[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-shark-in-the-bath-create-your-own-book":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"When people ask me what's my best tip for making books, I tell them... make books! Lots of books, little books, books they can make quickly and feel the satisfaction of FINISHING. And I've made a book template that anyone from young children (with adult help) and older people can put together:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/shark/mcintyre_shark_create_a_book.pdf\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shark_book_zpsb9e003dc-4a3851a2c4.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThe other question I get asked a lot is 'where do you get your ideas?' For my new picture book, the idea was very simple, it was a basic 'what if?' question. \u003Ci>WHAT IF a shark came out of your bath tub?\u003C/i> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shark_in_the_bath_zpsbe93945b-40424d6890.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo a great way to make a new book is change the question a bit. What if SOMETHING ELSE popped out of your bath? Say, a sea monkey, an alien, an opera singer, a giant rabbit, a cruise liner, a giant squid, fairies, dragons, robotic spiders, the colour purple, world peace... the list is endless! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/shark/mcintyre_shark_create_a_book.pdf\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shark_book2_zps2e78f70f-39597e87c1.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThere are loads of different ways you can make a miniature book. (I've posted a different way on my \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/vern-lettuce-book/\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> page\u003C/a>.) But this is a very simple way to make a book from a single-sided printout that doesn't seem to confuse people. Here's a sheet you can print out with the directions on it! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/shark/mcintyre_shark_create_a_book.pdf\">\u003Cfont size=\"4\">Click here to download both sheets as a PDF.\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/shark/mcintyre_shark_create_a_book.pdf\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shark_book1_zpse973ee79-b2ba1ff27a.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nMy fab \u003Ca href=\"http://hammerheadrabbits.com\">web designer\u003C/a> has finished putting together my \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-shark-in-the-bath/\">webpage for \u003Ci>There's a Shark in the Bath\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, and you can explore four different free activities on it! I come up with activities for each book I make, and I hope you enjoy these ones. Feel free to use them with your kids, with your friends, in schools, libraries, bookshops, parties, wherever they might come in handy. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-shark-in-the-bath/\">Click on over for a peek!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-shark-in-the-bath/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shark_webpage_grab_zps4ca3d433-4f671aa29f.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2013-12-30T23:39:00.000Z","shark-in-the-bath-create-your-own-book",[],"shark in the bath: create your own book!",1776628726046]