Library Lend a Friend

Inspired by my local preschool and Future Librarian Superhero, I began a flat friends project at my library called Lend a Friend. (I didn’t want to use stuffed animals because of the chance to spread beg bugs, etc.)

I wanted to create a variety of characters based on popularity and age ranges to cover families of preschoolers and elementary school students. I created a “Welcome Letter” describing what to do that can be found here: Lend a Friend. We designed a cute cover and designated a special bookcase for the new independent learning program (our name for passive programming to impress our patrons and board members). Now that I set everything up it will take very little staff time to just add extra journaling pages as the binders fill up.

 

 

Here are printable pdf files. Print in color, cut out, laminate, add a Velcro tab, and put in a binder:

Pigeon

Jack and Annie (from the Magic Tree House series)

Elephant and Piggie

Pete the Cat

Hungry Caterpillar

Geronimo Stilton

Greg Heffley (from Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Elfs (Buddy and Jovie) For the holidays, I want to have our own Elf on the Shelf!

 Judy and Stink Moody

Curious George

Mercy Watson

Clementine

Lego Stormtrooper

Max Wild Things

 

Paddington Bear

Here are a few examples that made me laugh:

 

Which characters would you add?