This Library Lesson Mini is about how books are made. It accompanies the picture book Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper.
This Library Lesson Mini is about how books are made. It accompanies the picture book Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper.
This Library Lesson Mini is about how books are made. It accompanies the picture book Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper.
This Library Lesson Mini is about how books are made. It accompanies the picture book Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper.

Picture Book Lesson – Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper

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Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper is a gorgeous picture book that describes the steps for how books are made. This elementary library lesson is designed to accompany Here Is a Book. The lesson focuses on the writing process and the steps books take from authorship to the library shelves.

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Description

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*PLEASE NOTE: Here Is a Book is NOT REQUIRED for this lesson. Only 4 of the 29 slides in the presentation mention Here Is a Book, and none of the printable materials mention it. If you do not have access to this book, you can still use the lesson to teach students how books are made.

Click the PREVIEW above for a visual description of what’s included.

THIS PICTURE BOOK LESSON IS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR:

  • elementary librarians on the Specials rotation
  • elementary classroom teachers looking for lessons to accompany Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper.
  • public librarians looking for fun ways to promote picture books

 

My Library Lessons and Library Storytimes are the lessons I would have wanted when I was a new, overwhelmed, and exhausted school librarian with two preschoolers of my own.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HERE IS A BOOK PICTURE BOOK LESSON:

  • Recommended for: Grades 1-3
  • Lesson Duration: 1 library lesson (about 25-30 minutes total)
  • Formats: PPT or Google Slides; PDF
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable
  • Designed to accompany Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper (2025), but the book is not required for the lesson.

 

THIS HERE IS A BOOK PICTURE BOOK LESSON INCLUDES:

  • 29-slide PPT + Google™ Slides (29 slides that students see; there are actually 33 slides when you include directions and tips for librarians)
  • two differentiated scavenger hunt activities (2 pages)
  • answer key for the second scavenger hunt (1 page)
  • list of 33 book-themed Recommended Reads (1 page)
  • Let’s Talk About… Making Books – Take-Home Extension Activities (2 pages)
  • prep and set-up tips + notes page (2 pages)
  • lesson plan templates (5 pages)
  • complete, detailed instructions for all included pieces
  • All printable pages can be edited in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF.

 

ACCESSIBILITY

All parts of this Library Lesson Mini are optimized for readability. Here’s how:

  • uses only two fonts (Arial and KG Blank Space Solid)
  • Arial font is one of 8 accessibility fonts recommended by the British Dyslexia Association. It is also pre-loaded on most school computers.
  • slides use primarily black text on a solid white background – some exceptions for captions in white text over a dark photo
  • no cursive fonts, fancy fonts, or random capitalizations are included
  • body text line spacing is 1.5
  • minimal text on each slide
  • lots of white space on each slide
  • scavenger hunt includes two versions. One is images only and requires no reading. The other is for students who can read short text well.

 

IMAGES

As a certified librarian, I am careful to use only legally-acquired images in my resources. Librarians can be assured that:

  • All clipart in this resource were purchased for commercial use from human TPT clip artists (no AI-generated images)
  • All photos are in the public domain.
  • Every image is credited in the Slide Notes area of each slide.
  • All images in this resource adhere closely to the artist or photographer’s terms of use. This is why they are all locked into the background and not editable.

 

In addition, all images in this resource:

  • are high-quality, full-color images
  • include captions (photos)
  • complement the subject and text of each slide

 

PART I – HERE IS A BOOK INTRODUCTION SLIDES:

This is a “Mini” Library Lesson, so the Part I slides are shortened from my full Library Lessons. Part I includes only 3 slides, which enables the librarian to get to the read-aloud more quickly.

The slides are:

  • making predictions based about Here Is a Book based on the title and cover art
  • What do authors and illustrators do
  • Meet Elisha Cooper

 

PART II – SCROLLING SLIDES INCLUDE:

I take great care to thoroughly research all information in my Library Lessons. All resources are credible, authoritative references. Source URLs are included in the Slide Notes sections of some slides.

  • art materials used to illustrations in books
  • ancient cave paintings and petroglyphs were art that told stories
  • books are held together by glue and sometimes string
  • books require special glue, so students should bring books needing a glue repair to the librarian
  • the importance of a great editor
  • parts of a library book spine – call number and title
  • What does the publisher do?
  • What is a book’s copyright date?
  • books are made of paper and paperboard
  • What is a collage?
  • how to sign “book” in American Sign Language
  • The Caldecott Award is given for a book’s illustrations
  • 2 would-you-rathers
  • 2 trivia questions + answers
  • lots of book, library, and publishing vocabulary words

 

SCAVENGER HUNTS

  • differentiated (one is images-only; one is images + text)
  • 2 pages, PDF
  • Scavenger Hunt #1 is an images-only hunt. Students can complete this scavenger hunt without reading the text on the slides.
  • Scavenger Hunt #2 includes both images and text. This one is for the students who are able to read the Part II slideshow. This scavenger hunt includes images and questions about the information in the slideshow.
  • Scavenger Hunt #2 includes answer key

 

LIST OF RECOMMENDED READS

  • picture books, fiction, and nonfiction titles for Grades 1-3+ (some fiction titles are better for Grades 4-5)
  • all books have themes of books, reading, writing, and libraries
  • total of 33 titles
  • titles are editable, so you can customize the titles for your classroom or library
  • All titles were hand-selected by a veteran school librarian for quality, diversity, positive reviews, and currency.
  • Every book on the list received at least one positive review on Titlewave. Several also received starred reviews and/or book awards.

 

TAKE-HOME EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Some of my Library Lessons and Storytimes contain Take-Home Extension Activities, and this is one of them! You can download an example (Spiders) here.

Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page “Making Books” Take-Home Extension Activities Handout, students can:

  • quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the bookish facts they learned in the scrolling slides (Part II)
  • prepare a no-bake, bookworm snack
  • read some recommended picture books about the writing process
  • review bookish vocabulary words from the lesson
  • learn to draw a town library using simple, step-by-step directions
  • remember how to sign “book” in American Sign Language
  • find their way through a book maze
  • 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF

 

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