Make your library the place kids run to.
When a character lives in your library and kids come back to see what it did, reading becomes something they love — not something they're assigned.
Color or read with it
A child colors a Doodle or reads with it, making it their own.
They leave
They head back to class or on with their day.
It moves, leaves a note
While they're gone it changes — it moves, leaves a note, goes on an adventure.
They come back to see
And a new challenge is waiting, which sends them off again.
Why it's good for your library
Nothing builds a reader like wanting to come back. Reading to a character who's always happy to listen, or doing a challenge to "unlock" its next adventure, makes kids want to read — and kids who want to read, read more, which lifts everything else along with it.
Easier than you'd think
Start with a single character in the library and grow from there. There are no points to track and no quizzes to manage — the character is the whole draw. And teachers love joining in, so working together is the easiest yes you'll ever get.
Worth saying plainly: this is one of the most fun, research-based programs a library can run.
Telling and acting out stories with a character drives oral language and early literacy (a landmark preschool finding), and the American Library Association names drawing and coloring as protected library art forms libraries are meant to support.
Nicolopoulou et al., 2015 · American Library Association (Library Bill of Rights) · Lotts, 2017 · ALSC / Alberts. Built on evidence-tested methods.
A fresh theme every year — Under the Sea · Safari · Dinosaurs · Space · Farm · Robots · Storybook
Let's make your library the heart of the parade.
Low cost — and maybe free if we line up a local sponsor. Just give us your details, and we'll make it happen.
Bring the joy and excitement to your school or library