Book Buddies

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Book Buddies

• Using this poster as a starting point, I put
  together a display for National Library Week. I
  began to think about all the story characters who
  have crossed over to the commercial side of the
  street and are available now as toys, TV shows,
  computer games, DVDs, etc., etc..
• The reverse is also true. A number of
  characters who started life in the toy store or
  in the media now share library shelves with
  storybook friends who have lived only in print.
• This display includes characters from each
  group. Lets meet them!

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• Angelina is emotional, headstrong, and
  determined, and she often finds herself in
  trouble - but she always bounces back. The ideas
  for the Angelina stories come from author
  Katherine Holabirds experiences as a mother and
  nursery school teacher. When my daughters were
  little girls they wore their pink tutus
  everywhere. I began to write stories for
  passionate and determined little girls like my
  daughters, who love to twirl onstage and are
  always dancing around the kitchen! Holabird and
  illustrator Helen Craig published Angelina
  Ballerina in 1983 there are now more than twenty
  books in the series.
• Arthur celebrated his 25th birthday in
  2001,which makes him 31 this year.
  Author/Illustrator Marc Brown started telling his
  first son stories at bedtime, as his grandmother
  had done for him. Most of the stories were about
  animals. One night our story was about an
  aardvark who hated his nose.The story became
  Arthurs Nose, the first book in the Arthurs
  Adventures series.

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• Franklins adventures are based on childhood
  experiences of Canadian author Paulette
  Bourgeois. The power of imagination and
  creativity, and the ability to solve problems are
  favorite themes in the Franklin series, which
  began in 1986. Illustrator Brenda Clark brings
  Franklin and friends to life by using light and
  shadow for a three-dimensional effect.
• Mouse has eaten cookies in the kitchen, munched
  popcorn at the movies, and gone to school inside
  a backpack. Wherever he goes, chaos follows.
  Illustrator Felicia Bond creates the clever and
  colorful pictures for Laura Numeroffs books.
• Grover is 38 years old, and still lives on
  Sesame Street! The PBS program debuted in 1969.
  According to his bio page at the Sesame Street
  website, Grover was born on October 14, his best
  friend is Kermit, and his favorite quote is
  Hello every-bod-eeee!
• Sesame Streets multicultural approach to early
  education and its subtle sense of humor won an
  immediate audience, and its popularity continues.

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• Snoopy first appeared in Charles Schultzs
  Peanuts comic strip on October 4, 1950. His
  official biography tells us he is an introverted
  beagle with a Walter Mitty complex.He is a
  virtuoso in every endeavor - at least in his
  daydreams.He never speaks but manages to convey
  everything necessary in facial expressions and
  thought balloons.
• Raggedy Andy is the creation of
• free-lance illustrator Johnny Gruelle, whose
  Raggedy Ann doll made her debut in 1915, followed
  by a series of stories three years later. Andy
  was introduced in 1922 when Gruelle serialized
  the Adventures of Raggedy Ann Andy in
  newspapers across the country.

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For more information about these characters and
their creators, visit these websites!

• http//www.angelinaballerina.com
• http//www.arthurworldwide.com
• http//www.franklin.ecsd.net
• http//www.sesameworkshop.org
• http//www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/bond.html
• http//wwwsnoopy.com
• http//www.raggedyann-museum.org