Weekly Displays: Happy Birthday Chuck and Chuck

We have two display areas in the library:  one is a low bank of shelves in the middle of the library which can hold about 40 books.  The other is a window with glass shelves that looks into the hallway; it can hold about 15 books.  Neither is ideal for showcasing selections from the collection, but we make do.  We try to change the shelf display every two or three weeks and the window display every week.

The window display.

The central shelves that we use for display.

February 7th marked the 200th anniversary of Charles Dicken’s birth.  February 12th was Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday.  We celebrated Dickens in our window display last week; this week Darwin gets his turn in the spotlight.

Dickens is going to party like it's his birthday.

Dickens' friends and their books wish him a happy birthday.

Our Charles Darwin birthday display.

We're pretty excited about the length of Darwin's beard on the cover of the middle book.

Happy Birthday, Darwin!  I PhotoShopped this for you!