Ready-Made Book Displays

Nancy M. Henkel, MLS, is managing librarian for the King County Library System, Renton, WA. Her published works include several articles about serving on book award committees.

Providing more than 50 fiction display descriptions, this book identifies themes for the entire year and includes titles for signage, annotated book lists, prop and material ideas, as well as photographs that show how to pull it all together.Proper library merchandising doesn't have to be prohibitively expensive, time-consuming, or constitute a huge headache. Ready-Made Book Displays explains the principles behind effective displays and presents a wide variety of ready-made book displays that can be easily replicated, providing catchy titles, materials and props lists, reproducible hand-outs, and photographs to guide librarians in quickly assembling successful displays.These display ideas can be utilized in several different venues-in-shelf, point-of-checkout, display case, and others-and can be targeted to coincide with events, holidays, and celebrations, as well as for general book promotion. Each of the 55 fiction displays includes a prop idea list, a related Dewey subject list, media tie-ins, and an annotated and reproducible booklist. It's everything the busy librarian needs to create appealing, successful book displays-all contained in one handy guidebook.

"Display Months" appendix connects displays with time of year, holidays, events, and celebrations

IntroductionGetting StartedDisplay 1: Adventure on the High SeasDisplay 2: Back in CirculationDisplay 3: Best Seat in the HouseDisplay 4: Biblical ProportionsDisplay 5: Blood Types: Vampire Fiction for Every TasteDisplay 6: Boldly GoDisplay 7: Books about BooksDisplay 8: Books Color Our WorldDisplay 9: Books Give You WingsDisplay 10: Books in BloomDisplay 11: By the NumbersDisplay 12: Curl Up with the Purrfect BookDisplay 13: Dear DiaryDisplay 14: Don't Judge a Book by Its MovieDisplay 15: Edible FictionDisplay 16: Elect to ReadDisplay 17: Everything EquineDisplay 18: The Eyes Have ItDisplay 19: Follow the Yellow Book RoadDisplay 20: Get One Third OffDisplay 21: Get 25 Percent MoreDisplay 22: Grand OpeningsDisplay 23: Hard-Boiled DetectivesDisplay 24: Here Comes the BrideDisplay 25: High Octane ThrillersDisplay 26: History.MysteryDisplay 27: In the Good Old SummertimeDisplay 28: Is There a Doctor in the House?Display 29: It's AcademicDisplay 30: It's All RelativeDisplay 31: Just for LaughsDisplay 32: Let's DanceDisplay 33: Louis L'Amour and MoreDisplay 34: Love and DangerDisplay 35: Much Ado about the BardDisplay 36: Outside of a DogDisplay 37: Passages from IndiaDisplay 38: Put Your Best Foot ForwardDisplay 39: Read a Variety of Fruits and VegetablesDisplay 40: Read Through the YearDisplay 41: Reading Makes CentsDisplay 42: Riddle, Mystery, EnigmaDisplay 43: Royal ReadsDisplay 44: Salute to Military FictionDisplay 45: Satisfy your Sweet ToothDisplay 46: Sew GreatDisplay 47: So Many Books, So Little TimeDisplay 48: Speed ReadingDisplay 49: Spin-offsDisplay 50: Take Me Out to the Ball GameDisplay 51: Take NoteDisplay 52: Tip Your HatDisplay 53: Tough CookiesDisplay 54: The Weather ReportDisplay 55: You Are ThereAppendix: Displays by MonthIndex