Making Movable Books

The art of writing a letter has not been lost to email and texting! Teach kids how to format a friendly letter with a presentation about the parts of a letter, as well as prompting them to write a letter about their favorite holiday.

Lapbooks, flap books, pop-up books. Kids create their own with the help of the many templates provided by this resource.

Allow the residents of this grammar-packed city to teach your pupils the parts of speech with songs, videos, quizzes, and more. Kids can get to know each part of speech and sing along with the catchy tunes!

This site contains a video preview for David Carter's pop-up version of Dr. Seuss' ecological-warning book, The Lorax.

Students recount details from the book Johnny Appleseed to create their own pop-up book about his life.

This site shares a trailer for David Carter's pop-up edition of Dr. Seuss' book Oh, the Places You'll Go! This book is a wonderfully wise and joyous ode to finding ones path through the maze of life.

This video previews the Rumble Roar Dinosaurs and A Princess Like Me pop-up books, written and designed by Matthew Reinhart. [1:06]

Introduce young writers to the process of writing a book. Start by reading a book of your choice and discussing the essential elements of any book such as the cover, story, and illustrations as well as who is responsible for each...

Explore publishing by utilizing a document camera with your class. Readers will examine a real book and practice identifying the author, illustrator, and other parts of the title page. They then discuss the importance of these elements...

A video preview of the pop-up book A Princess Like Me by Matthew Reinhart. [0:32]