Missions


Flat Smokey


Go To Activities
Flat Smokey
Pick up a Flat Smokey at the library. Take him on an adventure with you....it could be anything from reading together in a homemade fort, to enjoying some s'mores or popsicles, to traveling together on a vacation or road trip. Take a picture of your adventures and bring it in to show the library staff or mail it to us at jrenk@portlandct.org. 

Go To Activities
badge
It's All Fun and Games

Embrace your inner child while involving the family with these ideas for summer fun.

Go To Activities
Library Book Jumble
Each week throughout the summer, we will be adding a new book cover image to our Book Jumble board. Fill in the names of the authors and note which letters are circled. At the end of the six-week game, unscramble the circled letters to form a secret word. If you get the word right, you complete the mission and get a prize. 

Go To Activities
Library Book Jumble
Each week throughout the summer, we will be adding a new book cover image to our Book Jumble board. Fill in the names of the authors and note which letters are circled. At the end of the six-week game, unscramble the circled letters to form a secret word. If you get the word right, you complete the mission and get a prize. 

Go To Activities
Library Book Jumble
Each week throughout the summer, we will be adding a new book cover image to our Book Jumble board. Fill in the names of the authors and note which letters are circled. At the end of the six-week game, unscramble the circled letters to form a secret word. If you get the word right, you complete the mission and get a prize. 

Go To Activities
Pool Noodle Pals
Pick up a kit from the library and use the pieces inside or items from around your house to create a Pool Noodle Pal. Return your pal to the library to be featured in our display cases or send in a picture to jrenk@portlandct.org to complete this mission. 

Go To Activities
Pool Noodle Pals
Pick up a kit from the library and use the pieces inside or items from around your house to create a Pool Noodle Pal. Return your pal to the library to be featured in our display cases or send in a picture to jrenk@portlandct.org to complete this mission. 

Go To Activities
Pool Noodle Pals
Pick up a kit from the library and use the pieces inside or items from around your house to create a Pool Noodle Pal. Return your pal to the library to be featured in our display cases or send in a picture to jrenk@portlandct.org to complete this mission. 

Go To Activities
Visit the StoryWalk at Riverfront Park
Visit Riverfront Park on Brownstone Avenue and follow the StoryWalk signs that start at the left side of the park entrance. Follow the path of signs around the park and get to enjoy the outdoors while exploring a story together. There is a code word listed at the end of the StoryWalk path--come to the library and tell us that code word to earn a shoe charm for completing this mission. 

Go To Activities
Visit the StoryWalk at Riverfront Park
Visit Riverfront Park on Brownstone Avenue and follow the StoryWalk signs that start at the left side of the park entrance. Follow the path of signs around the park and get to enjoy the outdoors while exploring a story together. There is a code word listed at the end of the StoryWalk path--come to the library and tell us that code word to earn a shoe charm for completing this mission. 

Go To Activities
Visit the StoryWalk at Riverfront Park
Visit Riverfront Park on Brownstone Avenue and follow the StoryWalk signs that start at the left side of the park entrance. Follow the path of signs around the park and get to enjoy the outdoors while exploring a story together. There is a code word listed at the end of the StoryWalk path--come to the library and tell us that code word to earn a shoe charm for completing this mission. 

Go To Activities
Where in the USA is Smokey the Bear?
Are you good at mysteries? Observe the clues to deduce what national park our Smokey the Bear has been visiting! Come up and tell us the correct answer to complete this activity and win a prize! 

Go To Activities
Where in the USA is Smokey the Bear?
Are you good at mysteries? Observe the clues to deduce what national park our Smokey the Bear has been visiting! Come up and tell us the correct answer to complete this activity and win a prize! 

Go To Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Visit the children's department and find the 12 hidden park signs. Bring your completed scavenger hunt sheet up to the summer reading station or front desk to pick a prize! 

Go To Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Visit the children's department and find the 12 hidden park signs. Bring your completed scavenger hunt sheet up to the summer reading station or front desk to pick a prize! 

Go To Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Visit the children's department and find the hidden images around the children's department. Bring your completed scavenger hunt sheet up to the summer reading station or front desk to pick a prize! 

Go To Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Visit the children's department and find the hidden images around the children's department. Bring your completed scavenger hunt sheet up to the summer reading station or front desk to pick a prize! 

Go To Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Visit the children's department and find the hidden images around the children's department. Bring your completed scavenger hunt sheet up to the summer reading station or front desk to pick a prize! 

Go To Activities