We have finally found a fun solution for discarded books. I am one of those folks
who have never had trouble discarding books, but did hate just to put them in the
landfill. I also hate to pass on old books to other countries--it just bothers me
to give someone something I don't think is worthy for my students. One of my
English teachers started having her classes make altered books as a culminating
activity for a class novel. She cleaned me out of all of my discarded books, and
the altered books were impressive. Then others in her department wanted them
too--I even had to go to yard sales to find more old books!
I purchased these books for them to use for ideas:
702 ARE
Arendt, Madeline. Altered art for the first time. New York :
Sterling Pub., c2005.
702 BRA
Brazelton, Bev, 1946-. Altered books workshop : 18 creative
techniques for self-expression. Cincinnati, Ohio : North
Light Books, c2004.
702 HAR
Harrison, Holly. Altered books, collaborative journals, and
other adventures in bookmaking. Gloucester, Mass. :
Rockport, c2003.
702 MAT
Matthiessen, Barbara. Altered book collage. New York :
Sterling, c2005.
702 mic
Michel, Karen. The complete guide to altered imagery : for
collage, altered books, artists journals, and more.
Gloucester, Mass. : Quarry Books, 2005.
745.593 URE
Ure, Susan. The altered book scrapbook. Ogden, UT : Chappelle,
c2006.
If you want to see some of the ideas we use in our library, go to
http://lucyandethelinthelibrary.blogspot.com/
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has
involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
- Thomas Sowell
Mary B. Simmons
Currituck County High School
4203 Caratoke Highway
Barco, NC 27917
NBCT/Library-Media
msimmons@currituck.k12.nc.us
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