Graphic Novels

Another display by Erin Kelly who is working her gap year at Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton, Western Australia.
A simple but effective display to promote the Graphic Novels collection. Erin used an old poster of Wonder Woman from the video store. I particularly like her descriptions of the four main types of graphic novel.
A helpful display for students - and teachers - who don't quite understand what this genre covers.
Click on the photograph to get a closer look.
Thank you again Erin.

Tim Winton

Here is another inspired display from Erin Kelly who is working her gap year at Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton, Western Australia.
This display celebrates the works of Aussie author, Tim Winton.
Erin says: 'The display was fairly straight forward, just lots of information about Winton and a school of fish running through the display, to symbolise Winton's strong connection to the ocean'.
I particularly liked the use of a time line for Winton's publications and the use of the fish is lovely - they also show the progression of movement in his writing.
If you click on the photo of the display you can see it in more detail.
Thanks Erin.

Australia: Indigenous Authors

Erin Kelly is working in her gap year at Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton, Western Australia. One of her main jobs has been working on displays each month. She says she has found the Blog useful for ideas and has kindly shared some of her favourite ones in return.
This 'Indigenous Authors display' was a special during NAIDOC week. Erin says: 'The map of Australia was a print job, and I used pins and string to highlight where each author originated from. The information at the end of each string told the biography of each author and featured a photograph. I then photocopied the titles they had written and pinned them up. The posters from NAIDOC week filled up the rest of the board, and the library already had the Indigenous Items like the Boomerang etc'.
Thanks Erin, the school has been lucky to have you working for them this year!

Santa's List

Glee Stormont has used the 'Season's Readings' theme and come up with Santa's gift list for the "Boys and Girls of Kailua Intermediate School." - all book titles, of course! The tree on the display is made out of an old paperback that was going to be thrown out - what a lovely idea, and very environmentally friendly! Thanks Glee - there are some good books on that wish list -I have put 'Hush hush' on mine! [If you click on the photo you can get a closer look].

Santa's Trunk

Yes, only one month to go until Christmas!
Here's another display shared by Wendy Ballard from Greenpark Primary School, to get us into the Christmas spirit.
Quick, easy, friendly and bright - an eye-catching display to get those books noticed and off the shelves again.

Weird, Wild, Wacky

In response to a list-serve discussion Wendy Ballard from Greenpark Primary School, Tauranga has been willing to share with us her 'Weird, Wild, Wacky' display. Here she has pulled together all those wonderful fun but informative books which are an instant success with so many students. It is an uncomplicated display but all that is needed in getting these books noticed and moving off the shelves.
Thanks Wendy.

Crafty

A display to promote some wonderful arty-crafty books. I discovered that you can find some great letters by searching in Google Images for 'letter a', 'letter r' etc. Then I found some old paintbrushes from the art department, hunted around in my 'bit draw' for the rest, asked a student to make the origami birds and stuck it all together! Once again, it cost me hardly anything and was quite fun to do!
We recently weeded and replaced many books in this section which always results in them being noticed again.


This has been a popular book - published August 2009 - click on the picture for more details.

I have just prepared statistics for a report to the Board of Trustees and was delighted to see that after dropping slightly last year issues of non-fiction books has gone up by 83% in 2009. I am sure that this is partly due to the fact that in our new library the non-fiction books are more accessible and there is more space for outward facing display.

Roadway 2 Reading

Here is another fantastic display that Glee Stormont has produced for Kailua Intermediate School in Hawaii. This display has been used to promote books for Special Ed students.
We have a section in our library which I have called 'Quick Reads' which would sit really well with a display like this.

Bite into Books

This display by Glee Stormont from Kailua Intermediate School in Hawaii is a great way to get students to read beyond the hugely popular Twilight series.











She says: 'The bats are cut from old book pages and the background paper that just looks white was newspaper to sort of look like book pages'. What a great display! Thanks Glee.









It is fantastic how 'Twilight' has hooked loads of teenagers into reading - many for the first time. I am capitalising on this to the max and moving them from here to other things. I have recently bought 'Wuthering Heights' with the new cover promoting it as Bella and Edward's favourite book. I'm certain it will fly off the shelves, unlike its old and tired-looking counterpart.


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Hot Hawaii

Glee Stormont is a parent who the staff at Kailua Intermediate School in Hawaii have wisely commandeered to do their displays! She has kindly shared with us her bright and inviting 'cool books for hot days' display. Thanks Glee, nice to see something sunny - especially from Hawaii - it has been pouring with rain for 24 hours here!