Cool Stuff for Reading & Writing: Creative Handmade Projects for Kids: Creative Handmade Projects for Kids

Scheunemann, Pam

ISBN 10: 1617149829 ISBN 13: 9781617149825

Publisher: Checkerboard Library, 2011

Synopsis

This fun title gives kids lots of ideas for projects to make for reading and writing using a wide variety of materials. There's nothing like having a good book in your hand or writing your thoughts in a journal! This book will help kids enhance their reading and writing experiences. The projects range from making beaded pens to stylish bookmarks to felt book covers and beyond! There's sure to be something that will interest all types of kids. Not only will they learn new craft techniques, they'll be able to experience the joy of giving handmade gifts! Step-by-step instructions and photographs make the projects easy to follow. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

About this title

From Booklist

The Cool Stuff series presents a pretty irresistible package for those inclined to glue, paint, and pin. The trim size is small and square, the layout retro cool, and the text size fine enough to feel sophisticated without being complicated as well. This volume addresses the readers, journalists, and poets out there who appreciate the authenticity and personalization that print provides by offering up six different ways to snazz up those otherwise staid tools of writing: pens, notebooks, covers, and bookends. An appealing spread of “Tools and Materials” lays out the entire array of stuff you’ll need, from green florist tape to microbeads. The best craft might be the simplest—never have there been so many nifty ways to pimp out a Bic pen. The crafts tend to skew on the girlish side, as is the case with the Flower Pen, which incorporates a silk flower into the design. For the boys, well, there are bookends, which are made of big, manly bricks. Colorful, inventive, and (for the most part) very doable. Grades 4-6. --Daniel Kraus

Edition details

• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1617149829
• ISBN 13: 9781617149825
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32