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EXPLORE YOUR WORLD

EXPLORATION BACKPACKS

Explore your world with one of the Bolton Public Library's Exploration Backpacks! Each clear backpack includes an informational book and a set of kid-friendly tools to help young explorers learn through play. We have Activity Backpacks, Nature Backpacks, and STEM Backpacks.

Stop by the Children's Room to borrow any backpack for 3 weeks. Backpacks must be returned in person during the Bolton Public Library's operating hours and cannot be shipped to surrounding libraries.

Activity Backpacks

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Yoga Backpack
Includes:
  • You Are a Lion! by Taeeun Yoo
  • I Am Yoga by Susan Verde
  • Yoga Pretzels Activity Cards
  • Yoga mat

​Nature Backpacks

Animal Tracking Backpack

Includes:
  • Tracks, Scats and Signs by Leslie Dendy
  • Magnifying glass
  • Tweezers
  • Test tube
  • Beaver, rabbit, fox, and deer print casts
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Birding Backpack

Includes:
  • Backyard Birding for Kids by Fran Lee
  • Kidnoculars
  • Bird call simulator

Bug Catching Backpack

Includes:
  • Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies by Mel Boring
  • Bugnoculars
  • Bug view magnifier
  • Butterfly net
  • Tweezers
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​Field Explorer Backpack

Includes:
  • Into the Field Guide: A Walk in the Woods by Emily Laber-Warren
  • Nature press
  • Kidnoculars
  • Test tube
  • Eye dropper
  • Magnifying glass
  • Compass

​Pond Explorer Backpack

Includes:
  • Frogs, Toads and Turtles by Diane L. Burns
  • Periscope
  • Aquarium net
  • Tweezers
  • Test tube
  • Eye dropper​
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STEM Backpacks

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STEM Backpack: Light

Includes:
  • Simple Science of Light Book by Emily James
  • Can Do! Color and Light Discovery Kit
  • Prisms​

STEM Backpack: Magnets

Includes:
  • The Simple Science of Magnets by Emily James
  • Can Do! Magnets Discovery Kit
  • Magnadoodle
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STEM Backpack: Motion

Includes:
  • The Simple Science of Motion by Emily James
  • Can Do! Motion Discovery Kit
  • 2 Toy Balls
  • Scarf
STEM Backpack: Water
Includes:
  • The Simple Science of Water by Emily James
  • Can Do! Sink or Float Science Kit
  • Lakeshore Liquid Discovery Tubes
  • Test Tube
  • Eye dropper
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STEM Backpack: Sound - Coming Soon!

Includes:
  • The Simple Science of Sound by Emily James
  • Can Do! Sound Discovery Kit

​Click here to reserve a backpack
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