busy brain maze
Instructions: Find your way from the book to the
heart through the word LOVE.
POEM
I like books
I really do Books with stories
And pictures, too.
Books of birds
And things that grow
Books of people
We should know.
Books of animals
And places, too,
I like books
I really do!
Tot spot
By Michelle Vinokur
Adventures of Books
Every night, Emily’s mom read a story to her before she went
to sleep. One night, Emily asked her mom where books come
from. Emily’s mom said they come from the shops. Emily said,
“I know books come from the shops, but where do books
come from before they are books and before they are paper
and before they come to the shops?”
“Oh!” said Emily’s mom. “Well, before a book becomes a book,
it is actually a tree.”
“Umm,” said Emily. “I don’t understand.”
“Okay,” said Emily’s mom. “I will start from the very beginning
about how paper is made…
“There are trees that are grown especially to be cut down to
make paper. These trees are cut down by a special tree cutter
called a tree feller. The parts of the tree are then taken to a special factory. There they are broken down into small pieces of
wood known as fibres. These fibres are then made into paper.”
Emily said, “The fibres must be very, very, very small.”
Her mom replied, “Yes, they are, in order to make paper.”
“Then what happens when the paper is made?” asked Emily.
Her mom said, “There are different types of paper that are
made. The paper for making books is sent to a business that
sells the paper. The printing shops buy the paper in order to
print the words on the paper that makes books. There are
other types of paper, like computer paper and wrapping paper. That paper is sold in normal shops like the Hypermarket
and CNA.”
“Oh!” said Emily. “That is very interesting. But how is a book
made?”
“A book is a more complicated process,” explained her mom.
“But I really want to know,” said Emily. “Please, please can
you tell me?”
“Okay. Do you know what the person who writes the book is
called?” asked her mom.
“The author,” said Emily.
“That’s correct,” said her mom. “The author begins by thinking of an idea for a book. She then takes a blank piece of paper
and writes all her thoughts onto the paper by filling it up with
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lots of words and ideas using a pen or maybe a pencil.”
Emily then said excitedly, “These words that are written on
the piece of paper make sentences to tell the story.”
“That is right,” said her mom.
“What happens once the words are written on the paper?
How do they get into the book?” asked Emily.
Her mother said, “The author types the story onto the computer. The story is then emailed to an editor, who is a person
who checks the story for any mistakes. Then it is emailed to
the printing shops that make the books. They then print out as
many books as the author wants.”
“Wow!” said Emily. “What