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

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

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

​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​

STEM Backpacks

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

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

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