Get Started
To earn your badge, choose any activity or combination of activities. When you’re done, click on the “Claim Badge” button below and complete the brief form. You’ll also be entered into Summer Camp raffles for a chance to win a prize!
Reading Suggestions
All reading counts! But if you’d like to get into a book related to this week’s badge, here’s what we recommend:
Children
Teens
Adults
- Time travel fiction on couldLibrary
- Transportation fiction on cloudLibrary
- Travel fiction on Hoopla
- Transportation nonfiction on Hoopla
- Travel nonfiction on cloudLibrary, on Hoopla
Teens
- “Car & Road Trips” fiction on Hoopla
- Time travel fiction on cloudLibrary
- Travel & transportation fiction on cloudLibrary
Adults
- “Armchair Exploration” fiction & nonfiction on OverDrive / Libby
- Travel nonfiction on cloudLibrary
- Travel (all subjects) on Hoopla
Online Events
Streaming Storytime • ages 0–5
This week's session is all about going places! Join live on Facebook; no account needed Monday, June 28, 9 AM • Watch live
Streaming Storytime Collection • ages 0–5
View past library storytimes about things that go.
Watch on demand (on Facebook; no account needed)
This week's session is all about going places! Join live on Facebook; no account needed Monday, June 28, 9 AM • Watch live
Streaming Storytime Collection • ages 0–5
View past library storytimes about things that go.
Watch on demand (on Facebook; no account needed)
Offline Adventures
Visit the Ledge at the Willis Tower • all ages
Learn more about Chicago history and get a great view of the city at the new interactive museum and observation deck at the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
233 S. Wacker Dr., downtown Chicago
Learn more / get tickets ($)
Learn more about Chicago history and get a great view of the city at the new interactive museum and observation deck at the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
233 S. Wacker Dr., downtown Chicago
Learn more / get tickets ($)
Screen-Free Activities
Transportation activity & coloring pages • pre-K through grade 8
Teachables by Scholastic lets you browse by category or age, then print the pages your child will enjoy. Access with your Vernon Area Library card number. Once you're logged in, select Topics, then select Transportation from the Themes menu; you may also narrow by grade.
Teachables
Teachables by Scholastic lets you browse by category or age, then print the pages your child will enjoy. Access with your Vernon Area Library card number. Once you're logged in, select Topics, then select Transportation from the Themes menu; you may also narrow by grade.
Teachables
Do Some Good!
Many of the things that you appreciate having when you’re traveling are also appreciated by those who are experiencing homelessness.
Drop off any of these new items at the library:
We’ll coordinate with PADS Lake County, GiveNKind, and McKenna’s Bags to make sure your donations get to those who need them.
Drop off any of these new items at the library:
- travel-sized toiletries (toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.)
- rain ponchos
- umbrellas
- playing cards
- bar soap
We’ll coordinate with PADS Lake County, GiveNKind, and McKenna’s Bags to make sure your donations get to those who need them.
“When something is bothering me, I seek refuge. No need to travel far; a trip to the realm of literary memory will suffice.” —Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
CLAIM YOUR BADGE
Starting June 28, submit your activities to receive a badge and enter the raffle. Complete one form for each participant.
Print a Tracking sheet
Download a printable PDF to help keep track of the badges you've earned.