Cubs: Book Reader Activity Badge


They’re just words but put them in the right order and they become stories!

To earn your badge, do all the activities below, keep a record and bring in for your leaders when we return to meetings.

Book Reader Task 1: Time Upon a Once
Read at least 6 books, e-readers and audio books count too! Then turn the titles of these six books into a short story by jumbling up the words and letters.



Book Reader Task 2: Take a Leaf from Someone Else’s Book
Share your thoughts and feelings about some of the stories you have read by crafting twig trees.



Book Reader Task 3: The Hospital for Badly Treated Books
Show off your skills as a surgeon for stories by treating paperback patients at your hospital for books.



Book Reader Task 4: Spectacular Vernacular
Use a dictionary and thesaurus to decipher six riddles and reveal a hidden statement.



Book Reader Task 5: Book in a Bag
Shop a story by selecting items that best represent it and gathering them together in a homemade book bag.


Bonus Activity: From the Chief Scout

"Every Sunday evening 5pm I am going to try to do a short reading from one of my books & take some questions on my instagram live to help you parents in some small way. Then I’ll post it Monday morning so you can use it however serves you best. This week is the prologue from Mud Sweat & Tears which spent 20 weeks at Number One on the Sunday Times Bestseller List. I haven’t opened it and read from it in a long time. I hope you enjoy..."

To find out more about my books please check out https://www.beargrylls.com

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