Looking forward to ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime 2019, Wednesday 22 May! We have been running a colouring-in competition for Years K-2 at lunchtime and have booked two alpacas to visit from Alpaca Kisses in June, alpacas in high demand and booked out for NSS!
Tag / Book Displays
New displays for the library
The first two library displays for 2019 featured being kind and friendship. The theme linked in with school values and recent staff professional learning and implementation of the URSTRONG program.
Following that, we assembled a Roald Dahl and Mem Fox author focus for our library. As always it is a delight to gather resources for the displays and enjoy watching children and teachers look into the display cases.
Book and Theme Displays
This Post is a quick look at some book and theme displays that we created this year. As you can see selecting a few books and items can create an inspiring display to promote a theme such as the Year of the Dog, highlight an event such as the World Cup, or focus on a topic.
Peter Rabbit library display
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published in 1901, Beatrix Potter self-published and printed 250 copies. Over the years Peter Rabbit has been read, shared and loved by so many children, parents and grandparents alike. In 2016 a first edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit sold at auction for £43,000!
The Peter Rabbit library display features my son’s Peter Rabbit soft toy (now 18 years old), a Bunnykins sculpture that was given to me by a wonderful teacher I previously worked with, author profile books, and newly released Beatrix Potter books. It is always a pleasure to see children enter the library, stand close taking time to admire the displays.
For more information on Beatrix Potter and The Tale of Peter Rabbit visit https://www.peterrabbit.com/
References
Armitstead, C. (2013). How Beatrix Potter self-published Peter Rabbit. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/dec/17/beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit-self-publishing
BBC News. (2016). First edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit sells for £43k at auction. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-36865074
Frederick Warne & Co. (2016). Beatrix Potter. Retrieved from https://www.peterrabbit.com/
Sony Pictures Entertainment. (2018, March 17). Peter Rabbit – official trailer. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/cfAaGhvRmmg
The wonderful Paddington Bear!
It was a delight to create a library display in honour of this much-loved bear. There has been much excitement about Paddington Bear with the upcoming movie Paddington 2 and Paddington books on show in libraries and bookstores. It is wonderful to see children borrowing the books and reading of the many adventures of Paddington. There is much news of Paddington available from https://www.paddington.com/global/
Matlida – 29 years young!
Matilda by Roald Dahl will turn 30 next year, a fact I accidentally discovered as I was organising the items for the book display in our school library. We had several versions of the book with differing styles of covers and some very well read Matilda editions. I think a celebration next year with tea and cake will be superb to honour the enjoyment this book has provided to readers for many years.
Where’s Wally turns 30!
It was great fun setting up the Where’s Wally display for the books 30 year anniversary. Young children have stood eyes wide closely looking at the items in the display case. It was noted in the ABC News article that drawing each scene takes “months to draw…as I work my way through a picture, I add Wally when I come to what I feel is a good place to hide him” (Martin Handford as cited in ABC News, Where’s Wally fans still search for elusive character 30 years
Book displays to promote reading
I am always on the look out for interesting items to add to the book display cases in the K-6 Library. We have two display cases, one in the K-2 section and one in the Primary area. The displays focus on book promotions, book anniversaries, literature themes, story elements or events such as Reconciliation Week. This year students were welcomed to the Library with Peter Pan and the display for younger students showcased some special book characters. Today we created a Harry Potter and Mr Chicken books display. It is a pleasure to see students enter the Library and look into the display cases with excitement.