Let’s Get Trivial

Today I devoted most of the day to taking down the old bulletin board display and putting up my new display: Let’s Get Trivial.Here’s a little explanation for the trivia theme: In my classes at UW, we’re taught to be guided by what patrons want and need. So, I did a little informal poll of students re what they’d like to see on the board. I got such a wide variety of answers (Animals! Star Wars! Theatre!) I decided to pick a general theme that would address lots of different areas. I also wanted the board to be interactive, so I picked a theme that would allow the students to participate by testing their knowledge. I also thought it would be a good board to have up for awhile because it’s easy to take questions down and put new ones up.In order that the display would support the collection, I got all my questions from facts in books in the collection and then made a display of those books. When I remember to bring a camera to school, I’ll post pictures of the bulletin board and my book displays. Here are some pictures:

I did some readers’ advisory today, too. More and more fifth graders are coming to the library for award winning books (because they have to read two during the month of February), so I pulled more books for the display and helped a few students pick something to try. Today I recommended:

• A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
• Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

All excellent books!