SummerQuest 9
What does every epic quest have in common? Heroic acts of valor in the face of evil? Inexplicably keeping your hair looking awesome even as you go for weeks without a shower? Awesome swords?! No, no,...
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Hint: Need some inspiration? Check out the library's Outdoor Adventures page.
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Your quest, should you choose to accept it, is: make a craft from a pattern. Your challenge is to create your own pattern to share and post it on Instructables or another free craft site. Post a...
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Hint: Did you find your pattern online? In a book? Did you try our Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center database?
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The Paiute leader named Tau-gu, revealed in the first segment of this SummerQuest image, is now shown to be standing with his famous acquaintance, John Wesley Powell. Powell explored and surveyed many...
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An ongoing quest in any bibliophile's life is to read through that list of "to read" books. For today's quest, go through your list and pick out a book somebody recommended to you to read. Don't have...
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Hint: You do not have to recommend the book to someone you know. You can choose to recommend it to a stranger, a celebrity, a librarian, a politician or a fictional character.
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Today's quest is to learn 10 words in a new language. Your challenge is to share what language you chose and why. In the comments, also list the 10 words that you felt were the most important to learn....
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Hint: Did you read a book at the library? Did you listen to an audiobook? Did you discover the library database Mango Languages for an interactive experience?
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As you journey through the quest of life, imagine all the amazing things that make your day "that much easier." Toasters. Curling irons. E-mail. Calculators. Your challenge is to pick one object that...
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Hint: Try out the World Almanac Online - Search: Invention (Section: Science and Technology). Start here at the library's Encyclopedia and Almanac database page.
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Today, your quest is more creative. Create a piece of book art or book sculpture. Your challenge is to anonymously leave your creation at your favorite library. You do not have to stick to the public...
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Their pretty white dresses ... with guns on their hips!While the building over the roadrunner's shoulder may be a little hard to see, Tucsonans can see the original building still standing on the...
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In the Cold War era, a top secret missile base housing multi-megaton Titan missiles aimed at the USSR lay beneath Arizona sands. Today, the Titan Missile Museum near Sahuarita is a National Historic...
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The picture in the upper left of the SummerQuest image was taken in Antelope Canyon, considered one of the most picturesque places in Arizona. Located near Page, Arizona, the Lake Powell Navajo Tribal...
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Visitors to Arizona -- if they come at the right season -- always seem surprised and awed by the amazing beauty and vigor of Arizona's plant life. Our spring and summer may be different and much...
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Sabino Canyon, just north of Tucson, has offered welcome relief and recreation for local residents ever since humans first lived in the area. Escaping to the mountains and cool canyons during our most...
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Did you notice we unlocked two separate pieces in today's SummerQuest picture? It seemed like a good idea because both are about road travel in the state.Before the huge and impersonal interstate...
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You'll find treasure at the end of this musical quest. Download a song to keep from the library's website using Freegal. Your challenge is to download a song from a group you don't know or from a type...
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Hint: From the library's home page, click on Music From Freegal, enter your library card and pin number, then click on the blue "See All Genres" button. From there, scroll down the list on the left and...
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Being a hero does not mean you don't make mistakes. Being heroic means you learn from your mistakes. Your quest is to finish this sentence: "If only I'd known...." Your challenge is to communicate...
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Two more pieces unlocked together!In the upper right you see Dan Akee, a veteran of WWII and one of the celebrated Navajo code talkers. This photo was taken when he was appearing at the Grand Canyon...
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The hint is to understand more about what people have learned in their lives by reading a biography or looking at our Biography Databases.
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Two more images linked by the concepts behind them: mining!The town of Jerome began as an old mining town that truly epitomized "the wild and wooly west" in its heyday. Then the price of metals being...
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You did it! The comments you and other SummerQuest heroes wrote have unlocked the complete image created for this year's Summer Reading program from Pima County Public Library!The last two pieces of...
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