Displays
Halloween
I was given a small table to make an impromptu Halloween with our existing materials. I featured Halloween cookbooks, crafts, and a few spooky fiction titles. I cut the orange ooze out of poster material to make the table look a bit more thematic. This was my first display.
Blind Date with a biography
Biographies were wrapped in red paper with short dating bios on their covers. Barcodes were copied and taped on to the covers as to not give the title away before patrons were ready to unwrap them. This display encouraged readers to go outside of their comfort zone and read about someone that they might not normally encounter. It was widely enjoyed and also helped to highlight some of our nonfiction titles in a limited space.
Saint Patrick’s Day/Lucky Books
This display featured books that had the word ‘luck’ or ‘lucky’ in the title. Some books were wrapped in dollar store gold wrapping paper to make for a festive pot of gold feature. We also had some clovers I was able to decorate the covers with. The backdrop is a Pride flag, which can be found for under $10.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Titles featuring Asian American and Pacific Islander authors were selected and placed on a shelf with origami lotuses. I tried several different designs, but ultimately these were the fastest ones to do with limited time. I recommend gluing two of them together in some places for a layered look. A photo of just the flowers can be found below.
Fourth of July
This was a last minute non-fiction Fourth of July display. Stars were cut out and hung from string as well as taped on to red, white, and blue paper underneath the books. A variety of titles were chosen to reflect the diversity of histories, people, and reading tastes.
Shark Week
A display on sharks to celebrate the Discovery Channel’s infamous “Shark Week” was made with flowers torn off of a dollar store flower necklace to resemble underwater vegetation with different coloured stones laid on top. Voila!
Dungeons & Dragons
Non-fiction titles such as player’s handbooks, histories, thematic cookbooks, game modules, and more were featured alongside a D&D madlib that patrons were welcome to take home. Torches were made with tissue paper and construction paper and the dragon stuffy from our children’s programs was prominently displayed.