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Home / Read, Watch, Listen / Audience / Kids / Spring Break

Kids

Are you ready for a side-splitting Spring Break?

Why does an elephant use his trunk as a bookmark?

So he always nose where he stopped reading!

Enjoy more hilarious puns like this one as we keep kids (and adults!) rolling in laughter all Spring Break long.  And to make sure no one misses out, we’ve STRETCHED OUT our Spring Break plans this year.  You’re invited to have a rib-tickling good time with Jokes for Folks, riddles, virtual programs and take-home activities from March 6 – April 6, 2021.

Here’s a preview of what we have coming your way:

Kids program schedule & activities:

  • Monday, March 8, 10:30 AM – Falling for Rapunzel puppet show in our Storytime Corner Facebook group.  Watch it right at 10:30 AM or anytime later in the month.
  • Friday, March 12, 10:30 AM – Silly Storytime in our Storytime Corner Facebook group.  Watch it right at 10:30 AM or anytime later in the month.
  • Saturday, March 20, 10 AM – Laughter Yoga
  • Tuesday, March 23, 6:15 PM – Spring Break Family Film Watch Party: Creepy Carrots & Craft
  • Friday, March 26, 10:30 AM – Elephant & Piggie Storytime in our Storytime Corner Facebook group.  Watch it right at 10:30 AM or anytime afterward.
  • Friday, March 26, 1 PM – Just Joking with Charlie Demers
  • Take-home activities.  Please check in with your local branch for details.
  • Funny-themed book and window displays.  Please check in with your local branch for details.

Looking for more Spring Break fun???!!!  Try our Silly Scavenger Hunt.  Fill out a draw slip for every line you complete and return the slips to your local branch.  Or email us at kids@virl.bc.ca and let us know how many lines you completed.  You could win a prize!

Has this year’s theme got you itching to read a funny-themed book????  Check out our list on OverDrive or the titles below:

 

Funny Chapter Books

The interrupted tale Cover
The interrupted tale
Juvenile
The 13-story treehouse Cover
The 13-story treehouse
Juvenile
Supercat vs the chip thief Cover
Supercat vs the…
Juvenile
Stand up, Yumi Chung! Cover
Stand up, Yumi…
Juvenile
Dog Man unleashed Cover
Dog Man unleashed
Juvenile
File under : 13 suspicious incidents Cover
File under :…
Juvenile
Squirm Cover
Squirm
Juvenile
My brother's famous bottom makes a splash! Cover
My brother's famous…
Juvenile
Bad dad Cover
Bad dad
Juvenile
Big Nate in the zone Cover
Big Nate in…
Juvenile
Klawde : evil alien warlord cat Cover
Klawde : evil…
Juvenile
The BFG Cover
The BFG
Juvenile
Field tripped Cover
Field tripped
Juvenile
Curtain call Cover
Curtain call
Juvenile
Olga and the smelly thing from nowhere Cover
Olga and the…
Juvenile
The terrible Two Cover
The terrible Two
Juvenile
The adventures of Nanny Piggins Cover
The adventures of…
Juvenile
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