Marshall Madness 2019

In years past for MPL Battle of the Books we had popular books "battle" for the winners spot with patrons voting through a bracket style tournament, but this year it's all about the authors in MPL's 2019 Marshall Madness: Authors Edition.

Starting February 25, the library will be hosting a tournament among authors that have been nominated by librarians. The authors have been fit into 4 teams; Classics, Nonfiction, Youth, and Series. Each week residents will cast their ballots for which authors should advance to the next round.  Each "team" will have an author that continues to the final four. Then, from there, our winning author will be voted to take the #1 spot for 2019 Marshall Madness: Authors Edition.

Bracket style tournament to keep track of winners moving up in each round

Don't know an author? Lift the flap to reveal a few of their titles.

Voting  has narrowed them down to top eight.

UPDATE: We have a winner!

2019 winning author is J. K. Rowling with team Series.

Blind Date with a Book

Every February we do a display called "blind date with a book." This will be the 7^th year that we wrap the books so that you cannot see the title or peek inside. Books are like a box of chocolates.... You never know what you're going to get. But we will let you know the flavor.   

 We have labeled the books with a sticker like romance, mystery, or scifi. To mix things up a bit this year we are telling you how your “blind date” will end. In other words the last sentence of the book.

Library Elves

Elves have been caught on camera. For the next few weeks pictures of where they have been spotted will be posted on the bulletin board at the bottom of the stairs. They do not stay in that location, but they do leave a secret word behind (example: Prancer). When a patron comes to the circulation desk and tells us the word of the day they receive a candy cane. Activity will run through January 3 (most of the kids Christmas break).

Find this location (Friendship Bench) for the hidden word of the day.

Bulletin board in our entryway

Behind the circulation desk!

Is that my poinsettia?

The places they have visited so far get added to the board.

Strange holidays

Did you know there is a "holiday" for everyday of the year? I put together this fun little table top display for National Chocolate Candy Day (December 28) and we are putting books with the theme "chocolate in fiction" on it for the rest of the month.

See other daily holiday ideas here http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/
or here https://nationaldaycalendar.com/

Holiday books

Snow is falling.....
           Books are calling.

Shelves filled with December holiday books.

Sides wrapped in shiny snowflake wrapping paper.

Honoring our Vets

We wanted to interview local veterans for Veteran's day on our weekly Facebook video, but they were camera shy. However they were very happy to share with us some of their favorite books. So we put together this display with the books they recommended. I tried to keep 5-10 books on the display during the month of November.

Idaho Authors

Book display with Idaho Authors.This was also one of the 50/50 Book Quest categories.