For recommendations, I recommend
When I think of the great books I’ve read, nearly all have come at the recommendation of a friend, teacher, or parent. My mom was way ahead of the game when she gave me Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone the Christmas of 8th grade. Later, my dad would recommend The Agony and the Ectasy. Throughout school, teachers and librarians led me to read everything from excellent poetry to graphics novels and some astounding classics. Lately, it has been friends imparting their reading wisdom with books like The Road and Pastoralia. Regardless of how you come to read the books you do, I think we all appreciate suggestions from trusted friends, librarians, and others.
And that’s, of course, where the READ CD can help! We typically discuss issues and ideas surrounding putting an image onto the poster backgrounds, but rarely do we mention that words can make a great poster, too!
Whether you want to make signage for the end of stacks, promote library events, or display staff/teacher picks, simply click off the “eye” button to make the placeholder invisible and then use the “Horizantal Text Tool”. In the example below I used the Posted Poster from disc 2 of the READ CD Box Set as the dropback for a list recommending great authors of the Western genre.
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There are myriad ways to use READ posters as signs around your library and school. Let us know some of the ways you are using them!
And if you’re thinking, hmm…wouldn’t it be great if there were more art files like this Western-themed one that so perfectly paired with reading genres and subjects, you will be happy to know that just an item is coming to the ALA Store soon! Keep your eyes peeled for the next addition to the READ CD software…!
[Note: Authors compiled with help of Joyce Sarick's Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction.]