This Saturday Hanni will be honored at a Champaign Public Library program called “Get Inspired! Meet a Hero at Your Library.” The Champaign library will be recommending favorite books about heroes for the next couple months, and “Hanni and Beth: Safe & sound” is one of their three picks for march:
1. Officer Buckle & Gloria
Recommended for preschoolers
by Peggy Rathman
The funny on-stage performances of a police dog, teamed with her new partner, teach kids how to be safe at home, in school, and around town.
2. Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound,
Recommended for grades K to 2
by Beth Finke
How will Beth, who is blind, travel safely to work, to the park, or to a concert? Her good friend and guide dog, Hanni, helps her every day!
3. Charlotte’s Web
Recommended for grades 3 to 5
by E.B. White
A clever spider named Charlotte hatches a plan to save her dearest friend, Wilbur the pig
Hanni has been recognized for her heroism before, but being listed right up there with Charlotte the spider? Now, that’s an honor.
The Champaign Public Library’s calendar is full of hero-themed events for the next couple of months – Hanni is looking forward to her time in the spotlight this Saturday at 2 pm.
Wow, congrats! Being in the same category with Charlotte is quite an honor!
You ain’t kiddding. Having my own name on a list with E.B. White is quite a thrill as well!
I was just thinking that Hanni will be the only real LIVE hero! Congrats! Wouldn’t it have been fun if E.B.White could have been there with Wilber or Charlotte!! And I have also enjoyed Officer Buckle and Gloria- but I don’t think that they could be there LIVE!
Yeah, in a funny way, Hanni has it easy for this one: all she has to do is show up! I’ll be the one preparing the speech — I’m thinking of opening it with a description of our “Close Call” in September http://bethfinke.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/close-call/ All sorts of heroes in that story: the people who trained Hanni, the doorman who tried to catch up with the bad cab driver, and, of course…Hanni!
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