Be a Nutmeg Reader at the Canton Public Library!
Sign up HERE to earn collectible book badges as rewards for reading the 2023 Nutmegs.
Once you have signed up, you will be able to request a book quiz for any book you have read on the Elementary, Intermediate or Middle School Nutmeg lists for 2023.
Complete the quiz and you will earn a collectible book badge for each title you have read.
You can read and collect them all year, through the end of April 2023.
Sign up at: https://forms.gle/CtUCfdNECLqc5T7N6
Already signed up to be a Nutmeg Reader? Click HERE to take a quiz!
https://sites.google.com/view/cpl2023nutmegreaderquizzes/home
Find out more about this year’s nominees at the Nutmeg Book Award Website : nutmegaward.org
There are printable lists of the books with short descriptions and cover photos. Every book is available through the library, you can even place holds from home.
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NUTMEG LOCK IN Info for Kids Grade 4 and up:
If you read 10 of the 2023 Nutmeg books and collect 10 badges, you will be eligible to attend our Nutmeg Readers’ Lock In Event on Friday, April 14th from 6-10 p.m. Invitations will be sent on April 1st to all eligible readers, and readers YOUNGER than Grade 4 will be eligible for “Take Home Party Packs.”
The lock-in evening includes Nutmeg book-related activities and projects, a movie, free snacks and pizza, plus a crowd favorite- Hide and Seek in the the Book Stacks! It’s a “kids only” event with a password for admittance!
Also on the Nutmeg Book horizon is the big reveal of the 2024 Nutmegs, which happens here on Saturday, April 29 at our Nutmeg Release Party Breakfast. All registered Nutmeg Readers will get an invite!
Inclement weather policy: If Canton schools or afterschool activities are cancelled for weather-related reasons, so too are events for teens and children at the Canton Public Library. The library is often still open, please contact us with questions or concerns at 860.693.5800.