Children who went down to Milford Haven library this week received a big surprise!
For waiting for them at their rhyme time session with story teller Sally Tonge was the Book Start Bear.
The giant blue bear is the mascot of the Book Start charity.
The scheme, which celebrated Book Start day last week, provides babies and young children with packs of books in order to foster their language skills and help them discover the joy of reading.
Funded in Wales by Basic Skills Cymru (part of the Welsh Assembly Government) the scheme enables health authorities, in partnership with library services, to provide Book Start gift packs to children at around 8-9 months and another Early Years Pack when they reach 18 months to two years.
