The countdown to spring has begun, and we wanted to usher in the flowers with this awesome bouquet project! With outdoor festivals in the future, this is a great little project to host at your lib…
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The countdown to spring has begun, and we wanted to usher in the flowers with this awesome bouquet project! With outdoor festivals in the future, this is a great little project to host at your lib…
One of the best ways to motivate and encourage children to read books is a good book display. Coming up with ideas can be hard and the internet can at times be overwhelming, leaving you at a loss. …
Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.
Little G completed the Summer Reading Program at the local library and received a really nice new book - a board book called "Clap Your Hands" valued at $7.99. I decided that we would rite a thank you note to the library for the book. Here is what I came up with. Little G signed her name!
Eight school library ideas that will help you jazz up your media center all year round!April is officially School Library Month, but we believe in celebrating the library all year round. Make your school library the place to be by trying ou…
In honor of Library Week, here are 13 awesome library displays.
Or do you call them Cootie-Catchers? One and the same, my friend. The point is, here's an idea to help patrons figure out what to read next. Like so: I originally saw the idea on MLISsing in Action, which actually has all kinds of fun passive displays. But I decided to make my own version of the fortune teller idea: free printables included! Here's the sign and here's the cootie-catcher. There's four versions in the cootie catcher file: the first is what you see: I filled mine all in with actual titles (my favorite middle-grade fiction, as selected from my "What Books to Give a Middle-Grader" flowchart poster). The second version has fortunes, such as "Your next title will begin with the letter 'H'" and "Pick a yellow cover to ensure happiness". Fun stuff like that (which provides a good opportunity to display books that fulfill those fortunes!). The third has blank fortunes, so you could do your own. And fourth is...well, pretty much all blank. Do whatever your heart desires! Here's a brief pictorial representation of how to fold your cootie-catcher... cut out the square fold along the diagonals fold the corners in turn over and fold corners in again ta-da! Or this library has a nice instruction sheet seen here. The point is, it's a fun way to get patrons to try something new! See how your library likes it!
Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
By Elaine Pearson I love the whole concept of Bree Forsyth's Poet-Tree (see Blog Post June 30th 2011). Here is my rendition! I thought all those bright green leaves were just right for the onset of spring. Putting this display together was amazingly easy. I pulled one of the Wheelers book packages out of the recycle bin to make the trunk. The leaves have the names of poets on them and were gently folded in half at the trunk end to give some dimension. A suprising number of our students enjoy reading poetry, this is our most recent aquisition: 'Does your face fit: Poems about fitting in and standing out'
Blackout Poetry is a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month in April! We set up a table with book pages, markers, and that’s all it took to get the kids creating. The posters hanging …
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Library bulletin boards can be a great way to show off your current programs, books, and ideas. We’ve gathered ideas to give you inspiration for your next bulletin board display!
The best part of my job is being able to visit with librarians and talk with them about anything from programs to books and how I can help. One of the benefits of visiting them is seeing the …
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Summer Reading Decor, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Hello everyone! Today I want to to dive into my love of paper craft and share with you one of my recent and favorite creations for the library. This display m
Update, 26/01/2014: Unfortunately Rachel Moani’s blog was hacked, but you can still find her displays and information on her library’s programming on her ‘My Library, Programs, an…
Display I made for Women’s History Month
Last weekend at Gibson my awesome coworker friend Nicole and I did a library mini golf after hours program for teens and tweens and it was a HIT. We got the idea from this pin but couldn’t fi…
Last week I was browsing through various “Best of 2016” book lists from School Library Journal, NPR, Good Reads, and more. I decided to create a display with the titles we already own.…
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Hello everyone! Today I want to to dive into my love of paper craft and share with you one of my recent and favorite creations for the library. This display m
