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Kids Create!

Cooking, crafting, building, coding, drawing, writing, singing and more are all ways to create — discover something new or learn more about an old favorite way to create something. Discover our colorful world with Jefferson County Public Library's Summer Challenge, where learning is for everyone! Explore the beauty all around you to earn points and win prizes during the Library Summer Challenge. Register starting May 1 to discover your inner artist, brighten up your community, write colorful stories and embrace a vibrant life!

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  • It's go-cart racing time! After receiving their kits, Rafael can't wait to build his. But Maya has something else in mind.
    Book, 2014New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2014] — E FICTION REYNOLDS
  • Cooking Class

    73 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Make (and Eat!)

    Cook, Deanna F., 1965-
    Step-by-step photographic instructions of 72 yummy meals kids can make themselves.
    Book, 2024North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2024] — J 641.5123 COOK
  • Rupert the mouse sets out to create the perfect wordless book, but his friends keep ruining it.
    Book, 2017Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2017. — E FICTION HIGGINS
  • Whoosh!

    Lonnie Johnson's Super-soaking Stream of Inventions

    Barton, Chris,
    Sometimes, the best inventions come from mistakes — including the super soaker.
    Book, 2016Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016] — E B JOHNSON L BARTON
  • Girls Think of Everything

    Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

    Thimmesh, Catherine,
    Find out about great things women have invented throughout time.
    Book, 2018Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2018] — J 609.252 THIMMESH
  • Giff's golden retriever, Rosie, joins the author to walk students through her own writing process, beginning with character ideas and moving on to cover plot, setting, dialogue and more.
    Book, 2016New York : Holiday House, [2016] — J 808.3 GIFF
  • Have fun using elements from nature to create awesome art.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Windmill Books, an imprint of Rosen Publishing 2018. — J 745.5 STOREY
  • Maker Lab

    28 Super Cool Projects : Build, Invent, Create, Discover

    Using food, common household items, water and the outdoors, conduct over two dozen science experiments.
    Book, 2016New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016. — J 507.8 MAKER
  • Birds

    Explore, Create, and Investigate!

    Unwin, Mike,
    Learn how to make a seed ball and bird bath to care for the birds around you and learn about their evolution.
    Book, 2019Lake Forest, CA : QEB, 2019. — J 598 UNWIN
  • Start with a variety of silly shapes and transform them step-by-step into dozens of original drawings.
    Book, 2023New York, New York : Drawing with Christopher Hart, an imprint of Get Creative 6, [2023] — J 741.51 HART
  • Create cool costumes using duct tape. Be sure to check out the other books to make more duct tape items.
    Book, 2017Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017] — J 745.59 BERNHARDT
  • Game Logic

    Level Up and Create Your Own Games With Science Activities for Kids

    Smibert, Angie,
    Have you ever wanted to make your own game? Then this is the book for you!
    Book, 2019White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2019] — J 793 SMIBERT
  • Social Activism

    Working Together to Create Change in Our Society

    Mortmain, Beatrice
    It's important for people to come together to make the world a better place and see how you can help.
    eBook, 2017The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2017
  • Bell Kirby is great at creating things — including ways to stay out of his bully's path, until a new girl comes to their school and disrupts Bell's carefully ordered life like a tornado.
    Book, 2019New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2019. — J FICTION BURT
  • Maybe Something Beautiful

    How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

    Campoy, F. Isabel,
    A community comes together to create beautiful art in their dull and dreary neighborhood.
    Book, 2016Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016] — E FICTION CAMPOY