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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alan and others- we did a Stuffed Animal Sleepover at our library just last week. The kids gathered on a Friday afternoon. We read a couple stories and made a big deal of the animals having the chance to “camp” at the library for the weekend. We took pictures of all the kids and their animals and we let the kids sit in the tent we set up and they roasted marshmallows over our faux campfire. Anyone who wanted to leave an animal could so. We took pictures of the activities the animals did over the weekend. We gave each child a printed sheet of pictures when they picked up their animals at our next program on the following Monday. It was very popular and FREE! The parents had a lot of positive comments and the adults and kids all loved the picture print out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you would like to see some pictures, check out our Facebook page—just do a search for New Madison Public Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ann at New Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Hall<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> oplinlist@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINLIST] Teddy Bear Sleep-over at the Library<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are looking for a great children’s program that doesn’t take a lot of work, and provides wonderful PR for the library, try a Teddy Bear Sleep-over at the Library. We “borrowed” the idea and did it earlier this week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Children bring their Teddy Bears to the library on the appointed day, where they are gathered to “Sleep-over” at the library. The bears are individually photographed doing things at the library, as well as Group Activities such as a Story Hour, Pizza Party, and time on the Internet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The photos are gathered into packets along with a board book that each bear receives for being part of the “Sleep-over,” and the children pick up their bear and the packets the next day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Library staff can get very creative with this, children love it, and the media thinks it is great!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alan Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>