{"id":917,"date":"2016-07-10T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/?p=917"},"modified":"2016-07-08T17:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:20:55","slug":"august-display-ideas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/2016\/07\/10\/august-display-ideas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"August Display Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August is a time for preparation. It is time to preserve the produce from the bountiful gardens by canning or freezing in order to prepare for winter. Display your cookbooks that are dedicated to food preservation and jelly-making along with mason jars, a strainer, a big kettle, and a long-handled spoon. It is also a time to get ready for school to start. Gather the books in your children\u2019s area that have school, kindergarten, or teacher in the title and set them together on a shelf or a table. Here are 10 more display ideas for August.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Family Fun Month<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Now is the time to hold a family board game night, a jigsaw puzzle contest, or a coloring event in your library. Advertise in the newspaper, on the radio and tv, with flyers, and by word-of-mouth.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>National Peach Month<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peaches are a good source of vitamins A, B and C.<\/li>\n<li>A medium peach contains only 37 calories.<\/li>\n<li>You can ripen peaches by placing them in a brown paper bag for two to three days.<\/li>\n<li>Sliced, fresh peaches should be tossed in lemon or lime juice to prevent browning.<\/li>\n<li>Nectarines are a variety of peach with a smooth skin, not a cross between a peach and a plum.<\/li>\n<li>A peach pit contains hydrocyanic acid, which is a poisonous substance.<\/li>\n<li>Like the plum and the apricot, the peach is a member of the rose family (Rosaceae), distinguished by its velvety skin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Display a poster with these facts. Use your catalog to find books\u2014fiction, nonfiction, children, and adult\u2014that use the word peach in the title. Pick one day and give each customer a peach when they check out. You could advertise it ahead of time and maybe you would have more customers that day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Gail Gibbons\u2019 Birthday (August 1, 1944)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Gail Gibbons\u2019 books are particularly accurate because she goes right to the source when researching a topic. She has been on the seventeenth floor of a skyscraper in progress, has spoken with truck drivers about the workings of their rigs, has dismantled every clock in her home, and would have donned scuba diving gear to research a sunken ship had the sea waters not been too turbulent. Gail says &#8220;I had a lot of \u2018whys\u2019 when I was a child. I guess I still do.&#8221; Prepare a display of Gail\u2019s non-fiction books for chidren. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com\">http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com<\/a> for FREE downloadable Teacher\u2019s Guides that are filled with activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>International Cat Day (August 8)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>An estimated 500 million cats are thought to be frolicking in neighbors\u2019 gardens across the world. And that\u2019s great, because owning a cat has been shown to improve mental health and to relieve stress, anxiety and depression. Display all your books about cats. Print a coloring page or make a bookmark that features cats. You could even have the local humane society bring some kittens that are ready to be adopted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Jonathan Kellerman\u2019s Birthday (August 9, 1949)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>This mystery writer was born in New York City. Kellerman is a child psychologist as well as a writer. He and his wife, best-selling author Faye Kellerman have four children. His first novel <strong><em>When the Bough Breaks<\/em><\/strong> won numerous awards and was made into a television movie. Since then, he has written more than 30 novels. Prepare a bookmark listing his titles and a sign for the stacks near Kellerman\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Kool-Aid Days (August 12-14, 2016)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The 2016 Kool-Aid Days Festival is sure to provide great family fun in Hastings all weekend long\u2014featuring the World\u2019s Largest Kool-Aid Stand and the Miss Kool-Aid Days pageant. Display information about this event along with Kool-Aid packets and pitchers. You could serve Kool-Aid to your customers. They are sure to be delighted. Kool-Aid has played a part in summer for children across the nation\u2026and it started right here in Nebraska!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Danielle Steel\u2019s Birthday (August 14, 1947)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The popular romance writer, Danielle Steel, turns 69 this year. Bring out all her books in hardback, paperback, and audio. Prepare a bookmark listing Steel\u2019s titles to display with the material.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>National Honey Bee Day (August 20)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-918\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/files\/2016\/07\/Honey-Bee.jpg\" alt=\"Honey Bee\" width=\"188\" height=\"112\" \/><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>80% of the world\u2019s plants are pollinated by bee.<\/li>\n<li>The average worker bee visits 1,500 flowers a day, and produces 1\/12<sup>th<\/sup> teaspoon of honey in her entire lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>One out of every three bites of food we eat is thanks to bees!<br \/>\nThis is a rare opportunity to display all your insect books from both the children and adult nonfiction areas. Add a poster with facts about bees and you are set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Ray Bradbury\u2019s Birthday (August 22, 1920)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Ray Bradbury was one of the preeminent science fiction\/fantasy writers of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. His body of work, which critiqued social mores and depicted the consequences of unfettered technology, is considered timeless and transcends generations. His most famous novel is <strong><em>Fahrenheit 451<\/em><\/strong>. He once wrote, \u201cRecreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.\u201d Prepare a poster to include in the display of his titles with information about Ray Bradbury and his work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Brian Pinkney\u2019s Birthday (August 28, 1961)<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Acclaimed artist Brian Pinkney is the illustrator of several highly-praised picture books and he has won numerous awards. Display this illustrator\u2019s works in the children\u2019s area and prepare a take-home sheet with the question \u201cHow many of Brian\u2019s books have you read?\u201d Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianpinkney.net\">http:\/\/www.brianpinkney.net<\/a> to help you make a checklist.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/repvalley\/displays-for-libraries\/\">Pinterest<\/a> for even more display ideas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August is a time for preparation. It is time to preserve the produce from the bountiful gardens by canning or freezing in order to prepare for winter. 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