School library decor

Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.

If you don't have a lot of time or money to decorate your school library, these simple tips and ideas will help you create an inviting, welcoming space.

Mrs. J in the Library's note: Decorations idea for secondary or elementary school libraries - "books" sprouting colored paper. Looks easy enough to make with a stapler and bright printer paper, actually.

I finally (finally) got my school library's decorations up. Hey, and it's only October. Woo! Anyway, I wanted to share the ideas here, point out some cool resources, and even share a free printable travel poster. Travel poster? Travel poster. Here, you can see what I'm talking about. Check out this library... The pièce de résistance, of course, is this huge wall. I had each student in the upper grades write their favorite book title (with its call number--had to make this educational after…

Dalton School Library — Sara Littlejohn

As we approach Winter Break, I realized I haven't written many blog articles lately. I moved to a new city and started in a new-to-me library this year. I've been too busy to do much blog writing beyond my infamous New Releases posts and a couple of random book reviews. I'm about 10 book reviews behind, and they may never get written at this point. It's been an exhausting few months, but Winter Break looms large and lovely on the horizon...only one more week to go!

I know that we are all sorting through Bulletin Boards right now. Some years I have even made a Board outline for the year. Good in the...