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TL 10.1q The Teaching Librarian Volume 10, no. 1 37 Bulletin Board Power: Bridges to Lifelong Learning Karen Hawthorne and Jane E. Gibson Libraries Unlimited, 2002, Paper, 8 1/2" x 11", 117 pages, index. ISBN 1-56308-917-3 Bulletin Board Power: Bridges to Learning might be of interest to elementary school teacher-librari- ans looking for bulletin board ideas. Although Hawthorne and Gibson do provide some general how-to suggestions for the cre- ation of bulletin boards, they rec- ommend that readers refer to their first book, Bulletin Boards and 3D Showcases That Capture Them With Pizzazz (LU, 1999). In Bulletin Board Power, Hawthorne and Gibson provide 72 bulletin board designs, which can be used to promote reading. Each design is illustrated with a black and white line drawing, and details about background, lettering, etc. are provided. The book includes several of the patterns used for the bulletin boards. Although Bulletin Board Power could be worth browsing for ideas, readers might find the designs less appealing than expected. The quality of both the illustrations and the patterns is also disappointing, especially given the relative ease of produc- ing good quality work with even fairly basic desktop publishing programs. If Bulletin Board Power is being considered for purchase for a dis- trict collection, it would be a good idea to have a number of elemen- tary school teacher-librarians take a look at it first. This is one of those titles that should be bought from a display rather than a review. by Brenda Dillon