Here’s the basic Holiday display I did last year featuring books on Kwanza, Christmas, Hanukkah and other religious holidays of the season. I wrapped discarded library books in gold and blue wrapping (our school colors) and made a wintery Holiday sign. Simple. Inclusive. However, no one looked at any of the books. So, this year I decided not pull holiday books. My theme: “Unwrap the … Continue reading Winter Holidays
Have you ever read a book and afterwards just felt deep gratitude for that book and/or author for adding that experience to your life? Maybe it inspired you, or educated you, or made you feel sad or glad or fearful or tearful. During this Thanksgiving season we are giving students and staff a place to share those thoughts. Our “Thankful Tree” invites all to “Leaf” … Continue reading Thanksgiving Tree
This is a display that really could be used anytime of the year. But as we are entering the winter and holiday season, perhaps there is a bit more interest in cooking and baking delicious goodies for holiday treats and feasts. With just a pot full of cookbooks on an old tablecloth with some utensils hanging around, the display is pretty self explanatory. So many … Continue reading What’s Cookin’?
It’s Election Day 2012 – time for patriotism to shine in our library! Along with the national election to focus on, our library hosted the 2012 Youth Vote. All day, students filed in to individual voting “booths” and exercised their right to vote for president, local officials and propositions, and their own special measure – whether 16 year-olds should have the right to vote. Continue reading Election Day
Halloween is fast approaching and it’s time to break out everything scary, ghosty, bloody and undead (in book form that is). We are always being asked where the scary stories are located so it’s fun to pull them all into one display area. And you’ve gotta make it a little creepy for added interest. I have to admit, my personal halloween decorating supply was getting … Continue reading A Scary Affair: Halloween
It’s University week! Time to get middle-schoolers to think about those long-term goals. It’s never too early to plan for success! All teachers and staff are encouraged to promote their alma mater through clothing or posters or other material. It was a great excuse to break out my Nebraska Cornhusker props! Blankets, pendants, helmets, and pom poms were great accessories for this display. There are … Continue reading University Week
This Banned Book Week display is definitely one of our most looked at displays. “What?? Why can’t we look at these books? …Why would anyone ban this book?…That’s not fair!!” Lots of questions and opinions and LOTS of interests in those books. We don’t allow them to check out these books during the display week, they really are banned. But there’s always some brisk checkouts … Continue reading Banned Book Week
OK, so President Obama proclaimed October as “Information Literacy Awareness Month.” Did you know that? We found out that our own Governor Parnell made a similar proclamation, so how could we just ignore that as good Librarians/Media Specialists? Even though we felt like big nerds, we came up with a display idea anyway to define information literacy and highlight the issue. We had an old … Continue reading Information Literacy Month
Fresh off the Hunger Games movie, we knew the school year was going to start off with a flurry of interest in the book. Even though we had many copies, we knew the series would fly off the shelves, so we made a read-alike display. Using a movie reel, a Hunger Games poster and DVD box, we pulled similar dystopian-themed titles. This display was emptied … Continue reading Hunger Games: the Dystopian genre
Here’s the display that greeted students on their first day of school. It featured my school sweatshirt (on a half a dress form) packing an overflowing book bag. The contents of the bag are spilling out into the display case – textbooks, library books, and various school supplies. Nothing really library-specific here, just a fun general display since this see-through case is just steps from … Continue reading Back to School
School Library Displays 