Here is an early childhood website for a very specific bookmaking activity (a book about eggs for grdes1/2) with complete instructions. What I like about it this site that it gives any early childhood teacher many skills that he/she can transfer for use in a later book of one's own design for any age child. I am not a huge fan of all the teacher-made illustrations however!
"Curriculum Laboratory"
"Teaching Ideas Showcase: Toy and Movable (Pop-Up) Books...Two Cross Curricular Crafts (Egg Pop-Up Book and Small Crawling and Flying Animals Pop-Up Cards)"
Here is a pdf with extensive instruction for each page of the book. There are 24 pages in total.
And here is a simple, on-line book cover making site that your students can use themselves to make a cover for their books that teachrs print-out in black and white.
