Books with title Making Mini-books

This is a book on practical book-making ideas for children in the primary school, with activities that cover a range of text types from a sequential narrative to advertising copy. There are step-by-step instructions and diagrams for each project, along with photographs of the the finished books which children have made. The aim is to give children the opportunity to explore how books work and to narrow the gap between their reading and writing. In making the books, children will gain practice both in tailoring their writing for a range of different audiences and in communicating visually through illustrations and design.

Would you like to find out who inspired the famous children’s book character, Percy the Park Keeper? The author and illustrator who created him, Nick Butterworth, invites us into his home to show us how he works, from the first spark of an idea to the published book.• Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.• Text type - A non-fiction recount.• Pages 14-15 show three stages of Nick drafting an illustration of Percy, ideal for exploring ideas, preparation and editing/planning within children’s own work.• Curriculum links - Art and design: Building shapes and patterns, an event in pictorial form.• This fascinating non-fiction book can be read alongside Nick’s other titles for Collins Big Cat, Percy and the Rabbit, and Percy and the Badger.