In looking back at the pictures I took last week in my library, I realized it was a week of celebrations.
First, of course, we had the release of THE THANK YOU BOOK by Mo Willems. I first heard about this one at ALA MidWinter in Boston:
I pulled all of the Elephant and Piggie books and displayed them with the stuffed plushes. It made me happy to look at them each day and see readers walk over to them and grab a book to read. Even older readers who clearly still had a connection to them!
Last week, I also closed out our 3rd Annual March Madness (which became April and May Madness). We started out with 16 amazing books but our readers chose one:
I always have a copy of this book on display, paired with the Webkinz silverback gorilla I had in my 4th grade classroom where I first read IVAN aloud to students. Great memories!
And May 4th was Star Wars Day, so I set out all of our Star Wars books! All day long, readers/fans (clad in Star Wars t-shirts) walked over to the display and talked passionately about the books and movies!
I love finding ways to connect topics and events to books.
At our #makerspace/#geniushour yesterday, I had this table ready for folders!
In fact, whenever I am writing or thinking through ideas, books ALWAYS come to mind.
If you need more ideas for ways to connect books to events, make sure to keep reading my blog, and also check out the DEMCO Library Sparks Activity calendar.
Happy May!