In Print! 40 Cool Publishing Projects for Kids

by Rhatigan, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781579906092
• ISBN10: 1579906095
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Lark Books

Summary

"[A] handsomely designed cornucopia of ideas...This is more than just a craft book."Booklist "It's full of ideas not easily found elsewhere."School Library Journal On paper, plastic, or cloth, and decorated with stamps, stencils, and markers: here's the way kids can get their work into print. Every lively page, bursting with boxed tips, color photos, and drawings, turns the publishing process into an adventure. Unique projects display dozens of creative ways to showcase wordsbooks and beyond. Write your thoughts on a memory frame around a photograph. Turn a jewel of a poem into a charm bracelet: copy it onto shrinkable plastic, cut the words into cool shapes, and stick them in the oven to harden. Plus: amazing writing secrets, advice on making design decisions, inside info on famous authors, comments from real kids about how they get ideas, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Amazing Writing Secrets Revealed Here	p. 8
Design Decisions	p. 12
The Projects	p. 21
Getting Published	p. 106
Cool Places to Send Your Writing	p. 116
Appendixes	p. 122
Glossary	p. 125
Acknowledgments	p. 126
Index	p. 128
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