GET LOST IN A GOOD BOOK THIS SUMMER!

To parents and caregivers of Summer Reading Club Little Explorers, welcome to the SRC Preschool Activity Booklet—created especially with your little explorer in mind. Completing the activities in this booklet is just one of way to participate in the 2015 Summer Reading Club Lost Worlds program this year. There is lots more to do online and at your public library. So go on, don’t get lost or left behind — join in the SRC fun at your library or register your child’s participation online!

Get Lost at Your Library Discover underwater worlds, alternate universes and more by participating in the Summer Reading Club at your local public library.

Borrow reading material Explore lost places, hidden realms and mythical creatures as you dive into picture books about Underwater Worlds, Prehistoric Times, Lost Places, and Lost Creatures.

Explore your library collections Ask your librarian for some recommended reads or to point you to information about real Lost Worlds or Lost Places like the Bermuda Triangle or the Lost City of Atlantis.

Participate Get involved in the SRC activities at your library to receive SRC themed incentives and prizes.*

* Note: Programs, activities and incentives delivered locally are provided at the library’s discretion. Check with your librarian or library’s What’s On to find out what is on offer for you at your library this summer!

Get Lost Online Cross off the activities you complete online at www.summerreadingclub.org.au/theclub

Preschool Great Reads The following titles are suggested books to read

this summer. How many can you find at your library?

Dinosaur Rocks, Lachlan Creagh

Scary Night, Lesley Gibbes & Stephen Michael King

I’m Still Awake, Still! Elizabeth Honey & Sue Johnson

The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers

Imagine a Night, Sarah Tomson

Little Blue, Gaye Chapman

Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crokett Johnson

The Lorax, Dr.Seuss

Silly Squid, Janeen Brian & Cheryll Johns

Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

Big Pet Day, Lisa Shanahan & Gus Gordon

I Don’t Want to Eat My Dinner, David Cornish

Take Away the A, Michael Escoffier & Kris Di Giacomo

Where the Forest Meets the Sea, Jeannie Baker

Freddie & Gingersnap, Vincent Kirsch

Edward and the Great Discovery, Rebecca McRitchie & Celeste Hume

The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan

The Legend of the Golden Snail, Graeme Base

Add your own

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Register your

participation

Log your

reading

Post a book rave

Meet newly published authors

Enter online draws

Post artwork to the SRC Gallery

Follow Celebrity

Author blogs

Share your

feedback

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WHAT ARE YOU READING? Draw the cover OR create your own artwork for the Lost Worlds inspired book you are reading. Remember to include the Title and Author of the book on your cover.

Share your finished book cover online. To post your picture to the Summer Reading Club online gallery go to www.summerreadingclub.org.au/theclub/your-postings/post-to-the-gallery

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WORD SEARCH

SRC Little Adventurers love to explore. Can find these words? Colour in the words as you find them.

BOOK EXPLORE FIND GOLD

LOST MONKEY SEEK

F I N D E

E M L R X

B O O K P

G N S A L

F K T H O

S E E K R

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COLOUR BY NUMBERS This monkey is always ready to help SRC Little Adventurers explore Lost Worlds! Colour him in to bring his adventures to life.

Use these colours

or choose your

own instead!

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A-MAZE-ING Help the Lost Worlds Explorers navigate their way to the underwater ruins.

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MATCH-UP Trace the lines to visit the destinations on the SRC Explorer’s navigation pad.

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LOST WORLDS DIORAMA Cut out the objects below to create your own Lost Worlds Diorama! What other things could you add to the underwater scene?

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Circle the 5 differences between Explorer A and Explorer B. Can you draw what is missing?

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A B

UNDERWATER DOT TO DOT

Join the dots to make this picture complete! What other underwater creatures can you add to help keep this little explorer company?

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SHADOW MYSTERY MATCH Can you match the mystery shape to its name? Use the first letter clue to help you!

OCTOPUS

FISH

RUINS

SUBMARINE

TURTLE

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UNDERWATER EXPLORER Trace around this underwater creature! Then use your colours to create its shell. What other underwater things can you add to the picture?

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SOLUTIONS Word Search p4

A-maze-ing p6

Spot the Difference p10 1. Eye colour is different 2. Mouth is missing 3. Shirt logo is a different colour 4. Bottom button is missing 5. Helmet is missing

Underwater Dot to Dot p11

Shadow Mystery Match p

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SRC POSTCARDS!

Use these postcards to share your Summer Reading Adventures with family and friends. Who will you send your postcards to? 1. Colour-in the postcard or draw a picture of your

Summer Reading Club Adventures

2. Cut out the postcard

3. Write your address in the FROM box

4. Write the address of where you want your postcard

to go to in the TO box

5. Write or draw about your adventures on the back of

the postcard

6. Put a stamp on the card

7. Put your postcard in the mail!

You can send a virtual postcard to the Summer Reading Club gallery. Once your postcard is complete, scan and upload it to: www.summerreadingclub.org.au/theclub/upload a picture

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Questions pertaining to the content in this booklet can be

directed to summerreadingclub@slq.qld.gov.au