At left on the center shelf:  Animals are popular with origamists.  Here I wanted so show simple models that children can learn to fold, as well as hint at the more complicated animals & designs being folded today.
John Montroll's book North American Animals in Origami, is a splendid example of animals from North American  Look for his many books
on specific animals, sealife, & other folding models.  There are two models of pandas, a duck, penquins, the bald eagle, a stunning seagull (see main library page this shelf!)    a praying mantis on the stick up front & origami bats on bookmarks on the left wall side of this shelf display. Bookmarks contain fun facts about the origami models they have mounted on pipecleaners.   (igloo is not origami)
Above, Top sheld south right:  Kusudama  (see book above) Ball Origami is very popular & impressive. Some of these balls take hours of folding time.  Each ball may have a piece called a "petal" & each petal may have 30,40 or more folds each to complete the petal.  Then 6-40-100 petals may be assembled to make the ball!  There is a red spiked ball hanging in the display with three "petals" or origami pieces below showing what makes up the big ball.  The big red crane was made special and the two tiny cranes just call attention to the size of folded items. 
South Right Display Case Pasadena Central Library  January 2003.
Above, Top sheld south right:  Kusudama  (see book above) Ball Origami is very popular & impressive. Some of these balls take hours of folding time.  Each ball may have a piece called a "petal" & each petal may have 30,40 or more folds each to complete the petal.  Then 6-40-100 petals may be assembled to make the ball!  There is a red spiked ball hanging in the display with three "petals" or origami pieces below showing what makes up the big ball.  The big red crane was made special and the two tiny cranes just call attention to the size of folded items. 
At left on the center shelf:  Animals are popular with origamists.  Here I wanted so show simple models that children can learn to fold, as well as hint at the more complicated animals & designs being folded today.
John Montroll's book North American Animals in Origami, is a splendid example of animals from North American  Look for his many books
on specific animals, sealife, & other folding models.  There are two models of pandas, a duck, penquins, the bald eagle, a stunning seagull (see main library page this shelf!)    a praying mantis on the stick up front & origami bats on bookmarks on the left wall side of this shelf display. Bookmarks contain fun facts about the origami models they have mounted on pipecleaners.   (igloo is not origami)
Bottom Shelf at the right:  Finally down here on the bottom shelf, the first place children would look when entering the library & seeing the display... Books for children. Easy Paper Folding Fun, 1960 this book contains pages printed in color with the diagrams for cutting.  When folded the models has eyes or feathers that made them more realistic and were fun to fold.  Many of the original pages are still in the book.        Your Origami Book - The Oriental Art of Paper Folding Made Easy  1960  This book came with papers and was my second experience with origami as a child. The book introduction reads, "Now Origami has come to the western world."  These two books were mine as a child!.  
The little text display is "Why do I want to fold an origami swan? 
In this display are sample of cubes, triangles, the fortune teller (often used as a candy dish), & a stack of smaller solid color papers  (most easy to find in local arts/crafts stores.