Chapter 2: The Library of Leaves
The Stack
"If you wrote a book, what would it be called?"
A close-up of book spines. The child designs the titles.
About this page
A shelf of blank book spines waits for your child to become an author. On this page kids do not just color, they invent, dreaming up titles for books that do not exist yet and lettering them onto the spines. It is a quiet flip in perspective, from consumer of books to maker of books, and it plants the idea that the library shelf has room for their voice someday. Titles also make kids think about what a book is really about, a first brush with summarizing. It is one of the most creative stops in the Library of Leaves.
Talk about it while you color
- What is the title of your favorite book on this shelf, the one you just made up?
- If you wrote a book about your family, what would you call it?
- Which of your invented books would Curious Cat want to read first?