Ideas and information to try for Book Week and other library promotion opportunities

1. LIGHT UP YOUR
LIBRARY
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2. Housekeeping
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3. Promoting the Library
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 A variety of ideas to use, adapt etc in your library and
beyond.
 Some related to Book Week but also looking at other
activities and events that promote libraries and what
happens in them
 Some people and/or organisations that support
school libraries and promote or assist the work in the
library and those employed in and use them

4. CBC and Book Week
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 CBCA are celebrating 70 years
 http://readingtime.com.au/seventy-years-a-cause-
for-celebration/

5. Pledger Consulting
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 Thank you to Pat Pledger for sharing information
about Book Week and other ideas to promote
reading and the library.

6. Book Week activities and
display ideas
P A T P L E D G E R

7. ReadPlus
Encourage a love of reading
 Online database of fiction and films with over
17,000 titles.
 Book and film lists under themes, book
reviews, author sites, book marks, lesson
plans and resources.
 You can search for titles using theme, author,
title, genre and age-range.
 http://www.readplus.com.au/
 Free trial:
http://www.readplus.com.au/trial.php

8. Book Week Activities
 A collection of activities from different sources on
ReadPlus news
 http://readplus.com.au/news_detail.php?id=
1152
 Library Lighthouse
Instructions to build a big lighthouse display from
Peta Peters.
 Lists of books about Lighthouses and Light

9. Easy library displays bk 1 and bk 2, Posters
Two calendars listing international and national celebrations and
commemorations that can be used for displays are available:
http://readplus.com.au/promotereading_detail.php?id=56

10. Promote reading
Activities and strategies to promote reading
https://www.weblinksresearch.com/products/books/promote-
reading-activities-and-strategies-to-motivate-reading/

11. Contact details
 http://www.weblinksresearch.com/products/
 http://www.readplus.com.au
 Pat Pledger
 pledger@readplus.com.au
 PO Box 7426 HUTT STREET. SA. 5000.
 Ph. 82328360
 Fax 82328362

12. Ideas from TL’s
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 Thank you to the many Teacher Librarians and other
Library staff who have shared ideas and stories about
the Book Week and other activities in their libraries
and schools
 Book Week is primarily about Reading and
promoting stories

13. Early Childhood Activity
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 I began my unit with the children in the Early Learning Centre
today. We had a ball. We read "Flashlight" by Lizi Boyd, a
wordless picture. We discussed different light sources then
explored light. We did a science experiment about light. The
children then explored coloured tiles on a light box, torches,
shadow puppets using an overhead projector (I provided some
to retell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, but the
children were encouraged to make their own), used our bodies
to create shadows on the walls with an overhead, prisms etc.
The explorations were great. We looked at earlobes, veins in
hands, inside people's mouths, one boy was exploring things
around the room, he lit up the sun on the cover of a book with
his torch. Definitely encourage this as an activity.
(Caroline W)

14. Light ideas
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 Use of fairy lights to brighten library spaces
 Shining lights in your school – guess the staff behind
their favourite book
 Under the spotlight – books or websites
 Use of light globes to highlight books
 Bring in some Science and Maths – speed of light
 Quizzes on books and lights
 Music or performers who have light in their title
(Wendy R)

15. Light and food
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 Morning tea for teachers with food based around
books.
 Morning tea for students. Lots of food! Book marks
for everyone, prize draw of a new book with a lucky
door prize. Teachers nominated 2 students per class
(so about 40 students).
 Reading hour (with food)
(Isobel W)
 Book Cakes/Cakes with book themes/titles (plenty of
photos on the Internet)

16. Makerspace and other activities - 1
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 Using different items to make electrical
circuits/experiments to see if they can make a light
bulb glow
 Lantern making
 Designing book lights
(Hajnalka M)
 Make a spectrometer (using a CD and a cardboard
tube)
 Pin hole cameras
 Kaleidoscopes

17. Makerspace and other activities - 2
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 Spinning colour wheels
 Prisms
 Making books from folded pages
 Candle bookmarks
 Light shades with book titles
 Guest appearances from High School teachers, eg,
Science doing Prism experiment; Design and Tech
making circuits to get flashing lights and bells
working

18. Makerspace and other activities - 3
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 Masks from different Book Week book characters,
eg, Lion, Dog, Horse
 Lighthouses
 http://campusrx.edublogs.org (Jo S)
 Light shades
 Party food (“Scary Night” Gibbes)
 Cardboard boxes for houses (“A house of my own”
Hughes)
 Flame paintings/sculptures (“Fire” French)

19. Other activities
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 Assign a short list book to each class and they have to
come up with an, eg, art, drama or music activity
related to the book
 Come dressed as something related to light, eg,
candle, light globe, traffic light, moonlight, sunlight,
daylight, starlight, headlight, lightning …
 Buddy class reading sessions – older students
reading to younger students
 Whole school book – each class contributes a page to
the story

20. Other resources
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 Light experiments (check out various examples from
Aurora Lipper)
 http://www.superchargedscience.com/documents/L
ightWave.pdf
 http://www.superchargedscience.com/documents/L
aser%20Experiments.pdf
 https://www.pinterest.com/superchargedsci/homes
chool-science-experiments/

21. Other ideas?
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 What is happening in your school for Book Week?

22. Syba Signs
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 Book Week and other promotional items
 http://sybasigns.com.au

23. Book Chook
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 Here’s the link to all my Children’s Book Week
posts http://www.thebookchook.com/2015/07/all-
my-childrens-book-week-posts.html, this years and
earlier ones.
 Susan Stephenson
 www.thebookchook.com
 www.susanstephenson.com.au

24. Mrs Mac’s Library
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 http://www.mrsmacslibrary.com/
 http://www.mrsmacslibrary.com/book-week-
2015.html
 Sharon McGuinness
 E: smclibrary.shaz@gmail.com

25. Childrensbooksdaily
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 Blog (on reading etc) by Megan Daley
 Book Week link
http://childrensbooksdaily.com/book-week-2015-
books-light-up-our-world/

26. Ipswich District TL Network
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 http://idtl.net.au/book-week/show-all.php
 A popular resource – lots of ideas to try

27. Reading Hour
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 Tuesday 18 August 6-7pm
 Promotional items available from the website
 Chrissie Swan 2015 Ambassador

28. National Literacy and Numeracy Week
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 31 August – 6 September
 In association with ASLA and others
 https://www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au/literacy
 Activities include:
 Poem in your pocket
 The Great Book Swap (Indigenous Literacy Day)
 Read for Australia. Suggested titles are: “Banjo and
Ruby Red” (Gleeson) and “The Stone Lion” (Wild).
Teachers notes also on the site
 Literacy Ambassador Felicity Castagna

29. Booktopia
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 ASLA has a partnership with Booktopia through
which our organisation benefits from your purchases
of resources specifically related to the Australian
Curriculum as well as other resources.
 Booktopia provides a range of resources to support
the Australian Curriculum. Visit their site to check
out the variety of books and materials.
 http://www.booktopia.com.au/
 Blogs, reviews and much more

30. Booktopia
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31. Booktopia
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32. Other promotional ideas
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 Some ideas to try, eg:
 Choice Literacy https://www.choiceliteracy.com/
(free and also paid for content)
 American Library Association http://www.ala.org/
(A range of activities to try)
 http://www.libsuccess.org/Marketing
(Success stories, suggestions and lots of links)

33. Pinterest
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 Library Promotion and Pinterest – lots of examples,
eg, Bulletin Boards, posters, display ideas (static and
interactive)

34. Library Innovation
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 Journal of Library Innovation
http://www.libraryinnovation.org/article/viewFile/1
8/99
 Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010
 14 pages of ideas (with illustrations)

35. Social Media
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 Library Promotion and Social Media methods
 Facebook, Twitter and more

36. All the best for Book Week and beyond
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