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Just a few of my most popular displays:

Banned Books Week in the various schools where I consult is heralded by
a display of books from the library that are currently or have
previously been banned. These books are put on a shelf with black strips
of construction paper arranged to look like bars. I then put a long
paper with the word banned in red across the "bars". Children inevitably
ask why these books are "in jail." We have several discussions during
the week about our freedom to read, children write letters to our
Congressmen and City Council encouraging them to uphold our freedom, and
we have a demonstration march around the school carrying signs the
students make demanding our freedom to read.

Shakespeare Week (around Shakespeare's birthday in April) is celebrated
in my schools with a cave in the library made out of paper and hung with
children's handmade bats and spiders. The cave is the witches' cave from
Act I of Macbeth. Children are invited to come into the cave during the
week to hear a tale from Shakespeare. Children are encouraged to then
put on their own staging of one of the Shakespeare stories. Maguerite
Chute's retelling of the Shakespeare plays is my favorite source, but I
also like to use Bruce Coville's beautiful picture books. Children have
also made a Witch's cookbook which we put on display, Prospero's book of
spells, and twin paper dolls for As You Like It.

100th Day of School has displays of children's collection of 100
bookmarks and a display of the 100 most popular books in the library.

During Children's Book Week we display the favorite children's books of
faculty members with childhood pictures of the teachers. Children are
invited to guess which book and picture go with each teacher.

Poetry Please is a perpetual display. On one shelf we have a rotating
collection of poetry books with pictures made by children to illustrate
favorite poems. Children are encouraged to memorize a poem and recite it
in order to win a free book which they can choose from books that have
been donated for that purpose.


Susan Dubin, Library consultant
Off-the-Shelf Library Services
Northridge, California
sdubin@socal.rr.com

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