Building a book is much more than putting words and images together: it’s a journey through thoughts, emotions, and insights, where the unexpected becomes part of the creative magic. Designing without rigid frameworks means listening to the material in our hands, letting it inspire us, following unexpected paths, and rediscovering the joy of creative play. For young children, fingers are tools of knowledge, capable of turning each page into a sensory adventure.

With the scientific direction of Alessandra Falconi, the volume offers teachers, librarians, museum and cultural operators, 8 interdisciplinary programmes that help adults and kindergarten/primary school children to discover how paper, so simple and familiar, can still surprise and tell the most unexpected stories.

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The 8 interdisciplinary programmes

Paper, the unknown

Paper speaks

How is a book made?

Let’s create scripts

From sheet to book

A book without folds

The leporello

Paper meets nature

At the end of each chapter, a summary sheet is provided with a list of the Tools and Materials needed and also a Summary of the various steps of the workshop.

Leaf through some pages of the book translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:

The Author

Antonella Ranieri , since 2003 she has been developing projects in collaboration with national and international organisations, bookshops, schools, libraries, museums etc., focusing on reading promotion and visual education. She is a freelance lecturer in visual education seminars and active reading strategies at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and the Department of Humanities at the University of Chieti.

The book is part of the Creative School Lab series, aimed at nursery and primary schools and designed as a collection of workbooks for teachers, workshop leaders, librarians, museum and cultural professionals.

Find out more about the volume Reading a Leaf of the Creative School Lab series.