Fannie Fay's Find-a-Word: Clothes

Can you help Fannie Fay find all of her clothes and accessories?

Click on the Fannie Fay's Find-a-Word below, print it out, and get searching!

Click "Read more" to see the answers.

Fannie Fay's Find-a-Word: Describing Words

Can you help Fannie Fay find all the words that describe her?

Click on the Fannie Fay's Find-a-Word below, print it out, and get searching!

Click "Read more" to see the answers and the words' definitions.

Bookmaking with the Masked Pixie - Part 4: The Scroll

This is the fourth post in a series of instructions about making books. Check out Part 1: The Basic Book, Part 2: The Bow Book, and Part 3: The Accordion Book. Come back later to see Part 5.

This scroll was created in the Byzantine Empire during the 10th century.
Source

Scrolls are a very old kind of book. Many scrolls were made in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and China. Those old scrolls were made of papyrus and parchment, but you can make one now with paper and cardboard.

Celebrate Banned Books Week!

Celebrate free speech and the freedom to read this week!
You can find out more about Banned Books Week (Sept. 24 - Oct. 1) and banned/challenged books here and here.

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Bookmaking with the Masked Pixie - Part 3: The Accordion Book

This is the third post in a series of instructions about making books. Check out Part 1: The Basic Book and Part 2: The Bow Book. Come back later to see Part 4.

This book can squeeze and stretch like an accordion! One of the cool things about an accordion book is that you can stretch it out and see all the pages at the same time.

Your book will look a bit like this . . .
but with words and pictures.
Source

This is a very old way of making books that has been used in parts of Mexico, South America, and Asia.

The Dresden Codex is an ancient Mayan text about astronomy.
It is about 1,000 years old!

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Bookmaking with the Masked Pixie - Part 2: The Bow Book

This is the second post in a series of instructions about making books. Check out Part 1 to make a Basic Book and come back later to see Part 3.
This book makes a nice gift because the bows make it look like a present!

Ready to make a book? Let's go! . . .

Bookmaking with the Masked Pixie - Part 1: The Basic Book

This is the first post in a series of instructions about making books. Come back later for Part 2: The Bow Book.

Before we start, let's go over the parts of a book . . .

There are two more important words to know: author and illustrator.
The author is the person who writes the story.
The illustrator is the person who draws the pictures for the story.
Sometimes one person writes and draws and sometimes two or more people work on the book together.
You can make this book on your own or with someone else.

Let's get started . . .