Very excited one of my recent displays was featured on Library Displays blog. It’s got some wonderful ideas on it so feel very honoured! See the entry here
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr
18
Cue the Easter Bunny
‘Cue the Easter Bunny’ by Liz Evans took me two attempts to read. I started it last year but never really got going. Not sure why it’s easy to read though not as enthralling as Janet Evanovich. It’s the sixth Grace Smith book and I haven’t read the others so perhaps that would have made …
Apr
07
Two displays in one day
So the holidays are a chance to get things done and today it was displays. I had been going to do books to movies but my lessons on that have been bounced in favour of the library blog for the next two weeks so switch in display to promoting the blog. I printed out some …
Apr
05
Easter Fun
Had parents, sis and gran over today for afternoon tea. So decked the house with an Easter tree: I brought in the daffodils from the back garden (they just opened) and popped some Cadbury’s Mini Eggs in the rabbit dish Tom’s folks gave us for Christmas. Plus we bought some Peeps in the US last year …
Apr
05
Never have your dog stuffed
Just finished reading this and really enjoyed it. There was no gossip in it just his story and a frankness about the mental health issues in his mothers and his life. It was really interesting and at times funny – not laugh out loud more gently amusing. It’s worth noting that there is little on …
Apr
04
Which came first?
This display came about as a discussion with pupils. Originally they decided we should have the egg and chicken as Papier-mâché. But past experience with this left me cynical – mainly because pupils have a tendency to loose patience before enough layers are added so the sculpture tends to implode when the balloon is popped. After the failed Papier-mâché attempt I convinced them …
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- "Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life."“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.” - Christopher Paolini (via magiquotes) […]
- “Since the introduction of printing there has been a tendency in...“Since the introduction of printing there has been a tendency in literature to appeal more and more to the eye, and less and less to the ear which is really the sense which, from the standpoint of pure art, it should seek to please, and by whose canons of pleasure it should abide always.” - Oscar Wilde Books on CD are available for you to borrow from the lib […]
- Everyone Should Read - The Chronicles of NarniaEveryone Should Read - The Chronicles of Narnia […]
- "Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” - Mark Twain (via thelifeguardlibrarian) […]
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