Look, Its Books!: Marketing Your Library with Displays and Promotions »

Gayle Skaggs is the librarian at Cole R-5 Elementary School in Eugene, Missouri. She is also the author of Reading Is First: Great Ideas for Teachers and Librarians (2003), On Display: 25 Themes to Promote Reading (1999), Off the Wall! School Year Bulletin Boards and Displays for the Library (1995) and Bulletin Boards and Displays: Good Ideas for Librarians and Teachers (1993).

For the elementary or middle school librarian (or the classroom teacher) looking to encourage literacy, this volume provides detailed ideas for promoting reading and encouraging students to learn about and use the library. The work begins with practical ideas to market library services, including curriculum suggestions such as lessons to teach the Dewey Decimal System. A second section focuses on economical ideas for decorating library spaces and various themes for reading programs as well as instructions for carrying these themes school-wide. Numerous patterns for use in the various displays and suggested surveys to fine-tune library programs to the needs of a specific student body are also included.

Preface     1
Introduction     3
Practical Ideas for Marketing Your Library Services
Getting Started     7
Starting the Year in Style     10
Doin' the Dewey     17
Other Curriculum Suggestions     25
Puppetry in the Library     34
Marketing Through Displays and Reading Themes
The U.S.A.     43
Around the World     59
Give Yourself a Gift     77
A Paint Theme     80
A Medieval Theme     83
The Gigantic Garden     89
Is It Spring Yet?     97
The Farm     99
"Leaf" It to the Library     108
A Reading Tree     112
Let's Go Camping     114
Gone Readin'     119
Thirsty for a Good Book?     122
Take a Walk on the Wild Side     125
Pirates     128
Pencils     132
Library Building Blocks     135
Exercise     137
Jump Right into a Good Book!     140
Get in Step ... Read!     141
Money     145
Good Book Cafe     149
Recipe for a Great Book Report     151
T-Shirts withLibrary Style     153
Socks     155
Welcome Back     156
Need a Hand?     157
Cowboys     159
Make Time to Read a Good Book     161
We've Gone Batty for Books     162
Read a Good BOO-OOK Today     164
Accessorize!     166
Catch the Vision     168
Keys     171
Friends     172
Elephants     174
Before You Play the Game....     177
Seeing Stars?     178
Out of This World!     179
Reading ... It's Like Magic!     181
Library Snapshots     182
No Need to Speed ... Just Read and Enjoy     183
Tired of Jumping Through Hoops?     184
Conclusion     185
Index     187