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Publications - by Paul Johnson

'Paul Johnson's books on book making and its contribution to developing literacy have resulted in book making becoming an accepted part of school practice.' NATE News

Book: New Pop-up Paper Projects

A Book of One's Own

Second Edition 1998, Distributed in UK by Greenwood Publishers. 01865 888181, Heinemann, USA; ISBN 0 340 53352 8

£17.99

'Paul Johnson has the ability to condense complex concepts into easily understood descriptions…this book is a must for teachers.' The New Bookbinder

'This book is a delight.' : Child Education

Out of print but available from Amazon.com


Pop-up Paper Engineering

Falmer Press UK and USA : 1 85000 909 0
cover
£14.50

'One of the most exciting visual feasts between the covers of a book I've seen for some time…go out and buy this book immediately.' English in Education

Out of print but available from Amazon.com


Literacy Through The Book Arts

Heinemann USA , Distributed in UK by Greenwood Publishers. 01865 888181, ISBN 0 435 08766 5
cover
£17.50

'The range of possible kinds of books is staggering…this book should inspire any English teacher to start book-making with her class.' English and Media Education



Copy & Cut Series

These books comprise an exciting selection of book making and model ideas for children 6 and above. There are more than 25 simple projects to make in each book. Just photocopy the basic templates for the children to cut, fold and complete with text and pictures. All books address the criteria of the National Curriculum and the Literacy Strategy

Festivals (Copy & Cut)

A&C Black : ISBN 0-7136-5925-4
cover including Party Planner - Pets Book - Joke Book - Achievements Certificates. £16.99

My Family and Friends (Copy & Cut)

A&C Black : ISBN 0-7136-5924-6
Purchase from Amazon including Easter - Diwali - Holi - Eid - Hannukah - The Chinese New Year. £16.99


Traditional Tales (Copy & Cut)

A & C Black : ISBN 0713662344
Purchase from Amazon including The Emperor and the Nightingale - The Ugly Duckling - The Hare and the Tortoise - The Frog Prince. £16.99


Animals (Copy & Cut)

A & C Black : ISBN 0713662352
Purchase from Amazon including Woodland creature book - sea creatures model - animal factfile - predator and prey book. £16.99


Past Times (Copy & Cut)

A & C Black : ISBN 0713668105
Purchase from Amazon Including the Victorian house, Shakespeare’s theatre, The Wright Brothers, The Great Fire and the Gunpowder Plot. £16.99


Stories from Around the World (Copy & Cut)

A & C Black : ISBN 0713668105
Purchase from Amazon Including Beowulf, Androcles and the Lion, Pandora’s Box, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, How the sun was made. £16.99



Making Books

A&C Black 2000 : 0 7136 5077 X
Published in Canada by Pembroke Publishers, Ontario.
Distributed in the USA by Stenhouse Publishers.
cover Over 30 practical book-making projects for children, Reception - Year 6.

'There is no doubt that Paul Johnson's work is beginning to influence the teaching of writing in the primary school…this book is a useful introduction to this important work.' Reading Magazine

£10.99


Pictures and Words Together

Heinemann USA : 0 435 088830 1
Children illustrating their texts.
Distributed in UK by Greenwood Publishers. Tel: 01865 888181
cover

'Johnson has a way of generating excitement about forming a book...

His approach is for pupils to have some sense of ways they can form their own story, find expressive lines and shapes to make words have greater meaning. ' Arts and Activities

£19.90


Making Your Own Book

The Longman Book Project UK : 0 582 12308 9
Children illustrating their texts.
Distributed in UK by Greenwood Publishers. Tel: 01865 888181
cover

'The Book Project leaves the others standing, with books that are well-conceived and often brilliant in their design and illustration' The Guardian

£7.00


Get Writing!

A&C Black : ISBN 0 7136 73125
Creative book making projects for children ages 4-7.
cover

In this all new follow-up to Making Books, Paul Johnson sets out to achieve this aim by showing how children even as young as five can combine words, images and paper engineering to make books as enchanting as those they delight in.

£12.99

Get Writing!

A&C Black : ISBN 9780 713687 750 
Creative book making projects for children ages 7-12 years
cover This is a sequel to GET Writing! 4-7 years and contains more than twenty-five new book making ideas. £12.99

'Making Books' and 'Get Writing!' are available from Stenhouse Publishers, USA.


'The books each tell a complete story, and are witty, delightful, surreal and lively. At a time when creativity has been marginalised in the curriculum, and English teaching pressurised into reducing itself to spelling and grammar tests, the value of this type of project in stimulating imaginative writing and graphic skills is considerable.' Artists Newsletter

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