I Still Believe in 398.2

It's time for a little Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After.  It's time for our Fairy Tales New, Old, & Retold display!

NOTE: We already had one book, Ruby Red, checked out before I could get a photo taken!

Disney's live action adaptation of Cinderella comes out on March 13, so I thought this would be the perfect time for a fairy tales display.  You can't just do traditional fairy tales, though, can you?  That would be BORING!  You need to include new fairy tales (like Neil Gaiman's Stardust) and fairy tale retellings and reimaginings (like Marisa Meyer's Cinder [which is currently checked out, but will find a home in the display when it's returned] or Donna Jo Napoli's Beast).  Of course we left room for the traditional tales as well.  Philip Pullman's recent collection of Grimm's fairy tales spares no expense at the blood and gore that went into the original tales, and I really hope someone discovers that tome when it's on display.

What would a display be without a lil signage to give explanation to why it's there?? 

(Cause if you didn't know Cinderella was coming out on March 13, this random fairy tale display would probably make no sense whatsoever.)

I hope students have fun revisiting old fairy tales and get to discover some new ones.  It's hard for our Uni students to find time to read books for pleasure, but maybe they'll be able to read a couple of short tales for fun.  

New Year, New Displays

After a sluggish start to the New Year I finally got up two new displays this week.

Our January Author Spotlight is on Isaac Asimov...& Friends!  I found out a few interesting facts about Asimov in my research:

• His date of birth could be anywhere from October 4, 1919-January 2, 1920.  He chose to celebrate his birthday on January 2, hence the Author Spotlight status for this month.
• He died from complications from AIDS.  He contracted HIV from a blood transfusion, but his doctors advised his family not to publicize this at the time of his passing in 1992, since there was still extreme prejudice about AIDS at the time.
• Amy suggested making the display "& Friends," which is perfect, since Asimov is considered one of the "Big Three" of hard science fiction (sci-fi that is steeped in scientific accuracy).  The others of the Big Three are Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein.

I finally took down our trilogies display.  I was sad to see it go.  I replaced it with a display called By the Numbers.  When I was weeding the fiction collection way back in August, I noticed how many books we had with numbers in the title.  It's been in the back of my mind to do a numbers display since then, and I thought now was as good a time as any.  In addition to YA fiction titles, I also pulled a couple of graphic novels and Shakespeare plays (only three of them, even though there could be more).  Most genres are represented as well: realistic fiction, sci-fi, classics, historical, mystery.  I think this display is very well rounded.

Finally, I updated our Let's Go to the Movies display sign.  This month I re-introduced some titles from November and January that are still in theaters.  In lieu of the recently aired Golden Globes, I also indicated which titles were nominated or won. 

This is just practice for the BIG SHOW at the end of February...the Oscars!  I don't know quite yet what that display will be, but I'm excited to start thinking about it!

I can't wait to see what other displays come to my mind in 2015.  If you're interested in them as well, keep checking back!