The Littlest Bookmakers

ampersand.jpgI recently had the opportunity to write a little photo essay looking at work by some very young bookmakers for a wonderful book-arts journal called The Ampersand. It’s a quarterly publication of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts, available free to PCBA members.

The editor has kindly given me permission to reproduce my article here. Called The Littlest Bookmakers, it looks at the whys and wherefores of teaching pre-reading, pre-writing kids to make books of their own. Click here for a download. Hope you enjoy it.

posted December 29th, 2008 by Cathy, CATEGORIES: Preschool, Kindergarten, General


4 comments »

  1. Hi! I’ve just discovered your blog, and I love it! Thanks for all your ideas and free templates. I am a former public school teacher who is now a SAHM, homeschooling my only daughter age 9. We use minibooks and lapbooking as a main part of our learning, so your bookmaking ideas are a wonderful breath of fresh air! I’ve gathered some new ideas to try. (I also stumbled onto your template page.)

    This article is excellent! I will pass it on to moms of preschoolers who wonder how lapbooking (making minibooks) can be used by little ones.

    I’ve subscribed to your feed. Look forward to what you post!

    Comment by Jimmie — January 16, 2009 @ 5:35 am

  2. Thanks for your kind words, Jimmie. I followed your link to the Minibook Gallery, and was I ever impressed! So impressed that I think pictures of those kids’ books deserve a post of their own. So check back in the near future.

    Comment by Cathy — January 16, 2009 @ 3:59 pm

  3. I am so excited to find your blog! I made a mini-book with my preschooler today; I was inspired by your article! Thanks so much!

    Comment by Ami — January 20, 2009 @ 8:10 pm

  4. I’m so glad to hear the The Littlest Bookmakers article was a help for you. Isn’t it amazing what little kids can do?!

    Comment by Cathy — January 20, 2009 @ 11:00 pm

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