Sitting in front of a roaring fire with a good book is the perfect way to spend the month of December. The library is the perfect place to get those books, and the display tables help people decide what to read. December brings to mind plenty of different themes. Everything from the obvious holiday variety to the more eclectic historical events that took place in December can definitely deck a table with books to keep any reader's mind occupied.
December Holidays
The obvious table choice for December is a holiday display. Just keep in mind that for a public library, the choices on your table should be multicultural. Next to the Christmas books, make sure you have choices on Haunakah, Kwaanza, Yule any any other December holiday you can think of. It might even be funny to include "Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us" by Allen Salkin and Jerry Stiller. This book is about the holiday made up on the show "Seinfeld" to replace all of the other December holidays. There can be a similar display on this in your children's section, with picture books about the holidays. No Christmas is ever complete without a reading of the classic "The Night Before Christmas," which can be found in such a large variety that a whole table could be made for that alone. You can find a list of holiday books for children on the Education World website.
Winter Sports
The holidays are not the only thing to look forward to in December. It is the beginning of winter and to many people this means skiing, snowboarding and other winter sports. Books on these sports, as well as winter survival skills, could be the perfect preparation for skiiers and boarders excited to start the season. This short list on Google is just the beginning of the variety of books your library might have to add to this display.
Historical Events
Most readers would hardly know that Rosa Parks made her famous stand on a Montgomery, Alabama bus on Dec. 1, 1955. Neither would they know that December 5 is Walt Disney's birthday or that ball bearing roller skates were patented on Dec. 9, 1884. Books on a variety of the historical events on this month could decorate a table, potentially with a challenge to find out the reason each of them are there.
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