HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-04-08, Page 22 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Meet the Huron County
Library's new mascot
Meet Bob the Book who
flies and has the power to
make books come alive.
During the month of
February, Huron County
residents were asked for
their help to create a
superhero mascot for
Huron County Library.
The library received 28
entries from across the
county.
"We are thrilled with the
creativity, effort and
enthusiasm from members
of the community to create
an exciting and well
thought out mascot for the
library," Beth Rumble,
branch services librarian.
The winning entry was
submitted by eight-year-old
Natalie Walker from Exeter.
She created Bob the Book,
whose tagline is "Join the
Adventure': Natalie wrote a
very thoughtful back-
ground story that accompa-
nied her submission.
"A boy names Bob went
to the library and found
an interesting book about
becoming a super hero.
Then, he found another
book that explained that
children do not read
enough. He had a BIG
IDEA!!! The boy thought
he could become a super
hero book that delivers
books to children.
He borrowed the super
hero book from the library
and read it over and over.
That taught Bob how to
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Shannon Squire of Goderich.
fly, how to take kids into
the book's adventures and
show the kids what it was
like for the people in the
stories. The kids learn a
lesson and they have fun
on the way. Bob has fun
too but he knows there are
still lots of kids left to go.
So now, Bob has a secret
power boost that helps
him deliver more books to
the world!!!"
Runners up were 9 -year-
old Abby Horton, and
14 -year-old Shannon
Squire. The winning entry
received a $50 iTunes gift
card and the runners up
each received a one year
Museum membership.
The results of the con-
test were announced on
International Children's
Book Day, April 2 on the
library's Facebook page.
There is also an album of
all the mascot submis-
sions on posted to the
library's Facebook page.
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Submitted
Natalie Walker of Exeter.
Abby Horton of Exeter.
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