Banned Books Week - September 2013

This was our second year to celebrate Banned Books Week at our library, and I hope everyone enjoyed it.  I know we did.  The librarians wore a different book t-shirt each day.  (Our new one this year)

In addition, we had 2 different displays of books that were banned from other libraries, but not from ours.

We gave out both bookmarks and buttons to students who checked out a banned book that week, encouraging them to read out of their comfort zone.

We decorated the windows with different Banned Books sayings we printed from Pinterest. (Click here for example of one of those sayings.)

We also picked one day, Thursday, and had a snack give-away for students who checked out any book, not just a banned book.  We took the idea from Pinterest (click here for original pin), and gave out baggies of sour gummie worms.  Of course we called them "book worms."  We had three different catch phrases that we created on labels and stuck to the baggies.  One said, "Book Worms Love Banned Books!" One said, "Worm Your Way into a Banned Book," and the third one said, "Take a Bite Out of Banned Books!"

Our final bulletin board display was the most fun.  We took the idea from Pinterest again (click here for original pin) and set up a space that looked like a police mugshot area.  Then we took pictures of the teachers and students who were willing to pose with a banned book.  Here is our display...

Here is a close up of Karen posing with her banned book...

And some got into the spirit of the idea more than others....

For our entire Pinterest board of ideas for Banned Books Week, click here.

Our next fun adventure will be Oct. 17th.  We have a Parent/Teacher Conference night, and we are planning a carnival theme. Last year's Angry Birds was a hit. (see post here.) This year we are planning to have a Bounce House, a DJ, and more.  We'll see how that goes!  More to come...

See you next time!