Parents: sign up your child to be a Little Buddy!
Little Buddies must currently be in Grade K, 1, 2, or 3!
This program will meet 4 times:
We will meet IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Dates: Thursday, October 27, Thursday, November 3, Thursday, November 10, and Thursday, November 17
Registration required, space is limited.
Signing up for Thurs. October 27 signs you up for ALL 4 days.
Due to high demand, please sign up only if your child can attend all 4 sessions.
Children will be paired up with a teen Big Buddy to read with and be read to.
We will end all our sessions with a fun (slightly) messy art activity that the teens and children complete together.
Parents: sign up your child to be a Little Buddy!
Little Buddies must currently be in Grade K, 1, 2, or 3!
This program will meet 4 times:
We will meet IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Dates: Thursday, October 27, Thursday, November 3, Thursday, November 10, and Thursday, November 17
Registration required, space is limited.
Signing up for Thurs. October 27 signs you up for ALL 4 days.
Due to high demand, please sign up only if your child can attend all 4 sessions.
Children will be paired up with a teen Big Buddy to read with and be read to.
We will end all our sessions with a fun (slightly) messy art activity that the teens and children complete together.
Parents: sign up your child to be a Little Buddy!
Little Buddies must currently be in Grade K, 1, 2, or 3!
This program will meet 4 times:
We will meet IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Dates: Thursday, October 27, Thursday, November 3, Thursday, November 10, and Thursday, November 17
Registration required, space is limited.
Signing up for Thurs. October 27 signs you up for ALL 4 days.
Due to high demand, please sign up only if your child can attend all 4 sessions.
Children will be paired up with a teen Big Buddy to read with and be read to.
We will end all our sessions with a fun (slightly) messy art activity that the teens and children complete together.
Parents: sign up your child to be a Little Buddy!
Little Buddies must currently be in Grade K, 1, 2, or 3!
This program will meet 4 times:
We will meet IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Dates: Thursday, October 27, Thursday, November 3, Thursday, November 10, and Thursday, November 17
Registration required, space is limited.
Signing up for Thurs. October 27 signs you up for ALL 4 days.
Due to high demand, please sign up only if your child can attend all 4 sessions.
Children will be paired up with a teen Big Buddy to read with and be read to.
We will end all our sessions with a fun (slightly) messy art activity that the teens and children complete together.
Parents: sign up your child to be a Little Buddy!
Little Buddies must currently be in Grade K, 1, 2, or 3!
This program will meet 4 times:
We will meet IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Dates: Thursday, March 3, Thursday, March 10, Thursday, March 17, Thursday, March 24
Registration required, space is limited.
Signing up for Thurs. March 3rd signs you up for ALL 4 days.
Due to high demand, please sign up only if your child can attend all 4 sessions.
Children will be paired up with a teen Big Buddy to read with and be read to.
We will end all our sessions with a fun (slightly) messy art activity that the teens and children complete together.
Fall 2021 Virtual Book Buddies sign up for Big Buddies!
(if you want to sign up for Little Buddies, kids in Grades K-3, click here)
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
Dates: Thursday October 21, 28, November 4, 18
(No meeting on November 11). Check your schedule that you can attend all 4 meetings!
Who can be a Big Buddy? Teens in Grades 7-12. This is a great way to get your volunteer hours if you love working with kids!
What is the Book Buddies program?
Teen volunteers, aka Big Buddies, read to their Little Buddies (Entering Grades K-3 ).
Little Buddies also get to practice their reading skills by reading to their Big Buddies. Little Buddies get to grow a love of reading, practice their skills, and connect with teen big buddies. Everyone joins for the first 10 minutes or so of Book Buddies and play simple group games in Zoom. Buddies will have up to 40 minutes to read together in their own Breakout Rooms.
Things Big Buddies need:
-Be available: Thursday 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 between 4:00-5:00 PM.
-Teens need a device (computer or laptop, iphone, Android phone, etc.) with Zoom downloaded AND a camera or webcam.
-A pack of at least 22 books (about 10 picture books, 10 beginning readers, and 2 chapter books) from the Avon Free Public Library. You can come any time the library is open to pick out your books!