Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! [Paperback]

Patricia Sivak (Author), Mary Anne Passatore (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 081083538X | ISBN-13: 978-0810835382 | Publication Date: October 29, 1998

Creating colorful, inexpensive, theme-related bulletin boards will be a snap with Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black and white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors, and curriculum use.

The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. Bulletin board themes revolve around holidays, seasons, social issues, sports, the environment, reading, and more. Pages of patterns, helpful hints, and additional ideas will make implementing and personalizing catchy displays simple.

From back to school to graduation, teachers and librarians will find a wealth of ideas to revitalize their bulletin boards. Includes a selected bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...librarian Patricia Sivak and art instructor May Anne Passatore show K-12 teachers how to decorate their classrooms in a way that captures student interest while staying within educators' budgets, schedules and artistic abilities. Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black-and-white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors and curriculum use. (Curriculum Review )

The designs are simple to reconstruct and use easily obtainable and inexpensive materials...Intended for the school library media specialist, but its wealth of ideas will revitalize bulletin boards for teachers and public librarians. (Voya )

This publication also includes insightful comments on the oftentimes process of making large or small letters for bulletin boards. The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. (Lisca )

...an attractive slick-covered trade paperback about creating colorful, inexpensive bulletin boards. It features black and white designs that lend themselves to easy reproduction, as well as detailed descriptions of materials needed, slogans to use and color schemes....Any group using bulletin boards...will find the book helpful. (Sunday Tribune Review )

About the Author

Patricia Sivak is a librarian at Greater Latrobe Junior High School in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She has supported the need for public relations in the library through bulletin boards and displays during her twenty-seven year career as a librarian. Mary Anne Passatore has been an art instructor in the Greater Latrobe School District for more than thirty years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press (October 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081083538X
• ISBN-13: 978-0810835382
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,661,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for starting teachers, February 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! (Paperback)

Creative, easy directions, best bulletin board book out there. An excellent resource for any club sponsor, office secretary , but especially new teachers. Clever slogans , helpful tips, fresh ideas.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards!., January 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! (Paperback)

What a great book! Filled with ideas to inspire originality or to copy. Great for school or classroom bulletin boards. Many "cool" ideas for Middle School age as well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book ever, August 13, 2008

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This review is from: Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! (Paperback)

This is hands down the worst book I have ever added to my professional library. When I saw the title, "Bulletin Bored?" I thought that it was a "cure" for people sick of skeleton boards in October, hearts in February and flowers in March. I was wrong. It is centered around holidays and couldn't be used for any upper grades as the "K-12" suggests. For upper grades they have a section on "Social Issues" and suggest making a Suicide board with slogans like "You Don't Have To Be Alone". There are is also a suggestion for a board where you appear to be staring down the barrel of a gun. I'm sick of holiday themed bulletin boards, but if you like them, that's your prerogative. (If you're sick of them too, check out The Great Bulletin Unbored Book One and Two published by Tin Man Press.) If you choose to decorate based on the holidays, use a calendar for ideas, not this book. It does include patterns for heart people, but I think printing from the internet or clip art would be a lot less time consuming than copying, coloring, and cutting out these dated pictures. Save your money teachers! You don't make enough as it is.