Making books and lighthouse libraries

Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord has a wonderful website with inspiration and instructions for making hand made books with children using recycled materials - brown grocery paper bags etc. Making the books is a brilliant catalyst for getting children writing in them...

"Making books has been my passion for the past twenty years. I am inspired by book forms from different cultures. I use recycled materials and keep the process as simple as possible—no rulers allowed here. I believe we are all creative beings. I encourage you to celebrate that creativity with books of your own."

http://makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com/

The October post on this blog is an account and image of the travelling lighthouse libraries that were rotated around the various lighthouses in the US in the 1800s http://makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com/2010/10/lighthouse-libraries.html
I wonder what titles were on lighthouse shelves in NZ ?

Making books with children blog

Making books with children is a great activity and one of the most enthusiastic proponents of this art is Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord.
She has a blog about making simple books with children using mainly recycled materials http://makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com/
For each activity there is a link to a season or festival or event, the guidelines for making the books and links to youtube videos if needed, as well as some further resources or websites to enrich the content.

Her latest post on September 11 2010 is a charming accordion book celebrating bees - simple and effective, and a wonderful opportunity for writing, art, craft, creativity and authorship...
http://makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com/2010/09/bee-accordion.html