Time for Shorts!...Short Stories

As the weather starts to become nice and warm library patrons begin to wear shorts. So taking this and playing with words. It is Time For Shorts......Short Stories.

Clothesline with shorts and books

 View from front of display

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Yoda

May 4th is also known as Star Wars day "May the fourth be with you."
This year I instead of a book display I decided to do a bulletin board staring Yoda.

READ you will

Much KNOWLEDGE you will have

Fairy Tales Retold

Fairy tales and folklore retold is a category in the 50/50 Book Quest.

Several books from children's fiction, young adult and adult are all on display.

Our toad puppet makes the perfect topper for this display. A paper crown was added. So far I've only seen one patron kiss him. 

Books with color in the title

Books are like gold display with a "golden book at the end of a rainbow. 

A book with a color in the title is one of the 50/50 Book Quest categories. 

And rainbows are perfect for March. 

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.