A home printed and laminated bookmark with the word ‘Mother’ on it. It was printed off from the website http://www.activityvillage.co.uk, which is an online resource for printable children’s activities such as colouring pages, crafts and puzzles, etc.

I am guessing that a child gave this to his/her mother, maybe for Mother’s day (it is from the Mothering Sunday printable bookmarks section of the website). I’m curious to know why it wasn’t coloured in before being laminated and presented.

There are lots of free bookmarks and bookplates that can be printed off from the site (http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/free_printable_bookmarks.htm). My favourites are the dinosaur bookmarks, complete with facts about the dinosaurs featured (http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/pdfs/dinosaur—bookmarks-factfile.pdf).

Unfortunately I do not know what book the Mother bookmark was found in.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/09/15/handmade-bookmark-ideas/

Not something left in a book, but a website with some neat ideas for homemade bookmarks. I especially love the paint sample card bookmarks. Easy-peasy to make, but look great.

Left In The Library: Football Match Ticket

I found this used as a bookmark in a book last year. I forgot to note what book this was left in, sorry!

A Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club match ticket from a match between Dagenham & Redbridge vesus Carlisle United on Saturday 30th April 2011. The ticket is printed on card, with red top and bottom margins. The background of the ticket is an image of Dagenham & Redbridge’s football ground, with ‘Daggers’ (D & R’s nickname) watermarked over it with the club’s coat of arms.

Dagenham & Redbridge is the football team for the London boroughs of Dagenham and Redbridge, which are situated in the North East of the city. I researched this match and found that the final score of the game was 3-0 to Dagenham & Redbridge, so no surprise that this ticket’s owner kept it!

As I’ve previously mentioned, sometimes odd things turn up between the pages of our books. This is a case of one of those..

A couple of months ago, I found one of these:

And yes, it was actually that size!

Now, I could understand if this was between the pages of a DIY book. You know, “Well I’ve looked at that page about putting the shelving up, but I need to keep the page.. But with what? Hmm..”

But it wasn’t returned in a DIY book, it wasn’t even an adult’s book. It was in a children’s book. Your guess is as good as mine!

A magnetic bookmark with folds over the top of the page of the book. A small rectangular magnet on the back of both folds keep the bookmark in place. One side says Jacqueline and the other has the shortened version of the name; Jackie. Both sides have information on regarding the names and images of food.

Jacqueline
Emotional: She is always loyal to her men
Character: Intelligent
Physical: She believes in never giving up                                                       

Jackie
Derivation: From “Jacques” meaning “supplanter”
Origin: Hebrew
Strengths: She is a decisive woman

The company that makes these bookmarks make them with all different names on, I have one with mine on.

This bookmark was found in the book Restitution by Eliza Graham.

“February, 1945. The war is over, but for some the fight for survival is only just beginning.

Alix is alone and desperate to flee. But when a ferocious snowstorm descends she must return to the shelter of her abandoned ancestral home. There, she is shocked to find her childhood sweetheart Gregor. As old passions are rekindled, a couple break into the house to hide, the man is a stranger, but his companion is altogether more familiar.

By morning, the blizzard has died down but the Reds are back. The woman and her Nazi escort are dead, and Gregor has vanished. Alone and terrified, Alix runs for her life, and embarks upon an extraordinary and heartbreaking journey.

It will take 60 years and the fall of another empire - Communism - before the riddles of that fateful night can be deciphered.” From Eliza Graham’s Fantastic Fiction page: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/eliza-graham/

Welcome to Left In The Library, a collection of the bookmarks and other objects that we find left between the pages of our books. I work for a library service within London, United Kingdom. Our borrowers use a wide range of things as bookmarks; normal bookmarks, photos, scraps of paper, coasters and even a few surprises. If they get left behind the library, I will be showcasing them here. Enjoy.