Are you ready to Journey Through Time this summer?
We’re so excited to have you Journey Through Time with us this summer! Check back every week for new and fun weekly activities and challenges.
Draw a Dinosaur with Jeni Chen
Want to learn how to draw a dinosaur? Check out a tutorial made by this year’s BC Summer Reading Club artist, Jeni Chen! Share your creation with us and to get your chance to win a prize, including having your dinosaur drawn with this year’s dinos!
Contest runs from July 12 to August 12, 2023.
For more details, head to the Draw a Dinosaur page.
Here are some of our favourite entries from last week’s caption contest!
” I’m not only extinct, I can instinctively say that I’m in the future!”
Dino’s mom: be careful don’t crash! Dino: OK OK, CRASH! OOPS!
Dino-World!
Nice city, though I prefer sky trains
“We dinos may have died out at some point, but we’re back in Dino City, stronger than ever!”
Space dinosaur!
Look at this HUGE space station!!!!
Is That a UFO?!
Rocket Dino!
#Dinomilkyway
Nearly home
I think dinosaurs are better at flying with wings.
A spinosaurus flying? I thought it spins!
#dinoflyer
#dinoworld
Looking for a challenge?
Try out a BINGO or Tic-Tac-Toe sheet filled with different prompts for reading and activity recommendations this summer.
Download (PDF file):
Show Us Your Library Challenge
Kids all over BC participate in BC Summer Reading Club, and this year we have libraries from the Yukon, Yellowknife, and Nunavut participating in the program!
We want to see where you are participating from!
Email a photo of your library (just the library – no people in the photo!) to [email protected] and include the following information:
- where your library is located,
- what it is called,
- your name and age.
We will collect all of the photos we receive and add them to a slideshow.
Come back to this webpage all summer long to see our photo collection grow!
For an added challenge: you can send us a drawing of your library instead!
West Vancouver Memorial Library
Hi! My name is Eloise and I am eleven years old, turning twelve this August. My library is located in West Vancouver and it is called West Vancouver Memorial Library!
Kitsilano Branch of Vancouver Public Library
My name is Leyla and I am 9 years old. I am sending a photo of my library in Kitsilano Vancouver. The name of the library is Vancouver Public Library Kitsilano Branch.
City Centre Branch of Surrey Public Libraries
My name is Udaypartap. My age is 7. My library name is city centre branch and it’s located in Surrey BC.
Tommy Douglas Branch of Burnaby Public Library
My library is located at 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby. It is called Tommy Douglas Library. My name is Keshav and I am 10 years old.
McGill Branch of Burnaby Public Library
Hello! I’m Andrés, I’m 2 years old and this is my library, it’s called McGill and it’s located besides Confederation Park in Burnaby, BC. I love to read with my big brother.
Central Branch of Vancouver Public Library
This spectacular library is called Vancouver Public Library (Central branch) and it is located at 350 West Georgia Vancouver, BC. My name is Nathaniel and I am eight years old.
Fleetwood Branch of Surrey Libraries
Name: Fleetwood Library Location: Surrey,BC My Name: Hargun Age:9 yrs
Poirier Branch of Coquitlam Public Library
Hello! My name is Claire, and I am 11 years old. My library is in Coquitlam and is the Poirier branch of the Coquitlam library. It is called Poirier Branch, Coquitlam Public Library.
Whistler Public Library
Our Library is located in Whistler. It is called Whistler Public Library. [We] included two angles because we couldn't decide which we liked best! - Elodie, age 7 and Finnley, age 5
Whistler Public Library
Our Library is located in Whistler. It is called Whistler Public Library. [We] included two angles because we couldn't decide which we liked best! - Elodie, age 7 and Finnley, age 5
North Vancouver City Library
My name is Keaton, I am 7 years old. This is a photo of my library - the City Library in North Vancouver, BC.
Murrayville Library
Hi, I'm Lauren! I'm 12 years old and here is a picture of my local library the Murrayville Library.
Lumby Library
Here is a picture of our local library in Lumby BC. It is a branch in the Okanagan Regional Library system. - Louie