The Courtyard Hound

There are so many layers to City of Thieves; we have the game of chess, the search for eggs, and the book within the book, The Courtyard Hound. Kolya and Lev discuss the merits of various Russian authors on their journey, and Northwest's display highlights the literary layer of the Amarillo Reads selection:

Love the onion domes! And the Matrushka dolls! Oh, and Anna Karenina as well.

If you have read the book, you recall the spriited discussions between Kolya and Lev regarding the great Russian authors.

North Branch Eggstravaganza

Heh heh. Get it? No? Well, look at these pictures of the fantastic display at North:

More display loveliness:

See? You couldn't resist a bad pun either.

I do apologize for not making this post by 6 for those of you going home then on Wed, but sometimes the best laid plans. . . .

Day 2 of Amarillo Reads Displays

I enjoy the way Cynthia incorporated quotations from the book. I think that is clever!

This is East Branch Library's awesome display. The program was great, as the chess masters had READ the BOOK and compared the entire novel to a game of chess.

This display is great!

Amarillo Reads! and Displays! and is Genius!

Cynthia was kind enough to share her photos of the library displays for Amarillo Reads. If you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it. I am lucky--I get to see many of the branch displays because I go to each of the branches from time to time.

But for those who just don't get out much, I will put a different branch's display for City of Thieves on the blog each day!

So here is the display from Central, to kick off a week of displays here on our blog. Remember, we are under construction! And, hey, read the book! It is great!