Would You Like A Blind Date With A Book?

 

"The love of books is the root of all happiness" - Anon

 

The magic of books can be tremendously powerful in the lives of children. However many educators struggle with finding ways to expose students to the wealth of genres available to read. With this in mind, the upper campus library decided to undertake a "Blind Date With A Book" display. With each book wrapped in brown paper like a present - so as not to reveal the content, students were encouraged to borrow these books and report on whether they enjoyed them - committing to reading at least 30 pages in order to make this decision. This display not only provide opportunities for students to explore genre's that they may have not thought of reading before, but brought a little bit of light and fun to the library. Judged as being an overwhelming success amongst teachers and children, this display took very little time to organize and will certainly be worth repeating in the future.