City Animals by Simms Taback is dubbed as a "giant fold-out book" because the flaps are huge! On the left side of every page the book has the words, "Who am I? with just a fraction of the city animal showing. The right side of the page gives a clue that you can then flip up to reveal another clue and more of the animal. When you fold out the second clue a full picture of the animal is revealed as well as the animal name.
Here are some pictures of how the book works.
My toddler loved lifting the flaps of this book so much I thought- we should just make our own!
Here is how I did it:
Materials
- 1 piece of 18x11 construction paper
- Glue
- 3 pictures of objects your child is interested (I printed mine from the internet, just make sure they are about a 1/2 page when printed)
- Scissors
- Instruction on how to make a mini-book found here
1) Use the 18x11 piece of construction paper to make the mini-book.
2) Cut the 3 printed pictures into rectangles and then fold into fourths so that your picture looks like this.
3) Cut one slit in the middle of the picture like this:
4) Glue only the bottom half into the book like this:
5) Then you can add the text to your book, like this:
6) Now your book is ready for your little one to enjoy!
You could make this type of book for or with almost any aged child. Obviously, my toddler could not make the book, but he loves reading it. If you have an older child they could help with the cutting, gluing and writing!
Happy Reading!
Laura
