Reading By Design | Summer 2017 November 3, 2016 Reading By Design | Summer 2017

trigger warning! the following slides contain images of dismantled and repurposed books which may disturb some viewers… take a moment to breathe deeply and remember the great book cycle of life…   a new book is bought and then is read/loved to death the book gets recycled to become other new books… rinse and repeat forever… occasionally though, the book becomes book art in a library (or in a librarian’s CLA presentation)… November 3, 2016

rainbows and color wheels Reading By Design | Summer 2017 November 3, 2016

rosettes 3 November 2016

paper chains Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

book page letters Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016 i cut pages out of a dictionary that was donated (you could use one that you’re discarding or any large text heavy book) i trimmed the paper down (in this case it was about 8 ¼ x 11 inches and then i ran it through the printer to print the letters...very simple and looks great! Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

book page art i went to http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ which has free clip art for classroom use... 3 November 2016

large cardboard letters keep some cardboard boxes aside and use a boxcutter or other blade to cut out letters. i just drew some vague guidelines with pencil to follow. then you can use newsprint, old book pages, old graphic novel or manga pages or just paint the letters...then attach to the wall, a bulletin board or lean them somewhere for a nice display! Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

“it’s so fluffy i’m gonna die!” piñata letters “it’s so fluffy i’m gonna die!” -agnes, despicable me 3 November 2016

cut out letters from cardboard (i just eyeballed it but you can get piñata letters take 2in squares of tissue and twist them around the eraser of a pencil then put some glue on them and stick them to the cardboard very close together... cut out letters from cardboard (i just eyeballed it but you can get as precise as you want..) Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

book cover letters 3 November 2016 print out bookcovers and then trim them into letters. you can eyeball it, make guidelines with a pencil or try and create templates to use... 3 November 2016

triangle or pennant bunting use graphic novels or fiction that has art as a theme and make bunting to hang as a visual booklist, or just make bunting in different colors... Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

ribbon bunting 3 November 2016 use artwork to make ribbon style bunting...you can use images from the same artist and have a contest to see who can guess the artist or make it really difficult and use bits of a particular painting and see if people can identify the painting... 3 November 2016

circle bunting 3 November 2016 use a circle cutter or punch or just scissors and make circle bunting... 3 November 2016

ransom letters & bookpage backdrops Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

and then glue them together to make a flower origami flower balls make origami petals (so many petals!) and then glue them together to make a flower (so many flowers!) but actually, each flower has 5 petals and you need 12 flowers…so… Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

origami flower balls attach them together to make 2 halves and put the string in one of them. I used glue on the small ones and staples on the large one. the large one was actually easier to work with… 3 November 2016

origami flower balls 3 November 2016

garlands Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

Warhol-esque artwork Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016 http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ you can open images in word and then use the formatting options in the picture tools menu that pops up to make images black and white and high contrast or just find basic graphic b/w clip art online Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

Warhol art 3 November 2016

Warhol art 3 November 2016

rasterbator.net for posters start with a picture of an adorable kitty! go to rasterbator.net and follow the instructions to upload the image... Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

rasterbator.net for posters the result is a pixelated image that is printed on multiple sheets of paper like a puzzle you can tell it how big you want the final poster to be... Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 november 2016

also this one! 3 November 2016

apps for memes/words on pictures word swag word swag has free images that come with the program...you can enter the text you want and choose a style that is mostly preset but you can change the size and some spacing.... word swag costs $5 but if you think you’ll use it for things it might be worth it... Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

title fx Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016 title fx costs $2...both will let you put in your own images as well, title fx gives you a little more control over the spacing and style and gives lots of different font options... Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

prisma app Reading By Design | Summer 2017 3 November 2016

elyse barrere LAPL, ebarrere@lapl.org pinterest.com/sadiegrrrl Contact: elyse barrere LAPL, ebarrere@lapl.org pinterest.com/sadiegrrrl The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Reading By Design | Summer 2017 June 22, 2012