Library decorating ideas

Mrs. J in the Library's note: Decorations idea for secondary or elementary school libraries - "books" sprouting colored paper. Looks easy enough to make with a stapler and bright printer paper, actually.

I am very lucky in that I have two very artistic assistants who do displays for our teens. After 20some years doing displays, I was getting kind of burned out and to be honest, I wasn’t awesome at it. But my assistants are, so it was a task I was happy to delegate. We would […]

UNFRAMED PRINT - I have to put this in for the people that don't read the words Unframed Print in the title. Of course if they didn't read the title or the words on the pictures they probably won't read this LOL. We tried. It's a print. It's not printed on wood, stone, slate, matboard, or any other kind of substrate. It's not a thick sign, it's a print. It's not framed. That's why every picture says "Frame not Include". If you did read this far, Thank You MAKES A GREAT GIFT - My huge…

One of the best ways to motivate and encourage children to read books is a good book display. Coming up with ideas can be hard and the internet can at times be overwhelming, leaving you at a loss. …

Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.

Springtime at the Library

I finally (finally) got my school library's decorations up. Hey, and it's only October. Woo! Anyway, I wanted to share the ideas here, point out some cool resources, and even share a free printable travel poster. Travel poster? Travel poster. Here, you can see what I'm talking about. Check out this library... The pièce de résistance, of course, is this huge wall. I had each student in the upper grades write their favorite book title (with its call number--had to make this educational after…

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