Remembering Veteran's Day

This year I decided to do a display to honor our vets for the month of November. (Veteran's Day is Nov 11th)

Image found on google images when I searched veteran's day images. (link)

Put streamers down the sides of the shelf.

Books on the display included historical fiction war stories about American soldiers throughout history.

Cookbook Discussion Group

Press release for new program

The Marshall Public Library has many book discussion groups that meet at the library. At these meetings they discuss a book that they read during the month. We are going to step out of this cookie-cutter mold with a new book group, MPL Recipe Box, the cookbook discussion group that allows you to sample your way through a cookbook!

Do you love cookbooks or maybe just need new recipes to try? Have you ever checked out a cookbook and then didn’t have the time (or bravery) to try more than one recipe? If so, this is the book group for you.

Each month has a theme. For example, one month could be cookies and the next could be salads. For MPL Recipe Box, a few cookbooks will be set aside for participants to choose one recipe from that they will prepare for the discussion.  All recipes for the discussion come from the chosen cookbooks. When you register, a librarian will make a copy of the recipe you choose and mark it so there are no duplicates. At our meeting, participants will bring their chosen recipe prepared and ready to share with the group.

 All recipes for the discussion come from the chosen cookbooks. We will sample the dishes while we discuss ingredients, substitutions, helpful hints and the big question: would you make it again? Don’t forget to register for MPL Recipe Box. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at varying times.

You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to participate. All skill levels are welcome.  Beginners can learn from experienced cooks, and those with a lot of experience can show off their cooking knowledge as we eat our way through the culinary section of the library. Those who attend must be registered and bring a prepared recipe. Register every month because space is limited. Selected cookbooks, theme, and registration are at the Help Desk on the first floor. Our first meeting is November 4 at 7pm and the theme is pie.

This is a snapshot of 2 books we compared for the bread themed discussion and some of the delicious samples.

Halloween Book Display

Monster book shelf display

side view: eyes made out of paper dessert plates. Hair and mouth made out of crepe paper streamers.

Display contains books that have monsters in them.

Reused sign from last year. Books that go bump in the night.

Halloween Bulletin Board

I want to rrrread your booook!

The vampire I used is found here. When I traced it I just put a book in place of the headstone. Font used is "chiller" in Microsoft Word.  I used a plastic table cloth for the background.

Banned Books

It's that time of year again to celebrate our right to read during BANNED BOOKS WEEK

This year we made a prison. The bars are made from twisted up streamers.

Side of the display has an explanation about what a banned or challenged book is. Info taken from the ALA website. The cute graphic is taken from here. And the stats on most banned books is an image from The Huffington Post/ ALA.

Front view of display

Close up view of front. Find the 2014 banned book display here.
Sign used on the top is from ALA 2013 materials. I also added a guide book to the open bottom shelf
so that patrons & staff can look up when/where/why on the challenged books.

Support ISU

Go  Bengals!

Living in a university town we like to show our support to Idaho State University. Usually at the beginning of the school year the whole town likes to pull out the orange and black to show their support. This year we didn't have time to paint our windows so I made up a quick bulletin board. 

Tardis Display

 

Filled this display with time travel books

Super Books for Super Readers

It's that time again....Summer reading time! 

This year our summer reading program as to do with HEROES

Children's theme: Every Hero Has a Story

Teen's Theme: Unmask!

Adult theme: Escape the Ordinary

All clip-art used is copyrighted from the manual/CD 2015 Collaborative Summer Library Program   (www.cslpreads.org). Background paper was ordered from them too.

With this awesome theme our display this summer is 

Super Books for Super Readers

Used the same background paper that was used on the bulletin board. Made shapes with summer reading info in them using Microsoft Publisher shape tool.

front view. Books on this display are books that have been on book lists ans award winners and a few comics too.

side view

back view

Have a super summer!

Bulletin board with summer reading information posted in bubbles and stars.

 If you can't tell this summer has a lot to do with super heroes. 

Children's theme: Every Hero Has a Story

Teen's Theme: Unmask!

Adult theme: Escape the Ordinary

Clip-art used is copyrighted from the manual/CD 2015 Collaborative Summer Library Program   (www.cslpreads.org). Background paper was ordered from them too.

Free Comic Book Day

The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day in the US. We joined in the celebration. This is the back drop that we made for a photo booth. Original idea came form this link. We are going to save this backdrop for our summer reading program that starts next month. 

Buildings are made from foam. I got to help attach all the little windows.

Super Librarians!

Perfect photo of brother and sister. Don't you think?

We had 300 comics to give away. This is what we had left late into the day.

Get soaked with classic literature

Get soaked with classic literature

Because it rains a lot during the spring month of April I wanted a display that involved rail drops. A coworker and I started talking about how we could make raindrops. We came up with several ideas.  I decided to use 3 of those ideas in the display.

 The first drops are made out of plain blue paper. 

The second drops are made out of old book pages or newspaper. 

And the third type of drop is made out of the left over plastic after I laminated a poster. 

Side view showing the blue and book page drops.

Get soaked with classic literature was the theme of the display so I found

 some classics to fill it with. 

Front of display showing classic books. I tried to have children, teen and adult books involved.

The picture I use was found in Microsoft office. I loved her little red umbrella. 
I just added a book so that it looks like she is holing it.

With the help of the janitor the umbrella was hung from the rafters.

Umbrella is up with clear drops hanging down.

It's raining in the library!

Get soaked with classic literature

Pop Open a Good Book

This display is filled with popular books. 

(Books that we see go out often, but are not new).

Popcorn bucket filled with popcorn and a book "popping" out of the middle.

View from front.

View from side. Clipart of popcorn cut out and spontaneously put all over the place.

View from back. Pop open a good book. Popcorn themed book display.

Read me, Maybe

It is always fun to use lyrics from a song in a display. Lilly (one of Henkes characters) was on an old poster that had a date. I simply cut her out and added her to the board.

Adding a little interaction by letting patrons take call number suggestions.Strips of paper with a little shading look like books on a shelf.

Titles with their call numbers for nonfiction books are listed so that patrons can tear them off and then go find them in the library.

Books are like a box of chocolates...

Every February we do a display called "blind date with a book." I wrap the books so that you cannot see what the books is. This year I decided to change it up a bit.
Books are like a box of chocolates.... You never know What you're going to get. 

This is our 3rd annual blind date with a book display.

I love the little wrapped books

Each book is wrapped in fun paper (like a book cover) with the  barcode showing on back along with a label stating what type of book it is (mystery, romance, child's book, fantasy, etc.).

Side view

Close up of the box of chocolate books.

Poster on the top of the display.

Yarn Project Challenge

Spin a Good Yarn is a fiber arts group that meets at the library twice a month. We discuss books and current events while working on our current projects. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday evening at 7pm.  In the fall I handed out a challenge to the group. Here is a PDF with instructions for challenge.

 The challenge is creating something that has been inspired by binary code (ex. 01001011 is the code for the letter k).  Use this binary code as inspiration for a pattern of your name or favorite saying. Be creative 0 and 1 could be knit and pearl, color changes, single crochet and double crochet, or maybe even a drop stitch. Have fun! 

Project show-and -tell was at our first meeting in 2015.

 Not everyone participated in the challenge, but everyone brought finished projects. So here is a discrption of each project (starting on the left);

• Jamie: Knitted a hat. (She usually crochets, and is learning to knit. This is one of her first projects)
• Nikki: Crocheted afghan. 
• Stefanie: Knitted scarf. Stripes are binary code for the message "Don't forget to drink your oveltine."
• Sharon: Knitted sweater
• Jan: Knitted socks with binary code message "When life gives you scraps make a quilt"
• Maylin: Crocheted baby afghan (She is just learning to crochet and this is her 2nd project)
• Becky: Crocheted afghan (king size) with binary code message the names of her family members. (each square is a letter)
• Other projects not pictured:
• Audra: crocheted child's poncho sweater
• Laura: knitted cardigan.  
• Merna: knitted socks