Activities for Adults by Week

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Week 1: June 20 thru 26 - Discover Treasure

Activity:

  • Shell Identification (it’s fun for all ages!)

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Raiford, Matthew. Bress 'n' nyam: Gullah Geechee recipes from a sixth-generation farmer, 2022. (DB 106521)
  • Fiction: Van Loan, Ryan. The Sin in the Steel (The Fall of the Gods, 1), 2020. (DB 100120)

Week 2: June 27 thru July 3 - Explore New Depths

Activity:

  • Video Exploration: Coastal Parks

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Davis, Jack E. The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea, 2017. (DB 88197)
  • Fiction: Johnstone, William W. and J.A. Johnstone. Preacher’s Frenzy (Preacher/First Mountain Man), 2019. (DB 101319)

Week 3: July 4 thru July 10 - Seven Seas, Infinite Stories

Activity:

  • Mermaid Sugar Scrub

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Giggs, Rebecca. Fathoms: The World in the Whale, 2020. (DB 102225)
  • Fiction: Haley, James L. The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii (A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure), 2019. (DB 97533)

Week 4: July 11 thru July 17 - Our Blue Planet

Activities:

  • DIY Cleaner and Greener Living
  • Recycled T-Shirt Book Bag

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Goodell, Jeff. The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, 2017. (DB 89944)
  • Fiction: Robinson, Kim Stanley. New York 2140, 2017. (DB 87719)

Week 5: July 18 thru July 24 - An Ocean of Wonders

Activities:

  • Oceans of Fun Trivia
  • Seafood Delicacies

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Urbina, Ian. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier, 2019. (DB 96211)
  • Fiction: Gowar, Imogen Hermes. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, 2019. (DB 93081)

Week 6: July 25 thru Aug 1 - Uncharted

Activity:

  • Survival Island: Journal

Book Review Suggestions:

  • Non-fiction: Robertson, Dougal. Survive the Savage Sea, 2020. (DB 58667)
  • Fiction: Simmons, Dan. Terror, 2006. (DB 63124)

 

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