Hairy Potters
There are just a few days until the release of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. If you haven't already, you can place a hold on a copy of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Parts I & II:The Official Script Book Of The Original West End Production. It's exciting to have a a new story, set nineteen years after the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In honour of the upcoming play, we made some 'Hairy Potters' for our Summer Reading Club.
This was an idea I found on the TD Summer Reading Club website. If you're interested in creating your own Hairy Potter, you can find instructions here. Activities like this are a great way to help kids learn about the life cycle of plants in a fun and interactive way. You can also let children draw other characters they are interested in or let them make up something totally new.
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We also read I Feel Better with a Frog in my Throat: History's Strangest Cures during this program. It was a big hit among the kids. One of the facts we learned in this book was that many alchemists believed that the philosopher's stone could turn metal into gold and make people live forever. People actually believed that this stone was hidden in urine. Some people collected urine from soldiers and heated them in hopes of finding gold. As you can imagine, this was unsuccessful and the philosopher's stone was never found.
The philosopher's stone has been a fascination for many people, as was in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Whether they find the philosopher's stone or not is something you will have to find out by reading the book.
There are many other Harry Potter themed programs at the library that you can check out. Be sure to check the registration and program information before you head over.
I'll just leave you with one quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
“When in doubt, go to the library.”
Happy Reading!
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