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Bookbinding & Kids


B3145. Get Writing (Ages 7-12) / Johnson BLUE

Get Writing: Creative Book-Making Projects for Children Ages 7-12 Years by Paul Johnson. 2008. 64pp. 8.5" x 11". Paper.

This sequel to Get Writing 4-7 contains more than twenty-five new bookmaking ideas showing children how to combine images, words, and paper engineering techniques. Each section introduces a basic book structure: a pop-up book, a shape book, a zigzag book, or a flap book. You are then provided a variety of ways the design can be used for engaging writing projects. Includes detailed advice for planning each project, how to draft the text, and instruction on how to construct the book.



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B2816. Get Writing (Ages 4-7) / Johnson RED

Get Writing: Creative Book-Making Projects for Children Ages 4-7 Years by Paul Johnson. 2005. 64pp. 8.25" x 10.75". Paper.

Contains more than 100 ideas for bookmaking projects that encourage children to write for pleasure. 25 book structures (pop-up, shape, zigzag, origami, flap, etc) with variations and step-by-step instructions. For teachers and home-schoolers. Projects are a gateway to writing and numeric skills and provides hints on relating to English, math, science, history, geography and art. Examples by children 4- 7, but projects suitable for older children.

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CD16. Multicultural Books to Make & Share (CD book)

by Susan Gaylord. Revised updated edition. 108 page CD Book. K to 8th Grade
Take a cultural journey around the world with sixteen bookmaking projects that work across the curriculum. This book makes it easy with accessible materials, hints for preparation, clear directions, and historical information.
Each section of the world has four projects and historical information about the development of books. Africa: Name Scroll, Zulu Beadwork, Wish Scroll, Adinkra Cloth. The Americas: Winter count, Time Line Accordian, Comic Book, Curandero Book. Asia: Palm Leaf Sequence Book, Math Slat Book, Seasons Accordian Book, Book of Haiku. Europe: Rune Stone, Pugillares, Newsbook, Medieval Book.


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B3009. Multicultural Books to Make and Share (spiral bound)

by Susan Gaylord. Revised updated edition. Spiral. 108 pp. K to 8th Grade. $29.95 SALE
Take a cultural journey around the world with sixteen bookmaking projects that work across the curriculum. This book makes it easy with accessible materials, hints for preparation, clear directions, and historical information.
Each section of the world has four projects and historical information about the development of books. Africa: Name Scroll, Zulu Beadwork, Wish Scroll, Adinkra Cloth. The Americas: Winter count, Time Line Accordian, Comic Book, Curandero Book. Asia: Palm Leaf Sequence Book, Math Slat Book, Seasons Accordian Book, Book of Haiku. Europe: Rune Stone, Pugillares, Newsbook, Medieval Book.


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CD17. Making Books for Young Learners

by Susan Gaylord. 100 page CD book. Pre-K to 1st Grade

Making books gives young children a creative way to learn subject matter while developing basic skills. They gain fine motor control as they fold paper and use scissors, hole punches, and glue. By taking part in a sequential activity, they learn to follow directions and pay attention to details. Presents seventeen projects (Books for Basic Concepts, Beginning Reading, Beginning Math), detailed step-by-step directions, and lots of reproducible pages to make bookmaking easy and fun for you and your students.
Contents: Making Books for Basic Concepts: My Book of Shapes, My Book of Sizes, My Book of Colors, My Book of Opposites, My Book of Partners, My Sorting Book. Making Books for Beginning Reading: My Alphabet Book, My Book of Beginning Sounds, My Book of Ending Sounds, My Book of Short Vowels, My Book of Rhymes, My Sequence Book
Making Books for Beginning Math: My Shape Sorting Book, My Book of Patterns, My Book of Numbers, My Number Line, My Book of Coin Values


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CD18. Festivals of Light: Making Books for the Holiday Season

Presents six exciting bookmaking projects for Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Clear directions, accessible materials, and reproducible images for all projects.

Contents: Festivals of Light Accordion Book: Make a four page accordion book with a ribbon tie. There are images provided for a Hanukkah menorah, a Kwanzaa kinara, a Christmas tree, and dipa, the clay lamps that are lit for Diwali.

Festivals of Light Triangle Book: Here is another book about Festivals of Light celebrations and customs. The fun part is that the pages are shaped like triangles. Dreidel Book: Create an accordion book about the dreidel game. The four front pages of the book are for the dreidel letters and their meaning; the back two give directions for the game. Seven Symbols of Kwanzaa Book: Six symbols of Kwanzaa are placed on the seventh, the mkeka or mat, throughout the holiday. This book about the seven symbols can be spread out on a table or hung on the wall for display. Twelve Days of Christmas Book: Make a small Twelve Days of Christmas Book that can be used as an ornament with a ribbon loop. Diwali Rangoli Book: Colorful designs called rangoli decorate the doorways and floors of homes, shops, temples, and restaurants during Diwali. Make a simple four page accordion with an envelope to hold your designs.


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CD19. Home for Poems: Making Books for Poetry

Home for Poems: Making Books for Poetry by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord 28 page CD Book. 1st to 8th Grade.
Your students make special homes for their poems with 8 projects: Color Poem Accordion Book, Acrostic Poem Slat Book, Diamante Accordion Book, Cinquain Step Book, Limerick Accordion Book, Haiku Book, Rhyme Sequence Slat Book, And Fan Book of Poetry Terms.
Contents: Color Poem Accordion Book: Write poems about color for this four-page accordion book which is illustrated with torn tissue paper collage. Acrostic Slat Book: This hanging book made from strips of paper and beads is a great way to display an acrostic poem. Diamante Poem Accordion Book: Two diamante poems nestle in diamonds outlined with threaded yarn in an accordion book. Cinquain Step Book: This book with six steps has room for a title and the five lines of the cinquain. Lift the steps to see the illustrations underneath. Limerick Accordion Book: Four limericks go in this simple accordion made with index cards. Haiku Book: A small book bound with ribbon makes a perfect home for a collection of haiku. Rhyme Sequence Slat Book: Different colored slats make the rhyme sequence of a poem visible. Fan Book of Poetry Terms: Make learning poetry terms fun with a fan book with braided yarn.



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B2698. Literacy Through Book Arts

Literacy through the Book Arts
By Paul Johnson. 1993. 168pp. 8"x 10" Paper.

Using simple, easy-to-follow instructions, supported throughout with clear diagrams and examples of children's work, Johnson demonstrates how scores of different book forms can be made from a single sheet of paper. Suitable for classroom instruction for grades K-5.

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B2779. Making Books (Projects for Kids)

Making Books: Over 30 Practical Book-Making Projects for Children
By Paul Johnson. 2000. 64pp. 8.25" x 10.75". Paper.

Presents book-making ideas that support literacy teaching across the curriculum (ages 5-11). Easy-to make storybooks, pop-up information books, diaries and poetry folders, plus many special and unusual books are illustrated. Each project includes step-by-step instructions, a photo of the finished work, and helpful tips on lesson planning (including age range, advance preparation, how long to allocate for each project & how to use the project in a classroom setting).

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B2393. Making Books that Fly, Fold.../Diehn

Making Books that Fly, Fold,Wrap,Hide, Popup, Twist & Turn. Books for Kids to Make
By Gwen Diehn. 1999 (2006). 96pp. 8.5"x10". Paper.

New in paperback! This full-color step-by-step instruction manual includes projects that magically unfold like a map, contain cards that slip into pockets, include pop-ups perfect for celebrating all types of occasions, and tell stories on a scroll.

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