Week Four - Jungle Sounds

The fourth meeting of the Royal Library Jungle Exploratory Society was held today around a campfire and a tale was told of Ufisdai the boy with a unfortunate sense of humour. In his story he liked to play tricks and found a lion, a panther and a tiger ready and waiting to help teach him a lesson!

As previous weeks, another challenge was met and conquered by our intrepid explorers. They were tasked with using their exceptional listening and deductive skills to identify 13 different animal sounds.

We made and played our Jungle Drums and had an all-around good time.

The mystery letter of this week can only be found on our Blog - can you find it?

Here's a little hint, we had a real Fun time!!!

Week Four - Photo Contest

Each week we will post a picture of an animal hidden within the library. The featured animal will be based on one of the stories/books that were read in the corresponding week.

Can you find me?

I am a mammal of the Felidae family, one of four ?big cats? that belong to the Panthera genus. I am a predatory carnivores.

I am easily recognizable by my stripes and my tawny fur color, which may range from yellow to orange (sometimes my kind come in white).

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Once you have located the animal you are then free to post your own picture of the hidden animal.

• it can be the real thing (picture of the real thing that is)
  
• a pet dressed up (please be careful with your pet and also have an adult help you)
• a stuffed version of the animal
• you can dress up as the animal
• scan a drawing
  

Send your pictures to marjoriemews@live.ca

The best picture at the end of the summer will win a prize!!

Week Three - Photo Contest

Each week we will post a picture of an animal hidden within the library. The featured animal will be based on one of the books that was read in the corresponding week.

Can you find me?

I am closely related to the crocodile. I have a broad head and rounded snout; crocodiles have triangular-shaped heads and pointed snouts. We both have the enlarged teeth, on each side of the crocodile's lower jaw are plainly visible when the mouth is closed. In my mouth, however, these teeth fit into pits in the upper jaw and are not visible when my mouth is closed.

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Once you have located the animal you are then free to post your own picture of the hidden animal.

• it can be the real thing (picture of the real thing that is)
  
• a pet dressed up (please be careful with your pet and also have an adult help you)
• a stuffed version of the animal
• you can dress up as the animal
• scan a drawing
  

Send your pictures to marjoriemews@live.ca

The best picture at the end of the summer will win a prize!!

Week Three - The Hunt is On!!

Today was our third meeting and the intrepid explorers who came to participate are the bravest yet.

The meeting started (as all meetings do) with a story. Today's tale was a cautionary tale about some monkeys who got too brave and teased a Crocodile just a little too much!!!

Our challenge today was an experiment in attention to detail and quick wits.

Our map revealed it was to be a Scavenger Hunt. Our contest pitted each explorer against one another to see who would pick the weekly prize bags and win a prize themselves.

All participants then received a bead for their challenge necklace.

Hidden inside of an ancient camera was the letter of the week - Aa.

We ended with a story and a jammin’ cleanup session.

Week Two - Photo Contest

Each week we will post a picture of an animal hidden within the library. The featured animal will be based on one of the books that was read in the corresponding week.

Can you find me?

I am the largest living land mammal on Earth. My most obvious characteristic is my trunk, a much elongated combination of nose and upper lip, which can be used to grab objects such as food.

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Once you have located the animal you are then free to post your own picture of the hidden animal.

• it can be the real thing (picture of the real thing that is)
  
• a pet dressed up (please be careful with your pet and also have an adult help you)
• a stuffed version of the animal
• you can dress up as the animal
• scan a drawing
  

Send your pictures to marjoriemews@live.ca

The best picture at the end of the summer will win a prize!!

Week Two - Watch out for Carnivorous Plants

Last week while visiting the AC Hunter's secret annex I came across a pot. Inside I found several strange looking seeds and a note from R.E D'Alot. (remember each quest will reveal a letter and the letters together will reveal the lost jungle city name., this week's letter is hidden in this blog entry, can you find it? ).

It read: to the intrepid Traveler follow these instructions to the LETTER R.E D'Alot . On the other side of the note there was Please feed the Junglulious Planticus Carnivorous with to pass. So....

Junglulious Planticus Carnivorous

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The brave and travel worn explorers of the Marjorie Mews Expedition met with the fearsome challenge of the Junglulious Planticus Carnivorous ( Jungle bug eating plant).

To complete the challenge each traveler had to feed the plant and then they could pass. The Even team was the victor but the Odd team was close on their heels. What will be the challenge next week? According to the map it has some thing to do with an eye....

Week One - Photo Contest

Each week we will post a picture of an animal hidden within the library. The featured animal will be based on one of the books that was read in the corresponding week.

Can you find me?

I am a large, plant-eating African mammal, one of only two in the family Hippopotamidae.

(click on image to enlarge)

Once you have located the animal you are then free to post your own picture of the hidden animal.

• it can be the real thing (picture of the real thing that is)
  
• a pet dressed up (please be careful with your pet and also have an adult help you)
• a stuffed version of the animal
• you can dress up as the animal
• scan a drawing
  

Send your pictures to marjoriemews@live.ca

The best picture at the end of the summer will win a prize!!

Week One - Raging River of Doom

Today we met with 22 intrepid explorers.

We set down the meeting rules, which are:

1. Be kind to your fellow Library Explorers

2. Listen carefully to stories and instructions

3. Have FUN FUN FUN

The first quest we had to face was the Raging River of Doom. To cross we had to work as teams.

The Odd and Even teams were both brave, however the Even team took the day. Each quest will reveal a letter and the letters together will reveal the lost jungle city name. The letter for this week was “A” .

We started our Challenge necklaces and read some funny jungle stories.