Library lovers

By Gabrielle Karsai

I love this idea from Gaby and would love to try it next year by asking for wedding photos from our staff. Here are her comments:

'I find that any display that involves school staff is very popular with the students. I asked for wedding photos or any other memorabilia that staff were happy to share. I ended up with 2 wedding gowns (one was mine!), lots of photos including great-grandparents, and 2 boxes of love letters (tied with pink ribbon) for a teacher when she was being courted by her then fiancé as he traveled the high sea (they have been happily married 38 years). I've supplied heart shaped post-it notes for the students to write what love means to them. What is it about weddings that sends teenage girls crazy?'

Love matches in the library ...

By Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Thanks to Natalie for sending this great idea for a display. Here are her comments:

'Making connections when reading is a big push in our state standards, and this display encourages kids to make text-to-text connections'.

* Natalie has listed her matches in a comment below - thanks Natalie!

By Elaine Pearson

Natalie, I loved your idea so  much that I created my own display, it was a great exercise in book selection! A lovely simple and cost-effective display - I hope it inspires the students.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

By Jill Hames

Welcome to the Blog Jill, hope you enjoyed looking around.

Jill has generously shared two of her displays, this one is a creative way of approaching a very serious topic and works very well. Here are her comments: 

'I wanted to keep the display lighthearted, even though it is a serious topic. I used lavender paper to wrap YA books. All the books have some form of teenage relationship. On the covers, we wrote the book's barcode to facilitate circulation. We also wrote something to do with either a positive relationship or a sign of abuse. For example, "Healthy Relationship = Encouraging each other." Included in the display are bookmarks with Internet resources to help people in abusive relationships. The bookmarks and display sign have pink roses, again, trying to keep things light so that people will look at the content'.

For more details about Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month check out the website here:  Healthy Relationships

Valentines Day

By Fran Karmann

Valentines Day is fast approaching - Fran has already decorated her library to promote books from her collection. Thanks for sharing Fran, your library looks very romantic!