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January — National Mentoring Month January 2018

Mentoring is a critical mentors are more in their communi- Storytime at the component in young likely to stay in ties. Libraries people’s lives, helping school.  130% more than Bradford Co. Public them make the deci- WITH A MENTOR, twice as likely to Library sions and connections AT-RISK YOUTH ARE: say that they held Programs will begin that lead to improved a leadership posi- the 2nd week opportunities.  52% less likely of January. than their peers to tion in a club or Did you know: Preschool Storytime skip a day of sports team. Wednesdays  1 in 3 kids are school.  90% Respondents growing up without 10am  55% more likely to who had a mentor a mentor in their Toddler Time be enrolled in col- said they are now lives. lege. interested in be- Fridays  9 million kids in coming mentors. 11am  46% less likely America grow up You can make a dif- than their peers to 904-368-3911 without a mentor’s ference by becoming a start using drugs. real life guidance. mentor.  81% more likely to ….mentoring.org  A mentor empow- report participat- ers young people to ing regularly in make smart choices sports or extracur- that put them on a ricular activities. path to making bet- ter life decisions.  78% more likely to volunteer regularly  Students who have TumbleBooks Online book service, watch a picture book Author of the Month or read along with the audio. Michael Bond: Birthday- about the bear from Pe- cials. The bear’s appeal, www.newriverlibrary.org/ January 13, 1926 ru who lives with the according to critics is his English author Michael Brown family. Bond’s ability to get into trou- Dial a Story Bond has delighted chil- “Paddington” projects ble and then manage Stories for young have ranged from pic- dren all over the world to come out of it with- children, ture and pop-up books out any major harm be- with his stories of Pad- changed weekly. dington the Bear. He for younger children to ing done. began his series with A activity books, and Pad- Bond was born in New- 496-2542 Bear Called Paddington dington has been fea- bury, Berkshire, England. or tured in plays as well as He grew up in a home in l958, and has contin- (1-888-428-2531) ued writing for decades television series and spe- (continued on page 2) Books to Share How To Babysit A Grandpa It's an exciting day for Llama Llama; lieves the boy when he tries to share By: Jean Reagan he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa the news of this magnificent creature. A New York Times bestselling picture Llama and spend the night! His first That’s when the mischief begins, and book--from the creators of the hilari- night away from home and from Ma- the dragon becomes a force to be ous HOW TO... series--about a child ma. But he makes sure to pack every- reckoned with. Children will dissolve spending time with his grandpa. thing he needs. And there are so many into giggles as the dragon devours Written in a how-to style, the narrator fun things to do with Gram and every last sandwich, blows bubbles in gives important tips for "babysitting" a Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready the lemonade, and leaves claw prints grandpa, including what to eat for for bed that he realizes that he's for- in the brownies. Maybe the dragon snack (anything dipped in ketchup, ice gotten something important. Fuzzy really is running amok on the beach, cream topped with cookies, cookies Llama! Fortunately, Grandpa Llama or maybe it’s a little boy’s imagination topped with ice cream) what to do on has a wonderful solution and soon that is running wild. a walk (find lizards and dandelion Llama Llama is having sweet dreams. puffs, be on the lookout for puddles Leon and Bob and sprinklers), and how to play with Ted By: Simon James a grandpa (build a pirate cave, put on By: Tony DiTerlizzi Leon is new in town and doesn’t know a scary play). Filled with humor, ener- When Ted, an enormous creature with anyone. That’s when he makes friends gy, and warmth, this is perfect for lap basset hound ears and twinkly little with Bob. No one else can see Bob, reading when Grandpa comes to visit! eyes, shows up at a suburban home, but Leon knows he’s there. One day a he and the boy who lives there get boy exactly Leon’s age moves in next Let’s Dance, Grandma! into all kinds of exuberant trouble. door. Leon would like to meet him, as By: Nigel McMullen long as Bob comes along. But sudden- More than anything, Lucy loves to When A Dragon Moves In ly Bob is gone. How alone Leon feels! dance. But her mother warns her not By: Jodi Moore Is he brave enough to make friends to try to dance when he grandma On a beautiful day at the beach, a without Bob beside him? comes to visit, because grandmas young boy brings his bucket, shovel, simply do not dance. Together Lucy and imagination, and builds a perfect sand castle. Right away, a dragon Thanks to Harriet, Children’s and her grandma play ball, hide-and- Library Assistant at New River seek, cards, and even dress up. But moves in. The boy decides to befriend his dragon and they spend time roam- Public Li- what Lucy wants more than anything brary Coop- ing the shore, flying a kite, braving the is to dance one dance with her grand- erative , for waves, defying bullies, and roasting ma. Will she get her wish? providing marshmallows—all while Dad is busy content for Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa sunbathing and Mom is engrossed in this By: Anna Dewdney her book. Unfortunately, no one be- newsletter. Author of the Month

(continued from page 1) recalled in Something about the a railway platform. In fact, that where he was surrounded by Author Autobiography Series. “I was how he came to have such books, and he began to read at bought him and because we were an unusual name for a bear, for an early age. His favorite books living near Paddington station at Paddington was the name of the were Bulldog Drummond and The the time, we christened him Pad- station.’ It was a simple act, and in Swiss Family Robinson. dington. He sat on a shelf of our terms of deathless prose, not ex- On Christmas Eve in l957, Bond one-roomed apartment for a actly earth shattering, but it was to stopped in a London store to find while, and then one day when I change my life considera- a present for his wife. “On one of was sitting in front of my typewriter bly….Without intending it, I had the shelves I came across a small staring at a blank sheet of paper become a children’s author.” bear looking, I thought, very sorry wondering what to write, I idly Michael Bond, died on June 27, for himself as he was the only one tapped out the words ’Mr. and 2017, aged 91, in his London home who had not been sold,” Bond Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on after a short illness. …..biography.jrank.org Storytime Newsletter