Keen reader Dionne Hopwood had a lovely surprise when she went down to her local library.
A giant bear was waiting to present the five-year-old with £100 worth of book tokens.
Dionne, a pupil at the Pallister Park School in Middlesbrough, designed the winning logo for a Bookstart scheme, devised to give youngsters a head start in life by having stories read to them.
All babies born in Middlesbrough get a free Bookstart Baby Bag when they are seven months old.
Bookstart Bear - the scheme's mascot - awarded Dionne with her prize at the town's Berwick Hills library.
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