. Book: What are fossils? by Natalie Hyde
Activity: Look for fossils in the pond at Big Bone Lick State Park
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
61. Book: The Captivating, Creative, Unusual History of Comic Books by Jennifer M. Besel or The Art of Making Comic Books by Michael Morgan Pellowski ; with illustrations by Howard Bender
Activity: Attend an event at Comic Book World
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
62. Book: 50 hikes in Kentucky: from the Appalachian Mountains to the Land Between the Lakes by Hiram Rogers.
Activity: Look for deer, rabbits, squirrels, and other animals in the trails at England-Ildewild Park in Burlington.
Giveaway: Cooler bag and water bottle
63. Book: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Activity:Visit Color Me Mine
Giveaway: $10 gift certificate to Color Me Mine
64. Book: Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon
Activity: Solve a household or neighborhood mystery
Giveaway: Mystery Book Pack
65. Book Download: I am Rosa Parks
Activity: Visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Giveaway: Two autographed Jacqueline Woodson books
66. Book: The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Activity: Volunteer to be a Big Brother or Big Sister, or become a mentor at a local school in the fall.
Giveaway: Tween Book Pack
67. Book: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
Activity: Attend a regatta at Harsha Lake in East Fork Lake to see high school rowers in action
today, or enroll a high school student in a summer rowing camp with the Cincinnati Junior Rowing
Club to try a new sport.
Giveaway: Cooler bag and water bottle
68. Book: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Night by Elie Wiesel
Activity: Visit and take a tour at the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
Giveaway: Two tickets to Contemporary Arts Center
69. Book: How to Be by Lisa Brown
Activity: Pretend to be different animals imagining where you would live, eat and sleep
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Cincinnati Zoo
70. Book: William Howard Taft: Twenty Seventh President 1909-1913 written and illustrated by Mike Venezia
Activity: Visit the William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Giveaway: Autographed copy of President Taft stuck in the Bath by Mac Barnett
71. Book: Arnie the Doughnut Series by Laurie Keller
Activity: Visit Holtman’s Donuts at Findlay Market
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
72. Book: Savvy Saving; couponing secrets from the Stockpiling Moms by Melissa Jennings & Shelley King
Activity: Collect coupons, create a budget and develop a shopping strategy
Giveaway: Autographed copy of Savvy Saving; couponing secrets from the Stockpiling Moms
73. Book: The City is my Canvas by Richard Haas Adventures Around Cincinnati (pg 75)
Activity: Visit the Roebling Murals Knights and Castles
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
74. Book: Magic Tree House Research Guide My Mary Pope Osbourne Castles and Knights by Fleur Star Adventures Around Cincinnati (pg 145)
Activity: Visit The Loveland Castle
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
75. Book: Amazing science experiments : 150 easy projects using everyday materials, demonstrated step by step in 1300 photographs / consultant, Chris Oxlade
Activity: Visit COSI in Columbus (bonus, if you have a Cincinnati Museum Center pass you can get in free)
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
76. Book: Olympic Swimming and Diving by Greg Kehm
Activity: Head to Coney Island/Sunlight Pool
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
77. Book: The Ohio River : in American history and Voyaging on Today’s River by Rick Rhodes
Activity: Take a B&B Riverboat tour
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
78. Book: The Boys Book of Adventure: the Little Guidebook for Smart and Resourceful Boys
Activity: Visit Scallywag Tag for a game of laser tag
Giveaway: Scallywag Tag T-shirt and five free games of laser tag or mini golf at west location only
79. Book: The Girls Book of Adventure: the Little Guidebook for Smart and Resourceful Girls
Activity: Plan a camping trip or other outside adventure
Giveaway: Five free games of laser tag or mini golf at Scallywag Tag West and a library T-shirt
80. Book: The Wright Brothers for kids : how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight / Mary Kay Carson ; illustrations by Laura D’Argo.
Activity: Learn about the history of flight at Carillon Park
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
81. Book: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble
Activity: Visit Benton Family Farm in Walton
Giveaway: Library Prize Pack
82. Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Activity: Make and owl with materials found at home
Giveaway: Owl Art Bag
83. Book: The Everything Resume Book
Activity: Use the Library’s online job search central database to create a resume, find a job-skill class and more
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
84. Book: Constellations: A Glow in the Dark Guide to the Night Sky by Chris Sasaki
Activity: Play glow in the dark nite time miniature golf at World of Golf
Giveaway: Two-18 hole green fees free with a cart rental at World of Golf
85. Book: Ferries by Lola Schaefer
Activity: Take the ferry
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
86. Book: Airport by Byron Barton (alternately Flight by Andrew Nahum J 629.1309 Nahu)
Activity: Visit Lunken Airport
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
87. Book: A Pottery Tour of Kentucky by Joe Molinaro
Activity: Make your own pottery or other piece of art
Giveaway: $10 gift certificate to Color Me Mine
88. Book: Hug a Bull, an Ode to Animal Dads by Aaron Zenz
Activity: Visit Sunrock Farm or another local farm
Giveaway: Hug a Bull and I Love Ewe books
89. Book: Get Outside: the kids guide to fun in the great outdoors by Jane Drake & Ann Love
Activity: Host a neighborhood Olympics
Giveaway: Book Prize Pack
90. Book: The Chopped cookbook: Use What You’ve Got to Cook Something Great from the Food Network Kitchen
Activity: Try a few new recipes from the book
Giveaway: $5 McDonald’s gift card and coupon book donated by Simply Sherryl
91. Book: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Activity: Organize a neighborhood manhunt or hide-n-seek
Giveaway: Two tickets to the Contemporary Arts Center
92. Book: Best Summer Ever by Eve Bunting
Activity: Host a neighborhood cookout or ice cream party
Giveaway: End of summer party pack (Insulated cooler bag filled with paper plates, table cloth, napkins, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, $10 Kremer’s Market gift card, $10 Graeter’s gift card and more)
We want to give a big thank you to our Summer Reading Club Sponsors Family Friendly Cincinnati and Snappy Tomato Pizza as well as all of the organizations that contributed prizes to 92 Days of Summer (Click here to see the cool website)! Be sure to pick up a summer calendar from one of the branches or visit http://www.kentonlibrary.org/events to see what free activities are being offered at the library this summer. Also check out the website or visit a branch to find out how you can win prizes just for reading all summer long. Pictured below is just a sampling of library-related activities you could do every day of the summer.
Note: Library employees and those living in their household are not eligible to win prizes from the 92 Days of Summer. Most of the prizes were donated by supporters of the Library. Prizes are subject to change without notice. The giveaways will be done daily on Facebook. The winner will be announced on Facebook and will have 24 hours to respond letting us know whether they will pick their prize up at the Erlanger, Durr or Covington Branch otherwise another winner will be chosen.
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