Girls hope handiwork inspires youngsters to love books
By Julie Wurth
Thursday April 6, 2006
John Dixon
From left, Brittany Peters, 4, Christina Helregel, 13, Rachel Webb, 5, and Sierra Wilson, 14, sort through 'Book Buddy Bags' on Wednesday at the Marilyn Queller Day Care Center in Urbana. Christina and Sierra, members of Urbana Girl Scout Troop 31, helped the younger girls pick the bags from among the 48 the troop designed, sewed and filled during the past four months. Each bag can be checked out and taken home for a week.
URBANA – If you're 3 or 4 years old, this is even better than the Bookmobile. There are books and toys involved, after all. And Dora. And Thomas.
More than 40 "Book Buddy Bags," sewn and filled by Urbana Girl Scout Troop 31, were delivered Wednesday to the Marilyn Queller Child Care Center in Urbana.
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