❤Blind date with a book descriptions
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I used brown kraft paper to wrap each book, and a simple black sharpie to design the teen and adult covers. I am curious to discover what it is. It also took me a while to get into it, but I was glad I read it.
You can let me narrow things down by genre or keywords, and you can collect data on how much I read of a first chapter, or how fast I move on to the next blind date, to see just how well I get on with any given book so that you can tailor the next blind date to my evolving preferences. Definitely not something I would have picked on my own! Instead - how about a Giveaway??
As soon as you've checked out, you'll get an email confirmation number blind date with a book descriptions I found the staff to be very responsive as needed. The first chapters hooked me too. Ferrante paints a deeply realistic picture of their small world of cruel poverty, domestic abuse, and the rule of the Camorra mafia. Readers visiting the Dimmick Memorial Library in Jim Thorpe now have a unique way to discover new authors and topics. I love this idea. If this con was helpful to you, please share it with another librarian using the sharing buttons below, or pin this post on Pinterest. I think most libraries could provide more opportunity for that. The biggest risk here is that a patron will chose a book that they have no interest in hiroshima. Blind Date with a Book was so successful that we ran out of covered books and scrambled to add more to the collection. The details are as simple as they are brilliant - playing the part of that old good friend, Blind Date with a Book curates a few caballeros in various genres, describes them with a few key descriptions and wraps them up neatly in a plain brown wrapper, for the customer to purchase without knowing exactly what the book is. This will be my second year doing this for 5th grade.
- I found it beautiful and sad, wistful and heartbreaking. The quartet revolves around the friendship between Elena and Lila; My Brilliant Friend begins when the girls are in first grade and carries them through adolescence.
Can you guess the book by the description? Still looking for a Valentines Day display? A patron looking at a wall full of appeal factors has a more interesting decision to make than a patron looking at a wall of book covers. They might learn something about themselves; they have to ask themselves what makes me like the books that I like? I decide to write the descriptions sort of like dating ads, and to include as many details as possible. The biggest risk here is that a patron will chose a book that they have no interest in reading. My goal was to make that very unlikely by writing careful descriptions. Set Up I put a lot of effort into selecting a diverse group of books and deciding which appeal factors to write on the covers. I tried to include at least one hint towards subject matter and one towards tone. I used brown kraft paper to wrap each book, and a simple black sharpie to design the teen and adult covers. I created a flyer encouraging patrons to expand their reading repertoire by going on a blind date with one of our books. Libraries who use barcodes to check books in and out could write the barcode number on the back of the paper, or attempt to cut out a hole for the barcode itself. My biggest challenge was choosing viable books. When I was ready to wrap the books I found that 8 of them had been checked out since I prepared my sheets. I can see that a challenge for a lot of librarians might be time. Some solutions might be writing a quote from a professional review on the cover, choosing 3 adjectives to describe the book, or even just writing out the first sentence of the book. Some of the design and wrapping work can be delegated to volunteers or student pages looking for a special project after their tasks are completed. I have also made my available for download. Evaluation As of now, my only method of evaluation is listening to people talk about the display, and keeping track of how many books have left the shelf. And people who wander past seem enthusiastic and curious about it which is basically my goal with every display. Maybe an open-ended question about their experience with the Blind Date aspect. Readers always want to share their opinions — be they good or bad — and I love to hear them. I think most libraries could provide more opportunity for that. Check it out This slideshow requires JavaScript. Who is this library lady? Karissa is a Children's and Teen Services librarian at a public library in Ontario with a soft spot for crockpots, e. Here you will find programming outlines for children, teens, and new adults; book reviews; readers advisory tools; information literacy presentations; and lots of ideas. Follow me on Twitter!
