I know, I know, I’m the last blogger in the bunch to post that the Last Potter Book is to be Released July 21st. Sigh. Such is the life of a blogging library director.
Anyway, our library is planning a library sleepover where a copy of the book will be opened at midnight and read aloud from. Hurrah! This will be a huge year for Potter fans with not only the final book being released, but also the 5th movie will open on July 13th. That’s only a week before the book comes out. Think of the frenzy!
The sixth movie is scheduled for Thanksgiving 2008 release. Whew!
So what do your libraries do for Harry Potter frenzy? At the smaller library I worked at, we had a grand party one year where we created wands. I had dowels and all sorts of doo dads. Each kid created their wand out of whatever they liked and then I had assigned meanings to the different components. The kids loved it! Most of the meanings were complimentary, but some I made just plain silly to get the giggles. Even the cool older kids got caught up in the laughter.