Make Your Own Books

By Brooke Nova Lenhardt
Published on January 1, 1986
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Examples of Brooke's books, including watercolored books, tie-dyed books and vegetable-stamped books.
Examples of Brooke's books, including watercolored books, tie-dyed books and vegetable-stamped books.
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Guidelines on how to sew a homemade book together.
Guidelines on how to sew a homemade book together.
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Instructions on how to miter the corners of a book cover.
Instructions on how to miter the corners of a book cover.

I’m Brooke and I’m five years old. Here’s my story.

One day my friend Dawn and I wanted to make books. First, we just stapled pages together. Then I asked my mom to help me think of some other kinds of books to make. She told me about books that are sewn together, ones that have outside and inside covers, Japanese-style books, hardback books, and some others.

I decided to make books that had outside and inside covers and that I could sew together. And I decided to use three different kinds of art for the covers — watercolor, lazy-man tie-dye and vegetable printing.

Painting Watercolor Covers

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