Be Kind to Books Club -- Bookmarks and Bookplates
Artist: Lucy Jakub, 2015 Library of Congress Junior Fellow, Conservation Division
Inspired by the original Be Kind to Books Club series created by WPA artist Arlington Gregg.
Read the Library's classic copies of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, Dracula, and Jungle Tales of Tarzan at Read.gov. Read stories of Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the mouth of the underworld, in the Library's copies of The Labours of Hercules, The Aeneid, and The Iliad on the Internet Archive.
Be Kind to Books Club
Set of 5 Bookmarks
Be Kind to Books Club
Set of 5 Bookplates
Instructions for Printing Bookmarks: Print file using Adobe Reader on heavyweight (e.g., 80 lb. cover weight or 216 g/m²) 8.5 x 14" (legal size) paper. Color printer properties: select legal size paper; print 100% scale or "actual size"; "auto-rotate and center" or "auto portrait/landscape"; print on both sides; flip on short edge. Check double-sided registration before printing large quantities. Cut bookmarks from full sheet according to corner crop marks.
Instructions for Printing Bookplates: Print on white, self-adhesive 2 x 4" labels. See additional instructions in image file.
Related Materials
Be Kind to Books Club poster series.
"Be Kind to Books Club," Library of Congress blog post by Lucy Jakub.
Also by the same artist: Pass it on poster.
