Haddenham Beavers Visit Report

Thursday 13^th March

The library hosted a visit by a colony of lively Beavers – the Scouting sort, not the animals!  They enthusiastically joined in with activities for their Book Lover badges.  The ‘design a book cover’ activity raised lots of questions about the authors of certain books, and sent volunteers hurrying to the shelves to find the ones they were interested in.   It was entertaining to hear the comments about their preferred reading.  Some great designing resulted, with good illustrations, a title and author, and some of them added a blurb on the reverse.

Other activities included making a book mark, some dragon colouring and puzzles, plus a 3D dragon model to make. 

Later they had a chance to discuss the care of books, and have a story, When the Dragons Came, with plenty of actions.  The last few minutes were spent browsing the shelves – great excitement when they discovered the Minecraft books, plus Lego and film related non-fiction.  We also managed to find a book or two featuring gorillas for one young fan.   

It was great to see how many Beavers were also members of the library, and many of them borrowed books to help with the final part of their badge, which is to read 6 books.