We are Authors

We have begun the process of bookmaking in 4k!  This is a very exciting time, as the children discover they are authors just like the authors of their favorite books!  The children are very familiar with what an author and illustrator do.  We have learned that the author write the words to a story and the illustrator creates the illustrations, or pictures, in a book. 

After reading a few different snowmen books, we put them all our on the carpet to explore the covers of the books.  The children discussed what they noticed on each of the covers.  Look at the cover of the book Snowmen at Night.  What do you see? 

  Our class discovered that all the books had a name on them, which we learned was the name of the author and/or illustrator.  They also noticed their were other letters and words on the cover.  They decided those words must be the title of the story, and the title gives us a hint of what the story might be about.  Each cover also had a picture.  The children decided that the picture gives us another hint about what the story is about.  After our discussion about book covers, we tried to create our own covers for our stories! Look at how hard we are working!

 Each child created the cover for their own book!  Each cover had a picture, to give us a hint about their story, and the name of the author/illustrator.  Some children even tried to write letters and words for a title!  Check back soon to see more from our very own authors!