(In Conjunction with Jasper County Reads Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition)
These life-sized penguin cut-outs were placed near the floor in the children's section so they could see how big they were compared to a real-life penguin.
More life-sized penguins for kids to compare themselves to.
Winter escape
December 2006
Closeup of the hand-made fireplace
Staff member Emily Duran and her daughter, Anna, posed for this photo by Christy Hatfield for the Rensselaer Republican.
I-Spy Challenge
October-November 2006
The book display
This wall display was created with the suggestions and artwork contributions of several staff members. Children were invited to take a bookmark listing all the hidden items and see if they could find them all.
The cow
The sunflowers in 3-D
The entire display
The fence post hides a few items
Items to be found in the tree
Back-to-school
August-September 2006
Back to school scrabble.
The entire display.
Displays are created by Children's Library Assistant Tess Hamel with help from many staff members.
