Mental Health Display

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 1 in 5 teens live with a mental health condition - half before the age of 14 and 3/4 before the age of 24.*

Our society needs to be better about talking about mental health. We need to make sure people are comfortable seeking help - that they're not afraid of asking for help. That it's not seen as a sign of weakness, but instead a sign of strength. That they know they are not alone. 

And that things will get better. 

Here's a display I did for the library, using this article to grab titles.

And this site for promotional photos:

* https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Teens-and-Young-Adults

Book Display Ideas: June

It's the unofficial start to summer and it's heated up nicely in New England. Here are some display ideas for the month.

If you're looking for sports themed ones, check out this post.

June is:

Candy Month:
Display Ideas:

Chocolate kisses

Sweet display

Book Lists: Characters who cook/bake, or even how-to books

Gay Pride Month:
Display Ideas: Mary at the Cragin Memorial Library made this graphic novel display

Book Lists: an older list, but still valid

Adopt a Cat Month:

Display Ideas:

Grumpy Cat

Book Lists: favorite cats in books

June 8th: BFF Day

Display Ideas:

Best Friend Sign

Book Lists: books about best friends

June 19th: International Kissing Day

Display Ideas:

Add an international background

Book Lists: Traveling romance books

June 29th: Camera Day

Display Ideas:

Taking Pictures

Book Lists: Photography 

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:

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:

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:

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:

May the 4th...

R2D2 Book Return

Books: Star Wars books or other books set in space

May 7th: Free Comic Book Day

Display Idea:

Get Graphic

Books: highlight your comics/graphic novel collections

May 13th: Friday the 13th

Display Idea:

Slime and/or book monster

More Slime

Books: Horror books or paranormal 

May 30th: Memorial Day

Display Idea:

WWI Memorial

Books: War books

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

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

Display Ideas: Books about Food, cookbooks, or healthy eating habits

Booklist: Characters who cook/bake

National Women's History Month

Love this quote

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)

Family Tree

Significant Dates Include:

March 14: Pi Day

Display Ideas:

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:

Perfect Books

Book Ideas: Green Books or Books set in Ireland or Voya's recent perfect 10 books

February Book Display Ideas

Welcome to a New Year. Winter has hit, but it still doesn't feel like winter here in New England. Still, any weather is great for reading and discovering new books. 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.

February is:

Black History Month

Display Ideas: Fiction/Nonfiction titles featuring characters from history

Great American Pie Month

Display Ideas: Characters who love pie

Canned Food Month

Display Ideas: Dystopian novels

Book List: Think of this one and build from there

National Wedding Month

Display Idea: Characters in weddings

Dates Include:

Feb 7th - Superbowl Sunday

Display Ideas: Football Field

Book Lists: Check out my previous football post for more ideas

Feb 11: Make a Friend Day

Display Ideas: Friendship Books

Feb 14: Valentine's Day

Display Ideas: Blind Date with a Book / Romance theme books

Book Lists: Older Romance List to help get you started

Feb 20: Love Your Pet Day

Display Ideas: Characters with pets

Booklist: Favorite cats

Feb 28: Oscars

Display Ideas: Books with Pretty Dresses

Passive Program Idea: Have your teens vote on the dress they would wear to the Oscars

Book List: Tea Loving Book Characters

January is National Tea Month

Bookish Characters who Love Tea:

Middle Grade:

Nonfiction:

Adult:

What other characters love tea? Let me know!

January Display Ideas

Welcome to a New Year. Winter has hit, but it still doesn't feel like winter here in New England. Still, any weather is great for reading and discovering new books. 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.

January is:

National Hobby Month

Display Ideas: Try a new hobby - a mix of books showcasing character hobbies

Book Lists: Art, photography, dramatic arts, writing, cooking, fashion

National Tea Month

Display Ideas:

Source

You could re-create this with book covers with tea loving characters and the plot of the book

National Blood Donor Month

Display Ideas: Vampires

Book List: Vampire

Dates include:

January 4: Trivia day

Book Ideas: Books on fandoms 

January 13: Make Your Dreams Come True day

Book ideas: Nonfiction - goals or college or the future

Fiction: books about dreams

January 16th: Appreciate a Dragon day

Book List: Featuring Dragons

January 19th: National Popcorn day

Book ideas: books to movies - esp those in theaters this year.

January 24: Compliment day

Book ideas: Characters who would use a friend

New Year Ideas:

Branching out with Different Genres

Source

Book Ideas: Various genres with great covers.

Improve Yourself: Learn a new skill this year

Resolutions

Source

Book Ideas: improvements - study tips, eating healthy, or learning new skills

* Some of the book lists are older, but I'm working on updating them. At least they will give you a good starting point.

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Since this is such a huge factor in the lives of teens, I've put together a display at the library.

For online information, check out the site. Also Seventeen's participating.

It's labeled  Healthy Inspiration, NOT Thinspiration

The full display

 

Here are the book marks I created for the display - the front has a girl looking in the mirror and the back contains a book list

Close ups of the display:

 A Body Peace Treaty (signed up celebrities)

 

Close up of the sign - image from Proud2Bme

 Altered from the Seventeen site