Creating Books With Children
Have you ever wanted to make a memory?
I highly recommend making books with your children. We
show our books to almost everyone that enters our home, and
now we want to share them with you too!
A UNIT STUDY ON BOOKMAKING THAT WE USED
If there has been one unit study that has had a lasting
impact in our writing and language arts skills, I would say
it has been Valerie Bendt’s unit study book called CREATING
BOOKS WITH CHILDREN.
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FREE SAMPLE PAGES available! If you email us, we
will send you a sample page of each four children's
books. |
I considered purchasing her
book for several years before actually doing so. The main
thing that held me back was that I kept thinking, “I wish I
could see some books that someone else has made using the
unit study." Now you can read our stories AND get a tips
ebooklet (more info)of our
experience making the books.
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OUR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Each of our children’s books has been formatted
into an ebook that can be printed for your 
own use so that you and your children can get an
idea of what can be done with this unit study. All of the
books will be sent to you by email after
purchase.
They can be viewed on with Adobe Acrobat Reader which is
a free download. For reading the books to your children, we
suggest printing them onto cardstock for durability and
placing them in a 3 Ring Binder or stapling together with a
heavy cardstock cover.
- Serenity's Book - Girl Cat
Wanted
- Jasmine's Book - Little
Brother Follows Me
- Eli's Book - The Roaming
Cat
- Gideon's
Book - Pumpkin Patch Surprise
- Bundle
offer -- All four ebooks plus tips booklet for $6.45!
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OUR EXPERIENCE
The ebooklet covers our angle on using her book
and our tips and a few photos of our projects in progress.
You can buy the ebooklet by itself for $1.95.
Valerie Bendt, the author of Creating Books With
Children, has this to say about our booklet.
“It sounds like your notes will be a good encouragement
to others who may be afraid to try this project.” You will
also need a copy of her book. See the bottom of the page for
a link to her website.
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Our littler boys love to read, and have us read to
them, their older siblings’ books. All the books are
written at about a fourth grade reading level.
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* Girl Cat Wanted
by Serenity Ringger
From the front cover— Laura and her sister and brothers
need a girl cat on the farm, because they wish to have a
litter of kittens on their farm.
They know they can’t take Grandma’s cat, because it is
the only cat she has. Maybe Grandma’s cat has kittens,
though.
In the meantime, a little kitten is very puzzled by her
mother’s behavior toward her. The kitten tries to find
something to eat by herself, and runs into trouble.
Would the kitten find her mother again? How will Laura
find the girl cat she wants?
Any young child will like this story along with the
colorful pencil illustrations. This ebook is eleven pages
long. The price is $2.95 or it can be purchased as a bundle
with the other ebooks and tips booklet for a special price! See below
for details on the bundle offer.
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COMMENTS FROM READERS
“I love your story and the illustrations are superb!
Congratulations on creating such a wonderful treasure.”
–Valerie Bendt
“I read the book to her [daughter] and to two of her
friends today and they all liked it. They listened all the
way to the end which surprised me because we couldn't cuddle
up in a comfy chair since I was reading it from my computer
screen. They really liked the pictures and were fascinated
by how she could draw them and then get them to her
computer.” –Paula Farris
“Megan [her daughter] loved the story. I think that a
homeschooling family would enjoy it on the level of a story,
and also as an encouragement to their children as something
created by another homeschooler.” --Karen Davis
“I read the book and liked it. Jennifer liked it too. I
like the part about asking parents for permission.” –Nancy
Rocke
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Serenity Ringger is 14 years old and lives in Texas with
her Dad, Mom, and five siblings. She enjoys playing piano
and hammered dulcimer and playing with her four cats. She
also enjoys reading and writing books.
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* Little Brother Follows Me
by Jasmine Ringger
FROM THE FRONT COVER
Little Brother Follows Me is a true story about when
"Lisba" (names have been changed) tours her little brother
Luke through her garden and something happens.
She goes inside to get a drink and Luke eats a plant! Is
it poisonous? What will happen next?
You’ll be interested to follow the exciting adventure of
this family and learn the important lesson of being a good
example. The appealing illustrations are done in colored
pencils and charcoal This ebook is 10 pages long.
COMMENTS FROM READERS
"All of the kid’s books are great! The illustrations are
delightful." - Valerie Bendt
"I want to express how much my girls like the book about
the brother following his sister. The description, word
choice etc. could paint a picture. My four year has wanted
me to read her that story for the past several days!!! My
six year has commented about how she needs to be careful
because her two year brother is watching her. Good lesson
and reminder.." -Nancy Rocke
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
Jasmine Ringger is 12 years old and lives in Texas with
her Dad, Mom, and five siblings. She enjoys playing the
piano and dulcimer, reading, gardening and writing.
One of her favorite places to write is outside lying in
the grass. She’s even been known to write seated up in the
crook of the mimosa tree.
The price is $2.75.
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* The Roaming Cat
by Eli Ringger
This ebook is 12 pages. See details below.
FROM THE FRONT COVER
The lonely cat roamed from place to place looking for a
place to stay. He had some trouble on the way such as...
‘Just then some children playing in the yard saw him. “A
panther!” One of them screamed.
“Get ‘im dog!” The other said.
Immediately a dog jumped up and growled. The children ran
into the house and slammed the door.
Find out what happened to the roaming cat when you read
this adventure-packed storybook illustrated with colored
pencil drawings.
COMMENTS FROM READERS
"All of the kid’s books are great! The illustrations are
delightful." - Valerie Bendt
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eli Ringger enjoys writing and illustrating his books. He
was about 3 years old when he discovered he enjoyed drawing.
He has been doing it ever since. He has won a prize for
illustrating a poster about inventions.
He wrote this story when he was 10. He hopes you take
pleasure in reading this story of a cat searching for a
home.
The price is $1.95 or can be purchased as a bundle with
the other three.
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By Gideon RinggerThe Pumpkin Patch Surprise is 15
pages long.
FROM THE FRONT COVER
Charles and Mary live on a farm. This fall it
is time to harvest the pumpkins. They begin to pick up the
pumpkins, but one pumpkin escapes their sight. What happens
to the pumpkin?
Find out while reading this story of life on a farm
illustrated with bright, appealing pictures made with
markers.
COMMENTS FROM READERS
"All of the kid’s books are great! The illustrations are
delightful." - Valerie Bendt
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gideon Ringger has written several other books including
Tools Book, Around My Town, Book of Poems, Rainbow of
Colors, and ABC’s. When he’s not writing books, he enjoys
exploring the farm, cooking pumpkin pudding, building with
Legos, working in a garden, and reading books. His favorite
kind of books are mystery and pioneer books. Eight-year-old
Gideon lives in Texas with his family.
The price for this book is $1.75.
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All the books plus ebook tips
booklet FOR ONE PRICE
You can receive all of the above books PLUS the ebook
tips booklet for $6.45! (You get the tips booklet and
Girl Cat Wanted free!) We will email all of the books
to you after your purchase completes.
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