Lynbrook Library, Mayor Curran Announce 2009 Bookmark Winners

 
The Lynbrook Public Library joined by Mayor Brian Curran announced the winners of its annual Bookmark Contest. The winners of the 2009 Bookmark Contest are:

Kindergarten - Marcel Dunat
1st grade - Ethan Marcus
2nd Grade - Christopher Papini
3rd grade - Erick Paust
4th grade - Harper Beattie
5th grade - Kayla Sorbara
6th grade - Ashley Skoblow
7th grade - Kirk Doupe
8th grade - Jessica Maganos
 

“I commend the winners and all the children who participated for submitting thoughtful, detailed, quality entries,” said Mayor Curran. “I know that the entire community would be as impressed as I am by the time and effort that the participants put into creating their bookmarks.”
 
The contest is a fun and creative way for the youth of Lynbrook to connect with the library.  The winning bookmarks were based on creativity and artistic merit.
 
The history of bookmarks is intimately connected with the development of the book itself. Though the earliest bookmarks date from the mediaeval ages, it is obvious that even in ancient times - when papyrus scrolls were the reading matter of choice - bookmarks must have been used to mark a reader's place on the scrolls that could be 40 meters or more in length. Some of the oldest bookmarks were found in medieval monasteries and among them are clip-on type bookmarks made of vellum. A common type of bookmark in the eighteenth and up to the nineteenth century consisted of a narrow silk ribbon, seldom more than a centimeter in width, bound into the book at the top of the spine and just long enough to project below the lower edge of the page. These type of bookmarks are still in use especially in hardcover and reference books.