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.