Showing posts with label display ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label display ideas. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Kids Summer Reading (4): All Together Now

 


The past three weeks, we talked about FRIENDSHIP and COMMUNITY and KINDNESS programs. Go back and check them out if you missed them.

This week I'm sharing art and display ideas:

Kindness Tree or Kindness Branches Out



Add favorite book titles on the hearts from staff and patrons. Keep growing the display all summer long








Sunday, April 24, 2016

Display Ideas: May

Spring is here! Flowers are blooming. Rain is upon us. Soon the grass will green up and leaves will pop out. I just returned back to the librarian world and I'm excited about making more displays. I'll still talk about ideas, but also chat about some displays that I created.

May is: 

Date your Mate Month
Display Ideas:
Blind Date with a Book | by Villa Park Public Library:
Pick Up Lines 
There really wasn't any friends to lovers display ideas on pinterest - if you do one, Add it!
You could take photos of TV characters who went from friends to dating.
Book Lists: Romance books or friends turned into more

Foster Care Month
Display Ideas:
Hear hear!! “@wijdewerelduden: Als je dat onthoudt, kom t wel goed met je als leerkracht :) ! pic.twitter.com/P00rFGoLCt”:
Usually the YA books aren't happy on the foster care system - but that doesn't mean they aren't great characters
Books: characters in the foster care system 

Photograph Month:
Display Ideas:
wheelockcollege:  Courtesy of Taylor Kalloch, the Library now has a display about photography and the stories that photographs tell.  Did you know that the Library lends out cameras and that the entire Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) is available on all the Library computers?:
I Love the banner! Could also add in pictures of cameras
Book Lists: Teen photographers

Days in May:

May 4th: Star Wars Day
Display Ideas:
Laura Mae Creates: May the 4th Be With You #Starwars #Maythe4th:
May the 4th...
R2D2 drop-box at the Dupont Branch of the Allen County Public Library.:
R2D2 Book Return
Books: Star Wars books or other books set in space

May 7th: Free Comic Book Day
Display Idea:
Teen Book Display - Get Graphic:
Get Graphic
Books: highlight your comics/graphic novel collections

May 13th: Friday the 13th
Display Idea:
October Book Promotion. "It came from the library..." (blob dripping slime):
Slime and/or book monster
Want to have a nightmare? Library display at South East Junior High in Iowa City, Iowa.:
More Slime

May 30th: Memorial Day
Display Idea:
WW1 Centennial display  Remembrance Day ideas- from schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.ca:
WWI Memorial
Books: War books

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Summer Reading: Sports Quotes

 
Sports quotes are great motivations quotes - and they're perfect in case you have extra wall space or your book display needs a little something extra.  Here are a few of my favorites all from Pinterest.
Boy's Print/Room Art/Baseball Art/Don't Let the Fear of stricking out/Babe Ruth on Etsy, $3.99:
Babe Ruth

Serena Williams quotes:
Serena Williams
Shaquille O'Neal >> 20 Inspirational Basketball Quotes To Bring The Bounce Back To Your Step:
Shaq
Top 3 Role Models for Kids - Gabby Douglas, the flying squirrel, is a gymnast who participated in the 2012 London Olympics. gabby-douglas. Before Gabby, no African-American gymnast had become all-around champion.:
Gabby Douglas


Pinterest: ✖︎10bands✖︎:
Pat Summitt
I've failed over and over and over again in my life... that's why I succeed. Jordon.  We always have the best tickets to your favourite sporting event.:
Michael Jordan

Sunday, February 28, 2016

March Display Ideas

Spring is coming! More time to hang outside means more time to read to unwind at night.
One of things I miss about being a YA Librarian is making displays. So I thought maybe I'd write up a few posts about display ideas and create a monthly blog post.

March is:
National Craft Month
Display Ideas: Craft Books
Your master gardener team has a plan for your garden that will attract butterflies. Tie this in to your art lessons to deepen the gardening experience.:
Butterflies out of books
Booklist: Craft books or fictional books with crafting characters - Art or Photography, 

National Nutrition Month
Jump start to summer reading
Food Matters library display by Colette Cassinelli, via Flickr:
Food Matters
Display Ideas: Books about Food, cookbooks, or healthy eating habits
Booklist: Characters who cook/bake

National Women's History Month
This is a fantastic idea for a Women's History Month display...with some bios and a few novels?  Brilliant!:
Love this quote

Women's History Month Display, She Believed She Could, So She Did:
She Believed She Could, So She Did
Display Ideas: Awesome women in fiction or nonfiction
Booklist: Historical Fiction for Asian Women, American Women, British Women

March is named for the Roman Gods Mars
Display Ideas: Books set in Rome (ancient and contemporary)
Greek & Roman Gods Family tree 2nd version:
Family Tree
Significant Dates Include:

March 14: Pi Day
Display Ideas:
Increase your ReADIUS.  Library display of books with circles on the cover.:
Readius
Book Ideas: Books with characters who rock at Math or books with circles on the covers

March 17: St. Patrick's Day
Display Ideas:
St Patrick's day library bulletin board | luck is finding the perfect book!:
Perfect Books
Book Ideas: Green Books or Books set in Ireland or Voya's recent perfect 10 books