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Foldables: make an 8-page mini book from one sheet of paper.

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In today’s post: Learn how to make an 8-page mini foldable book from one sheet of paper! Free printable template so your kids can design their own books. Easy foldables idea.

I am ALWAYS on the lookout for easy art projects my kids can do. And by easy, I mean projects that don’t involve glitter, glue, or anything else that will make me rue the day I allowed my children to use them. At the same time, I want something that’s fun enough to capture my kids’ imagination and hopefully keep them busy for a while. These mini foldable books are the perfect kid project! With a couple of folds you can turn one sheet of paper into an 8-page book complete with a title page on the front and an author page on the back.

Little paper book that has been folded from one sheet of paper - foldable book

Fun foldables idea: Mini book from one sheet of paper

My two elementary school age kids had a blast with these! Designing a mini book is much more fun that coloring on a blank sheet of paper. We started with this:

And after a bit of folding and a simple cut, ended up with foldable books…

…they could write and illustrate themselves!

It was pretty fun to see them both hard at work on their books.

Kids look at little paper books they made

I made a few extra mini foldable books and tossed them in the bag I take to church, along with some colored pencils. My kids sat coloring quietly while (hopefully) listening to the speakers – it was great!

How to make a mini foldable book from one sheet of paper

My kids learned how to make these books at school; they’re called “foldables”. To give the book a title page on the front cover and an author page on the back cover, I created a printable template. Download the template by clicking here .

Print out your template at full size or 100% on plain 8.5×11 printer paper. You can use white or colored paper, just don’t use cardstock or it will be too thick to fold nicely.

Stack of little paper books in different colors

Then watch this video to see how to turn one sheet of paper into a foldable book:

Foldables are pretty fun! If you want to learn how to make different types of foldables, check out this link .

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Printable template for making a mini book from one sheet of paper

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How to Make a 9-Page Booklet out of Paper

Make an Easy Nine-Page Paper Booklet

You can make an easy paper booklet from one sheet of rectangular paper/A4 paper. This kirigami book is a great little DIY project to make with kids,

Use origami folding techniques to divide the paper into 16 sections, and then cut along certain folds to end up with a nine-page paper booklet. Kirigami is an art form related to origami where you cut the paper.

You may want to use some glue at the end to make it more secure.

There are endless ways that this little paper book can be used, some examples include:

Make a handmade book instead of a greeting card, decorating it for a special occasion. This can be a very personal, elaborate, and fun way to give someone a special gift that they will hold on to and cherish.
Use this little Kirigami book to make a flip book with little moving animations.
Make a miniature book for your child's dolls. There are many lovely techniques to make antique style miniature books.

You can use any size paper, even square. If you do use square paper, the book will turn out square, too.

Make the First Folds

Start with your rectangular paper, with the color you don't want to see facing up.

Fold the paper in half, and then unfold.
Next, fold the bottom edge up to the top edge.
Again, fold the bottom edge up to the top edge, and then unfold.

Cut Along the Red Dotted Lines

Fold the right edge and the left edge to the central crease and unfold. Unfold the paper back out.
Cut along the red dotted lines that are indicated in the diagram.
Start from the top right section, fold it to the left, and make a concertina, like an M shape with the sections until you reach the left side.

Concertina the Paper

Fold the top left section down behind the lower section.
Continue to concertina the paper, flipping it behind at each end.

Finish Your Booklet

If you need to make the booklet sturdier, glue the sections that have gaps. There are three of these sections.
Your booklet is now complete.

You can make a cover for your little paper book by getting some thicker paper, cutting it to just a little taller than the book, and wrap it around the book. Leave some extra paper on each end to tuck in, just like a real book jacket.

You can take it a step further and glue the spine together, or glue the back of all of the sections, making a very sturdy little book.

How to Make a Book With One Piece of Paper

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All you need is one sheet of paper and a pair of scissors and you can make a mini 6-page book for any purpose that you can dream up. Your kids will adore this simple craft.

Watch How to Make it Here:

How to Make a Book With 1 Piece of Paper

4. Repeat with the other side. Crease the folds tightly. When you place the paper on the table, you should see a W when you look at the end.

5. Cut the center of the W along the center fold. You’ll be cutting through two layers of paper and stopping at the cross fold. This is the only cut you will need to make to make this book!

6. Fold it the hotdog (long) fold again and push the cut open section together. Press the folds tightly.

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Thanks for sharing this! My girls love to make books and color but usually use hundreds of pieces of paper. This will work wonderfully! I am going to pin this too! Thanks, Tonya

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April 11, 2013

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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens

E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages

By Ferris Jabr

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In a viral YouTube video from October 2011 a one-year-old girl sweeps her fingers across an iPad's touchscreen, shuffling groups of icons. In the following scenes she appears to pinch, swipe and prod the pages of paper magazines as though they too were screens. When nothing happens, she pushes against her leg, confirming that her finger works just fine—or so a title card would have us believe. The girl's father, Jean-Louis Constanza , presents "A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work" as naturalistic observation—a Jane Goodall among the chimps moment—that reveals a generational transition. "Technology codes our minds," he writes in the video's description. "Magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives"—that is, for people who have been interacting with digital technologies from a very early age. Perhaps his daughter really did expect the paper magazines to respond the same way an iPad would. Or maybe she had no expectations at all—maybe she just wanted to touch the magazines. Babies touch everything . Young children who have never seen a tablet like the iPad or an e-reader like the Kindle will still reach out and run their fingers across the pages of a paper book; they will jab at an illustration they like; heck, they will even taste the corner of a book. Today's so-called digital natives still interact with a mix of paper magazines and books, as well as tablets, smartphones and e-readers; using one kind of technology does not preclude them from understanding another. Nevertheless, the video brings into focus an important question: How exactly does the technology we use to read change the way we read? How reading on screens differs from reading on paper is relevant not just to the youngest among us , but to just about everyone who reads—to anyone who routinely switches between working long hours in front of a computer at the office and leisurely reading paper magazines and books at home; to people who have embraced e-readers for their convenience and portability, but admit that for some reason they still prefer reading on paper; and to those who have already vowed to forgo tree pulp entirely. As digital texts and technologies become more prevalent, we gain new and more mobile ways of reading—but are we still reading as attentively and thoroughly? How do our brains respond differently to onscreen text than to words on paper? Should we be worried about dividing our attention between pixels and ink or is the validity of such concerns paper-thin? Since at least the 1980s researchers in many different fields—including psychology, computer engineering, and library and information science—have investigated such questions in more than one hundred published studies. The matter is by no means settled. Before 1992 most studies concluded that people read slower, less accurately and less comprehensively on screens than on paper. Studies published since the early 1990s , however, have produced more inconsistent results: a slight majority has confirmed earlier conclusions, but almost as many have found few significant differences in reading speed or comprehension between paper and screens. And recent surveys suggest that although most people still prefer paper—especially when reading intensively—attitudes are changing as tablets and e-reading technology improve and reading digital books for facts and fun becomes more common. In the U.S., e-books currently make up between 15 and 20 percent of all trade book sales. Even so, evidence from laboratory experiments , polls and consumer reports indicates that modern screens and e-readers fail to adequately recreate certain tactile experiences of reading on paper that many people miss and, more importantly, prevent people from navigating long texts in an intuitive and satisfying way. In turn, such navigational difficulties may subtly inhibit reading comprehension. Compared with paper, screens may also drain more of our mental resources while we are reading and make it a little harder to remember what we read when we are done. A parallel line of research focuses on people's attitudes toward different kinds of media. Whether they realize it or not, many people approach computers and tablets with a state of mind less conducive to learning than the one they bring to paper.

"There is physicality in reading," says developmental psychologist and cognitive scientist Maryanne Wolf of Tufts University, "maybe even more than we want to think about as we lurch into digital reading—as we move forward perhaps with too little reflection. I would like to preserve the absolute best of older forms, but know when to use the new." Navigating textual landscapes Understanding how reading on paper is different from reading on screens requires some explanation of how the brain interprets written language. We often think of reading as a cerebral activity concerned with the abstract—with thoughts and ideas, tone and themes, metaphors and motifs. As far as our brains are concerned, however, text is a tangible part of the physical world we inhabit. In fact, the brain essentially regards letters as physical objects because it does not really have another way of understanding them. As Wolf explains in her book Proust and the Squid , we are not born with brain circuits dedicated to reading. After all, we did not invent writing until relatively recently in our evolutionary history, around the fourth millennium B.C. So the human brain improvises a brand-new circuit for reading by weaving together various regions of neural tissue devoted to other abilities, such as spoken language, motor coordination and vision. Some of these repurposed brain regions are specialized for object recognition —they are networks of neurons that help us instantly distinguish an apple from an orange, for example, yet classify both as fruit. Just as we learn that certain features—roundness, a twiggy stem, smooth skin—characterize an apple, we learn to recognize each letter by its particular arrangement of lines, curves and hollow spaces. Some of the earliest forms of writing, such as Sumerian cuneiform , began as characters shaped like the objects they represented —a person's head, an ear of barley, a fish. Some researchers see traces of these origins in modern alphabets: C as crescent moon, S as snake. Especially intricate characters—such as Chinese hanzi and Japanese kanji —activate motor regions in the brain involved in forming those characters on paper: The brain literally goes through the motions of writing when reading, even if the hands are empty. Researchers recently discovered that the same thing happens in a milder way when some people read cursive. Beyond treating individual letters as physical objects, the human brain may also perceive a text in its entirety as a kind of physical landscape. When we read, we construct a mental representation of the text in which meaning is anchored to structure. The exact nature of such representations remains unclear, but they are likely similar to the mental maps we create of terrain—such as mountains and trails—and of man-made physical spaces, such as apartments and offices. Both anecdotally and in published studies , people report that when trying to locate a particular piece of written information they often remember where in the text it appeared. We might recall that we passed the red farmhouse near the start of the trail before we started climbing uphill through the forest; in a similar way, we remember that we read about Mr. Darcy rebuffing Elizabeth Bennett on the bottom of the left-hand page in one of the earlier chapters. In most cases, paper books have more obvious topography than onscreen text. An open paperback presents a reader with two clearly defined domains—the left and right pages—and a total of eight corners with which to orient oneself. A reader can focus on a single page of a paper book without losing sight of the whole text: one can see where the book begins and ends and where one page is in relation to those borders. One can even feel the thickness of the pages read in one hand and pages to be read in the other. Turning the pages of a paper book is like leaving one footprint after another on the trail—there's a rhythm to it and a visible record of how far one has traveled. All these features not only make text in a paper book easily navigable, they also make it easier to form a coherent mental map of the text. In contrast, most screens, e-readers, smartphones and tablets interfere with intuitive navigation of a text and inhibit people from mapping the journey in their minds. A reader of digital text might scroll through a seamless stream of words, tap forward one page at a time or use the search function to immediately locate a particular phrase—but it is difficult to see any one passage in the context of the entire text. As an analogy, imagine if Google Maps allowed people to navigate street by individual street, as well as to teleport to any specific address, but prevented them from zooming out to see a neighborhood, state or country. Although e-readers like the Kindle and tablets like the iPad re-create pagination—sometimes complete with page numbers, headers and illustrations—the screen only displays a single virtual page: it is there and then it is gone. Instead of hiking the trail yourself, the trees, rocks and moss move past you in flashes with no trace of what came before and no way to see what lies ahead. "The implicit feel of where you are in a physical book turns out to be more important than we realized," says Abigail Sellen of Microsoft Research Cambridge in England and co-author of The Myth of the Paperless Office . "Only when you get an e-book do you start to miss it. I don't think e-book manufacturers have thought enough about how you might visualize where you are in a book." At least a few studies suggest that by limiting the way people navigate texts, screens impair comprehension. In a study published in January 2013 Anne Mangen of the University of Stavanger in Norway and her colleagues asked 72 10th-grade students of similar reading ability to study one narrative and one expository text, each about 1,500 words in length. Half the students read the texts on paper and half read them in pdf files on computers with 15-inch liquid-crystal display (LCD) monitors. Afterward, students completed reading-comprehension tests consisting of multiple-choice and short-answer questions, during which they had access to the texts. Students who read the texts on computers performed a little worse than students who read on paper. Based on observations during the study, Mangen thinks that students reading pdf files had a more difficult time finding particular information when referencing the texts. Volunteers on computers could only scroll or click through the pdfs one section at a time, whereas students reading on paper could hold the text in its entirety in their hands and quickly switch between different pages. Because of their easy navigability, paper books and documents may be better suited to absorption in a text. "The ease with which you can find out the beginning, end and everything inbetween and the constant connection to your path, your progress in the text, might be some way of making it less taxing cognitively, so you have more free capacity for comprehension," Mangen says. Supporting this research, surveys indicate that screens and e-readers interfere with two other important aspects of navigating texts: serendipity and a sense of control. People report that they enjoy flipping to a previous section of a paper book when a sentence surfaces a memory of something they read earlier, for example, or quickly scanning ahead on a whim. People also like to have as much control over a text as possible—to highlight with chemical ink, easily write notes to themselves in the margins as well as deform the paper however they choose. Because of these preferences—and because getting away from multipurpose screens improves concentration—people consistently say that when they really want to dive into a text, they read it on paper. In a 2011 survey of graduate students at National Taiwan University, the majority reported browsing a few paragraphs online before printing out the whole text for more in-depth reading. A 2008 survey of millennials (people born between 1980 and the early 2000s) at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island concluded that, "when it comes to reading a book, even they prefer good, old-fashioned print". And in a 2003 study conducted at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, nearly 80 percent of 687 surveyed students preferred to read text on paper as opposed to on a screen in order to "understand it with clarity". Surveys and consumer reports also suggest that the sensory experiences typically associated with reading—especially tactile experiences—matter to people more than one might assume. Text on a computer, an e-reader and—somewhat ironically—on any touch-screen device is far more intangible than text on paper. Whereas a paper book is made from pages of printed letters fixed in a particular arrangement, the text that appears on a screen is not part of the device's hardware—it is an ephemeral image. When reading a paper book, one can feel the paper and ink and smooth or fold a page with one's fingers; the pages make a distinctive sound when turned; and underlining or highlighting a sentence with ink permanently alters the paper's chemistry. So far, digital texts have not satisfyingly replicated this kind of tactility (although some companies are innovating, at least with keyboards ). Paper books also have an immediately discernible size, shape and weight. We might refer to a hardcover edition of War and Peace as a hefty tome or a paperback Heart of Darkness as a slim volume. In contrast, although a digital text has a length—which is sometimes represented with a scroll or progress bar—it has no obvious shape or thickness. An e-reader always weighs the same, regardless of whether you are reading Proust's magnum opus or one of Hemingway's short stories. Some researchers have found that these discrepancies create enough " haptic dissonance " to dissuade some people from using e-readers. People expect books to look, feel and even smell a certain way; when they do not, reading sometimes becomes less enjoyable or even unpleasant. For others, the convenience of a slim portable e-reader outweighs any attachment they might have to the feel of paper books. Exhaustive reading Although many old and recent studies conclude that people understand what they read on paper more thoroughly than what they read on screens, the differences are often small. Some experiments, however, suggest that researchers should look not just at immediate reading comprehension, but also at long-term memory. In a 2003 study Kate Garland of the University of Leicester and her colleagues asked 50 British college students to read study material from an introductory economics course either on a computer monitor or in a spiral-bound booklet. After 20 minutes of reading Garland and her colleagues quizzed the students with multiple-choice questions. Students scored equally well regardless of the medium, but differed in how they remembered the information. Psychologists distinguish between remembering something—which is to recall a piece of information along with contextual details, such as where, when and how one learned it—and knowing something, which is feeling that something is true without remembering how one learned the information. Generally, remembering is a weaker form of memory that is likely to fade unless it is converted into more stable, long-term memory that is "known" from then on. When taking the quiz, volunteers who had read study material on a monitor relied much more on remembering than on knowing, whereas students who read on paper depended equally on remembering and knowing. Garland and her colleagues think that students who read on paper learned the study material more thoroughly more quickly; they did not have to spend a lot of time searching their minds for information from the text, trying to trigger the right memory—they often just knew the answers. Other researchers have suggested that people comprehend less when they read on a screen because screen-based reading is more physically and mentally taxing than reading on paper. E-ink is easy on the eyes because it reflects ambient light just like a paper book, but computer screens, smartphones and tablets like the iPad shine light directly into people's faces. Depending on the model of the device, glare, pixilation and flickers can also tire the eyes. LCDs are certainly gentler on eyes than their predecessor, cathode-ray tubes (CRT), but prolonged reading on glossy self-illuminated screens can cause eyestrain, headaches and blurred vision. Such symptoms are so common among people who read on screens—affecting around 70 percent of people who work long hours in front of computers—that the American Optometric Association officially recognizes computer vision syndrome . Erik Wästlund of Karlstad University in Sweden has conducted some particularly rigorous research on whether paper or screens demand more physical and cognitive resources. In one of his experiments 72 volunteers completed the Higher Education Entrance Examination READ test—a 30-minute, Swedish-language reading-comprehension exam consisting of multiple-choice questions about five texts averaging 1,000 words each. People who took the test on a computer scored lower and reported higher levels of stress and tiredness than people who completed it on paper. In another set of experiments 82 volunteers completed the READ test on computers, either as a paginated document or as a continuous piece of text. Afterward researchers assessed the students' attention and working memory, which is a collection of mental talents that allow people to temporarily store and manipulate information in their minds. Volunteers had to quickly close a series of pop-up windows, for example, sort virtual cards or remember digits that flashed on a screen. Like many cognitive abilities, working memory is a finite resource that diminishes with exertion. Although people in both groups performed equally well on the READ test, those who had to scroll through the continuous text did not do as well on the attention and working-memory tests. Wästlund thinks that scrolling—which requires a reader to consciously focus on both the text and how they are moving it—drains more mental resources than turning or clicking a page, which are simpler and more automatic gestures. A 2004 study conducted at the University of Central Florida reached similar conclusions. Attitude adjustments An emerging collection of studies emphasizes that in addition to screens possibly taxing people's attention more than paper, people do not always bring as much mental effort to screens in the first place. Subconsciously, many people may think of reading on a computer or tablet as a less serious affair than reading on paper. Based on a detailed 2005 survey of 113 people in northern California, Ziming Liu of San Jose State University concluded that people reading on screens take a lot of shortcuts—they spend more time browsing, scanning and hunting for keywords compared with people reading on paper, and are more likely to read a document once, and only once. When reading on screens, people seem less inclined to engage in what psychologists call metacognitive learning regulation—strategies such as setting specific goals, rereading difficult sections and checking how much one has understood along the way. In a 2011 experiment at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, college students took multiple-choice exams about expository texts either on computers or on paper. Researchers limited half the volunteers to a meager seven minutes of study time; the other half could review the text for as long as they liked. When under pressure to read quickly, students using computers and paper performed equally well. When managing their own study time, however, volunteers using paper scored about 10 percentage points higher. Presumably, students using paper approached the exam with a more studious frame of mind than their screen-reading peers, and more effectively directed their attention and working memory. Perhaps, then, any discrepancies in reading comprehension between paper and screens will shrink as people's attitudes continue to change. The star of "A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work" is three-and-a-half years old today and no longer interacts with paper magazines as though they were touchscreens, her father says. Perhaps she and her peers will grow up without the subtle bias against screens that seems to lurk in the minds of older generations. In current research for Microsoft, Sellen has learned that many people do not feel much ownership of e-books because of their impermanence and intangibility: "They think of using an e-book, not owning an e-book," she says. Participants in her studies say that when they really like an electronic book, they go out and get the paper version. This reminds Sellen of people's early opinions of digital music, which she has also studied. Despite initial resistance, people love curating, organizing and sharing digital music today. Attitudes toward e-books may transition in a similar way, especially if e-readers and tablets allow more sharing and social interaction than they currently do. Books on the Kindle can only be loaned once , for example. To date, many engineers, designers and user-interface experts have worked hard to make reading on an e-reader or tablet as close to reading on paper as possible. E-ink resembles chemical ink and the simple layout of the Kindle's screen looks like a page in a paperback. Likewise, Apple's iBooks attempts to simulate the overall aesthetic of paper books, including somewhat realistic page-turning. Jaejeung Kim of KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence in South Korea and his colleagues have designed an innovative and unreleased interface that makes iBooks seem primitive. When using their interface, one can see the many individual pages one has read on the left side of the tablet and all the unread pages on the right side, as if holding a paperback in one's hands. A reader can also flip bundles of pages at a time with a flick of a finger. But why, one could ask, are we working so hard to make reading with new technologies like tablets and e-readers so similar to the experience of reading on the very ancient technology that is paper? Why not keep paper and evolve screen-based reading into something else entirely? Screens obviously offer readers experiences that paper cannot. Scrolling may not be the ideal way to navigate a text as long and dense as Moby Dick , but the New York Times , Washington Post , ESPN and other media outlets have created beautiful, highly visual articles that depend entirely on scrolling and could not appear in print in the same way. Some Web comics and infographics turn scrolling into a strength rather than a weakness. Similarly, Robin Sloan has pioneered the tap essay for mobile devices. The immensely popular interactive Scale of the Universe tool could not have been made on paper in any practical way. New e-publishing companies like Atavist offer tablet readers long-form journalism with embedded interactive graphics, maps, timelines, animations and sound tracks. And some writers are pairing up with computer programmers to produce ever more sophisticated interactive fiction and nonfiction in which one's choices determine what one reads, hears and sees next. When it comes to intensively reading long pieces of plain text, paper and ink may still have the advantage. But text is not the only way to read.

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Books vs. e-books: The science behind the best way to read

By Amy Kraft

December 14, 2015 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News

While browsing the bookstore to buy a gift for that special someone (or yourself), you may be faced with a tough decision: e-books or the old-fashioned kind? Each one has its pros and cons, and choosing the best option depends on a number of factors.

Some of the practical advantages of going digital are obvious: A portable little e-reader can carry an entire library wherever you go, which is great for travelers or those who always want a choice of reading material.

On the other hand, research has been stacking up to show that reading on paper has a number of benefits, too. Plus, there's the nostalgia factor .

"First and foremost, consider the person and their lifelong preferences," Dr. Matthew H. Schneps, director of the Laboratory for Visual Learning, a collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Boston and MIT, told CBS News in an email. "Some people absolutely love the look, smell, and feel of the classical book held in the hand, and such people may not want to give up the sensory experience of reading from a paper book. If the recipient of your gift is someone who is adventurous when it comes to gadgets, but otherwise doesn't read much using traditional books, giving the gift of an e-reader can be a life-changing experience for them."

Here's a look at some of the science to consider before you spring for a Kindle, a Nook or a stack of new hardcovers.

Young, reluctant readers prefer e-readers

A 2014 study published in the journal Library & Information Science Research found that out of 143 10th grade students, most preferred e-readers . Boys and those who did not care much for reading also shared a strong preference for e-readers.

"An e-reader has more in common with the electronic devices that young people use all the time, like smartphones or iPads, than a paper book, when it comes to turning of pages, the possibilities of adjusting font size, etc.," lead author of the study, Åse Kristine Tveit, told CBS News in an email.

Reading on paper may boost retention

Several small studies suggest that reading on paper instead of an electronic screen is better for memory retention and focus. The Guardian reported on an experiment from Norway where people were given a short story to read either on a Kindle or in a paperback book; when they were quizzed later, those who read the paperback were more likely to remember plot points in the right order.

"When you read on paper you can sense with your fingers a pile of pages on the left growing, and shrinking on the right," the lead researcher, Anne Mangen, of Norway's Stavanger University, told the Guardian. "You have the tactile sense of progress ... Perhaps this somehow aids the reader, providing more fixity and solidity to the reader's sense of unfolding and progress of the text, and hence the story."

Paper suits readers with sleep problems and eye strain

High levels of screen luminance from an electronic device can contribute to visual fatigue, a condition marked by tired, itching, burning eyes.

There are also potential considerations for those reading e-books on light-emitting e-readers at night (although a number of e-readers do not use light-emitting screens), Dr. Margaret K. Merga, a reading and education specialist in Australia, told CBS News in an email. "Artificial light exposure from light-emitting e-readers may interfere with users' ability to sleep , ultimately leading to adverse impacts on health."

A 2014 study published in the journal PNAS found that reading an e-book before bedtime decreased the production of melatonin, a hormone that preps the body for sleep. E-books also impaired alertness the following day.

E-books help the visually impaired

Individuals with poor eyesight or reading disorders like dyslexia can benefit more from e-books because they provide a range of options for changing the text size and spacing of lines. A 2013 study in the journal PLOS One observed reading comprehension and speed in 103 high school students with dyslexia. The study found that people with dyslexia read more effectively, and with greater ease, when using the e-reader compared with reading on paper.

Schneps, who was the lead author on the paper, said, "What made the difference was the ability of the device to display lines of text that were extremely short (about two or three words per line), as well as its ability to space out the text. When these people read using the modified formatting, their reading instantly improved."

His team has a website where people can preview the effects of some of these features before making a purchase. Try out the interactive tips at readeasy.labvislearn.org .

A fondness for books

Many book-lovers still prefer the traditional option and value the tactile sensation of a bound paper book. "Paper books are, as a rule, very well designed, they look and smell good, and they carry with them a more human touch," Tveit said.

In Merga's experience with students in Australia, avid readers also tend to prefer reading on paper. While conducting the West Australian Study in Adolescent Book Reading (WASABR), Merga and colleagues found that students preferred reading paper books. "One student described this attitude as a preference to 'own something (rather) than just use it,'" Merga said.

DIY Paper Book Cover

Published: Jan 29, 2021 by Heidi Fowler . This post may contain affiliate links 36 Comments

With back-to-school just around the corner, I'm refurbishing one of my very first posts. I'm putting on my Frugal Mommy hat and showing you how to save some cash on school supplies. Are you ready to make a DIY Paper Book Cover ? (They are so much better than those crazy $4 book socks!)

Save money on school supplies with a DIY Paper Book Cover {Plus, they're much cuter than store bought!} OneCreativeMommy.com #backtoschool

My kids are required to put book covers on their school books, but I just can't bring myself to buy a $4 book sock! And--have you actually tried to handle a book covered with a book sock? It makes the book slippery and difficult to hold. Back when I was a teenager, we made our own covers. All we needed was a paper grocery sack and a little bit of tape. Anyone else remember making those?

So, if you're ready to get a little creative and have a little fun, I'll show you how to upcycle butcher paper, a paper bag, wrapping paper, or any paper into a unique book cover with my easy tutorial.

Paper Book Cover Tutorial

Materials needed for DIY Paper Book Cover

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A textbook (I bet you figured that out on your own!)
1 large paper grocery sack or butcher paper (I'll show you both ideas. My butcher paper came from a roll of drawing paper the kids use for coloring). You could easily do this with any paper. Tape together coloring book pages or drawings made by the kids until you have a large enough piece to cover the book.
Scissors and packing tape
Markers, paint, crayons, or colored pencils for decorating (permanent markers work well). Stickers would be fun, too!
Packing tape (optional)

Using any materials you would like, decorate your butcher paper. (You could even use wallpaper or wrapping paper so that you don't have to create your own design.) I created this one by drawing the design I've been doodling since I was in junior high! It looks kind of like wrapping paper, don't you think? Nope. It's just white butcher paper and markers.
Wrap the paper around the outside of the book, folding the edges inside the book.
(Third image is a close-up of step 2.)
Make sure your overlap is fairly even on both sides.

Fold the corners in like you are wrapping a gift.
Slit the bottom and top so that you can remove the overlap on the book spine.
Fold in the sides and tape them down.
Optional* Slide an extra piece of paper under the book cover.
Fold the edges of the book cover in to make the edges look more finished.
Not pictured (because the tape reflects funny off of the camera lens). Cover the entire piece of butcher paper with packing tape to create a protective, durable finish. *This step is optional. You can leave off the tape. The cover just won't last as long.

Because the colors show up better, I prefer the butcher paper book cover. Paper bag covers are completely free, however, and a little more durable. If you're not worried about color, I'd go for the paper bag.

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Paper Bag Book Cover Tutorial

This cover is created almost the same way as the other design.

Start by slitting open a large paper bag and removing the bottom of the bag.
Flip the bag to the plain side and draw your design. (Or skip the design and just doodle all over it during class. That's what I used to do! I'm sure all you teachers out there love that suggestion, right? Sorry!)
Continue on with the same directions as above.

My original book cover was made from a recycled paper bag. It worked great, but Bear and I decided to make a new one because the vibrant colors she wanted didn't show up well on the brown bag.

When I did this the first time, I forgot to decorate the bag first. I saved that step for last. (It works much easier to do the design first.)
You may notice that the inside of this book cover looks a little different. I put the extra paper over the folded edges instead of under (Step 6 in the picture).

So, what do you think? Will you give it a try? I'm a little biased, but I think the make-your-own book covers are so much more fun than the ones at the store! Have fun!

*This idea was originally posted in September of 212, but has been updated with new photos and ideas.

I'm so glad you stopped in today. Stick around and check out some of my other ideas. Have a great day! (Images below are linked.)

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Jessi @ Practically Functional

September 12, 2012 at 1:39 pm

I did the paper bag version for all my books back in high school! Loved it cuz you can draw all over them. :-) Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

August 07, 2014 at 11:08 am

I used to draw all over mine, too, Jessi! That was half the fun! Thanks for popping by!

September 14, 2012 at 6:16 am

the cover looks beautiful!

September 17, 2012 at 2:10 am

Perfect timing for back to school! Thanks for sharing this at Keep Calm and Link Up this week! Can't wait to see what you link up next Friday!

Barbara at Chase the Star chasethestar dot net

Katherines Corner

September 17, 2012 at 6:56 am

Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop. Your participation helps make it a success.I'm sorry I am slow to visit I am fighting a nasty head cold and my time on the computer has been limited.Wishing you a beautiful day .xo

Debbie Thompson

September 17, 2012 at 8:32 am

I really like the one covered with wrapping paper. You could also do that for ugly books that might not make it to the coffee table otherwise. Great idea! Debbie

Heidi Fowler

September 18, 2012 at 11:57 am

Thanks! That's actually not wrapping paper. It's a drawing. Cool to know that it looks like real wrapping paper!

August 01, 2014 at 3:47 pm

I thought it was wrapping paper too!! What a beautiful design!!

August 02, 2014 at 9:31 am

Thanks! I've been drawing that same doodle since I was a kid!

Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes

September 17, 2012 at 9:50 am

I used to cover mine with the brown paper so I could draw all over it! Pretty paper would be so nice too! Thank you so much for sharing this at All my Bloggy Friends last week. I can't wait to see what you share tomorrow! :)

Bobi Jensen

September 17, 2012 at 11:52 am

Looks good!

I'm hosting my first linky party - would love for you to join in:

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Thanks, Bobi

K @ Claiming Our Space

September 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm

I remember making these for my books way back in high school. Ah, the memories. :-D Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday. Hope to see you tomorrow.

Nichi - The Mandatory Mooch

September 18, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Great tutorial. Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays on The Mandatory Mooch. I hope you link up again this week. The party will be live tomorrow night. http://www.mandatorymooch.blogspot.com

And don't forget to "like" my Facebook page if you haven't already. http://www.facebook.com/TheMandatoryMooch

Thanks, Nichi

September 20, 2012 at 2:27 pm

What a great tutorial!! I remember always making mine from paper bags as a child or the school would get free ones from local businesses. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

partycraftsecrets

September 21, 2012 at 12:07 am

So cool - great choice in covers too! Linda x

September 24, 2012 at 10:53 am

We used to make these when I was a kid! Haven't seen them in so long. They work great and those ones at the store are not worth the price. Thanks for sharing at Gettin' Krafty this week!

September 28, 2012 at 4:30 pm

Lovely! My daughter had to make her own at school this year. I love that it gave students a chance to be creative, and save money :)

Barb @ A Life in Balance

August 02, 2014 at 3:23 am

Love this! I still remember covering our books with paper grocery bags and then doodling all over them.

I used to do the exact same thing, Barb! I remember even wanting to save a few at the end of the year. Memories!

August 04, 2014 at 8:55 pm

Great tip here!

Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

August 07, 2014 at 11:09 am

Thanks for hosting, Jess. I always love your parties!

Carie Spence

August 07, 2014 at 7:34 am

I remember doing this and vowed to have my kids do the same. Can't stand the book socks either. Love your pattern btw! Thank you for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest board.

August 14, 2014 at 10:17 am

Thanks so much, Carie! My kids insisted on book socks last year, but we are back to paper this year. The socks are so slippery! Thanks for the pin.

August 09, 2014 at 12:08 am

You did such a great job with these book covers! Again, thanks for coming and linking up at The Weekend Social. All posts get pinned in our pinterest board! Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST on culinaryflavors.gr ! I hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, Katerina. I always love your party!

Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above

August 12, 2014 at 10:23 am

Thank you so much for sharing with Adorned From Above's Link Party Debi @ Adorned From Above

August 14, 2014 at 10:18 am

You're welcome, Debi and Charly! Thanks for popping by to leave a comment!

Glenna @ My Paper Craze

August 12, 2014 at 7:30 pm

This is a great idea! I love how you decorated your covers. I do remember having to cover our books with paper bags as a kid. Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark Link Party. Glenna @ My Paper Craze

Thanks, Glenna. We're getting ready to do a new batch this weekend!

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Ebooks or Paper Books: Your Best Arguments

With the advance of phones, tablets, and ereaders, ebooks have become a popular reading standard. Still, there's something about the feel of an old-fashioned paper book. We asked you which one is better and why, and here are some of the best arguments we heard.

There were a lot of great responses so let's see where you landed.

Ebooks are More Accessible

Ebooks can be read practically anywhere on anything, and MyklFuman points out how easy it is to have your library at hand for whenever there's some waiting to do:

I have a large screen phone (Galaxy S3) so I then always have my books with me. Waiting for the take away to be ready, I read a few pages. Waiting pretty much anywhere, I read. I have been doing so since the Palm Pilot Treo came out... Nice thing with Google books is I can read at my desk on the big monitor then pick up right where I left off on my cell, and visa versa.

CessTHEBest explains how location makes it hard to get certain books, so ebooks are by far the most accessible choice:

I LOVE paper books. But, living in Latin America, e-books have saved my life. The bookstores here have a very small English language selection, and I am just too lazy to read in Spanish. So, E-books have meant no postage, no heavy suitcases full of books, no waiting 4-5 weeks for books from amazon, or lost books.

And some had been dreaming of the accessibility that ebooks finally brought. TheLaughinKipper is one of them:

Ever since the eighties I had been dreaming of replacing those bulky, unwieldly stacks of paper with a thin, light slate that could contain all my library. It has rekindled (pun not intended) my passion for reading like you wouldn't believe.

dr_bombay agrees, and also cites the perks that come along with a lot of ebooks:

i can carry an entire library in my pocket; i can adjust type size, contrast, and color to my liking; i can look up unfamiliar words instantly with the built-in dictionary...

Different Situations Call for Different Things

Our own Whitson Gordon says ebooks all the way, but still makes a solid case for times when a paper book is ideal:

I'm an ebook guy through and through, but my fiancee has a pretty good argument for buying physical books—at least sometimes.

If you're going to the pool or the beach and want to bring a book, it's a lot easier to bring a physical book, since you can leave it alone (to go swimming or whatever) without worrying about it getting stolen. Can't do that with a $100 Kindle. You can also leave it in your car, in your backpack at school, etc.

Paper books are also necessary for certain things. TheRevanchrist mentions one particular situation—going to a book signing—and CaptainJack agrees:

You do have a point about the signed copy. My Wife and many of her author friends have had to resort to signing prints of covers for ebook fans. There really isn't a good way to deal with that without print copies being easily available.

Some of you were die hard paper book readers, but got nudged the other way because of your situation. Wittyname talks about how traveling changed everything:

I bought my Kindle saying that, at worst, I would just use it for flying home for Christmas when I didn't want to carry a bunch of books around but needed more than one to read for the flight and my time at home. But from there I've moved to almost exclusively reading on the Kindle.

It Depends on What You're Reading

Many of you buy certain types of ebooks, but still think paper is the way go for a lot of books. Our own Melanie Pinola has a couple of items on her list that help her determine which to buy:

For me, it depends on the book—how visual it is (graphic novels I like in paper format), whether I'm more likely to race through it (a good novel) or linger and bounce around (poetry), how big it is (I wish the gigantic Robert Moses book was in eBook form), and how well the text was translated to Kindle (I heard bad things about the Game of Thrones digital versions, so went with paper for that).

Sometimes you might not feel like sharing what you're reading with everyone around you. chancyrendezvous points out that ebooks can help prevent embarrassment or strange looks:

No one knows what I'm reading! I'm the Mikey of books, so when someone says, "Hey, CR, read this dinosaur erotica and tell me if it's as awful as it seems it would be," (surprisingly not) or "Someone has to read 50 Cent's book series and it's not going to be me," (it shouldn't be you either, even if the title is Thong on Fire ), I can read in public and no one gives me judgy eyebrows.

And SuperWittySmitty likes classic paper books, but just doesn't want to haul around War & Peace:

I have a Nook and have enjoyed using it- right now I am working my way through War & Peace and it's certainly easier to grab the Nook than carrying around the big fat book.

Some Prefer the Feel and Utility of Paper Books

I personally think the weight and feel of a paper book is hard to beat most of the time, and Charis agrees:

I am still a total paper book lover. It's just satisfying curling up with a book, the smell of the pages, the heft of the book. And there is the classic "Three B test" - bath, bus, bed.

Plus, chitheatergirl points out that it's easy to immediately see how far you really are in a book:

I was Switzerland in this discussion, but the ebook I was reading told me I was 84% finished with the book when the book ended. The remaining 16% was excerpts from the author's other books, an author interview, and a discussion guide. Paper books are far superior when it comes to letting you know your place in a book, and that's why I prefer them.

Others Think People are Just Being Nostalgic

I may be one of those weirdos that likes the smell of a book, but not everyone thinks the same way. DanYHKim is someone who does not think the same way:

People who love paper books will sometimes wax poetic about the unique smell of books. For me, that is the smell of dust mites and silverfish droppings.

Not everyone thinks the "feel" of a book is anything to write home about, either. Michael Bond sees paper books as nothing but a disadvantage:

I don't really get this... nothing about the "feel" of the book is an advantage to me. I used to read some big books, and having to balance that weight so that I don't have to crane my neck was a pain.

The Right Tool for the Right Job

When you boil it all down, you need the right type of book for the right job it seems, but everyone can at least agree that reading is definitely a job that's right. A good majority of you think there's a time and place for both ebooks and paper books. KnightTim isn't up for battle, just reading, despite what his name might suggest:

I'm going to have to say YES. I love them both, my wife and I have several bookshelves in our house and I would not get rid of my books. But I also have and love my kindle paperwhite.

So I think at this point my vote would be 55% e-book and 45% physical book. (I guess I'm not very good at the war part of this post...)

At the end of the day, James T Wood draws a comparison that I'm sure most of us can get on board with:

I think of the physical vs. electronic book as a both-and proposition.

I have both DVDs and a Netflix subscription.

I have both CDs and a Google Music subscription.

I have both physical books and ebooks.

Whatever you prefer to read on, it seems there's no better choice. As long as you get to read, that's a win.

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How to Make a Paper Book Cover: A Step-by-Step Guide

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As book lovers, we know that the cover of a book is just as important as the content inside. A visually appealing book cover catches the reader’s attention and makes them more likely to pick up the book and read it. While there are plenty of ready-made book covers available in the market, creating your own book cover is a fun and straightforward process that can add a personal touch to your books.

In this article, we’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on how to make a paper book cover. It’s a simple process that anyone can follow with just a few materials, some creativity, and a bit of patience. The best part? You can customize the design to suit your tastes and preferences.

Materials Needed

Making a paper book cover is an easy and affordable way to customize the look of your favorite books

Before we get started, let’s gather the materials you’ll need. Here’s a list of things you’ll need to create your paper book cover:

A large sheet of wrapping paper, construction paper, or any other decorative paper of your choice
A book to cover
Double-sided tape or glue

Optional materials that you might find useful include stickers, labels, and markers to decorate your book cover. Once you have all the materials ready, let’s move on to the next step.

Measuring and Cutting the Paper

The first step in making a paper book cover is to measure the book’s size and cut the paper to fit it. You can use a ruler to measure the length, width, and thickness of the book. Add an extra inch to the length and width measurements to ensure that the cover fits well.

Place the book on the paper, with the front cover facing down. Leave about half an inch of paper on either side of the book. Fold the extra paper over the top and bottom edges of the book and crease the paper. Make sure the paper is snug against the cover, but not too tight.

Using a pair of scissors, cut the paper along the crease, leaving about half an inch of extra paper on the top and bottom edges. Repeat the process for the other side of the book. You should now have a rectangular piece of paper that’s slightly larger than the book.

Now that you have cut the paper to the right size, it’s time to move on to the next step: folding and wrapping the book cover.

Folding and Wrapping the Book Cover

The next step in making a paper book cover is to fold and wrap the book. Place the book in the center of the paper, with the spine facing up. Fold the top and bottom edges of the paper over the book and crease them at the spine.

Fold the paper at the top and bottom of the book again, this time creating flaps that will cover the book’s front and back covers. Use double-sided tape or glue to stick the flaps to the covers. Smooth the paper to ensure there are no wrinkles or bubbles.

Fold the sides of the paper over the book’s edges and crease them at the spine. Trim any excess paper if necessary. Use double-sided tape or glue to secure the paper to the book’s edges. Repeat the process for the other side of the book.

Congratulations, you have successfully folded and wrapped the paper around the book. However, you might want to personalize the book cover further by adding some decorations. In the next section, we’ll talk about how you can decorate your paper book cover.

Decorating the Book Cover

Now that you’ve made your paper book cover, it’s time to add some personal touches to make it unique. There are various ways to decorate your book cover, and it’s entirely up to you to choose the design that best suits your style. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Use stickers and labels

Decorative stickers and labels are an easy and affordable way to add some color and personality to your book cover. You can find stickers and labels in various shapes, sizes, and themes, such as flowers, animals, and quotes. Stick them on the book cover to create a fun and playful design.

Draw or paint your design

If you have some artistic skills, you can draw or paint your book cover design. You can use markers, watercolors, or acrylic paints to create a unique and colorful design that reflects your personality. You can also use stencils or tracing paper to create a more intricate design.

Use patterned paper

Patterned paper is an excellent choice for those who want a simple yet elegant book cover design. You can choose from a wide range of patterns, such as stripes, polka dots, and floral prints. Cut the patterned paper to the size of your book cover and wrap it around the book. You can also add some decorative elements like bows or ribbons.

Making a paper book cover is a fun and creative way to personalize your books. With just a few materials and some creativity, you can create a unique book cover design that reflects your personality and style. In this article, we have provided a step-by-step guide on how to make a paper book cover. We hope you found this article helpful and that you’re inspired to try making your book covers. Remember, the possibilities are endless when it comes to book cover designs, so let your creativity run wild!

Now that you have made your paper book cover, it’s time to get creative and add some personal touches to it. Here are some suggestions on how to decorate your book cover:

Draw or paint your design: You can use markers, pens, or paint to create your own design on the paper. Let your imagination run wild and create a unique cover that reflects your personality.

Add stickers and labels: You can add stickers or labels to your book cover to make it more interesting. You can use different types of stickers, such as letters, numbers, symbols, or images.

Use washi tape: Washi tape is a decorative adhesive tape that comes in a variety of patterns and colors. You can use it to create borders, frames, or other designs on your book cover.

Print your design: If you’re not confident in your drawing skills, you can create your design on a computer and print it out on the paper. This way, you can create a more intricate and detailed design.

Add personal photos: You can add personal photos to your book cover to make it more meaningful. You can use family photos, travel photos, or any other photos that have special meaning to you.

In conclusion, making a paper book cover is a fun and easy way to personalize your books and make them look more appealing. By following the steps outlined in this article, you can create a unique book cover that reflects your personality and style. Remember to gather all the materials you need, measure and cut the paper to fit the book, fold and wrap the paper around the book, and then decorate your cover to your liking.

We hope this guide has been helpful to you, and we encourage you to try making your own paper book cover. It’s a great way to unleash your creativity and make your books stand out on your bookshelf. Happy crafting!

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Covering a book with paper protects the hardcover from wear and tear. If you just don't like to use plastic wrap or fabric covers to cover your books, then a paper bag is a great alternative, and is also environmentally friendly. Using a brown paper bag also allows you to personalize the cover with your own designs and decorations. With just scissors, tape, and some creative folding, you can cover any book.

Preparing the Paper

Step 1 Choose a paper bag to cover your book with.

Covering the Book

Measure the folds. They should be at least 1.6 in (4 cm) in length. [3] X Research source
Try not to create new folds on top of preexisting folds in the paper. This will cause your book cover to tear more easily. [4] X Research source
Do not tape the paper cover to the actual cover of the book; the paper cover will move a little when the book opens, and you could damage the book cover. [6] X Research source

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“Information is the raison d’être for command and control, situational understanding, decision-making and nearly all action across the warfighting functions,” retired Lt. Col. Amos Fox writes. “Bold steps are required for the Army to maximize its potential in the information dimension. It must carefully examine how to reorganize its forces, rewrite its concepts and doctrines, and reimagine the battlefield.”

In “Information Advantage: Using Cyber Warfare and HMI to Seize the Initiative,” Fox argues that data and information should be “reimagined” for future battlefields. Fox is a fellow with Arizona State University’s Future Security Initiative. He also works as an independent defense and security studies analyst, hosts the “Revolution in Military Affairs” podcast and serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Military Studies.

Fox cites the Army’s definition of information advantage as “when a force holds the initiative in terms of situational understanding, decision-making and relevant actor behavior.”

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Incorporating information into warfighting also will transform “the close fight,” he writes.

“At a distance, military commanders have time and space to sift through information and move accordingly,’” Fox writes. “AI-driven systems in this space assist in collecting and analyzing battlefield data and in generating recommendations. The goal … is to create separation on the battlefield, providing room for better informed reaction rather than having to operate in close combat.”

Harnessing the power of information will allow the Army to outpace its adversaries in future conflicts, Fox writes.

“The information and the information dimension is no longer the status quo realm of information and information operations,” he writes. “By viewing information through the lens of data and tempo pathways, Army forces can proactively account for how to obtain information advantage and situational information dominance. Consequently, Army forces can eliminate a hostile force from the battlefield before it is capable or ready to put its own forces in the field.”

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Arthur Burns died tragically young following a long illness, which he faced with remarkable fortitude. As a result, for the communities he most profoundly affected, his death has in some ways overshadowed his life, and in particular his accomplishments and roles as a historian, academic innovator, and leader. He was a great friend, and I look back with real gratitude on the privilege of helping to co-convene the IHR’s Long Eighteenth-Century Seminar with him for thirty years. But in the desire to commemorate him as a person and a friend what should not be forgotten was the many ways his work has helped transform both his own field of Church history, and the wider project of writing and teaching history in the UK. He was a key figure in the evolution of the historical profession in the decades between the university crisis manufactured by Margaret Thatcher in the late 1980s and the current crisis of the humanities. Through three decades, Arthur navigated a rapidly changing landscape, robustly defending the profession against managerialism, and central government attempts to control academic history teaching; and in the same decades, he took with both hands the opportunities that new technology and institutional change made possible. Throughout, he was committed to outreach – to schools and a wider public, and the communities of practice that make the profession work.

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Miranda July All Fours

American literature, like its history, is full of great transnational crossings which, no matter the direction, head always towards a kind of freedom. That freedom has traditionally been a male thing: Thelma and Louise could finally experience it only by flying over that cliff. If Jack Kerouac’s On the Road typifies and names the genre, Miranda July’s quirkily funny and exuberantly sexy All Fours subverts it. Her protagonist also sets out on a grand journey and flies over a cliff of sorts – it’s called perimenopause – but she lands safely, if gloriously and dangerously transformed, on the other side.

The unnamed narrator, like July herself, is a minor celebrity in her mid 40s whose multiform work defies neat description. She is married to Harris, a record producer. They live in Los Angeles and have a young child, Sam, whom they refer to by the pronouns “they/them”. They’re that kind of family. Yet as two “modern, creative types”, accustomed to living “dreams of the future”, they have had to come to terms with the rude reality that “a baby exists only in the present”. For the narrator, having a child has also ripped apart the illusion of equality: “Without a child I could dance across the sexism of my era, whereas becoming a mother shoved my face right down into it.” Harris gets praised for every little act of parenthood. The narrator shoulders the greater burden of it and feels obscurely shamed. Her irritation at this, and his annoyance at her irritation, has helped to produce “that funny little abandoned feeling one gets a million times a day in a domestic setting”. Yet the marriage seems to be working, in the ways marriages do.

One day, the possibility of an adventure presents itself. She has to go to New York. Harris owes her childminding time. His remark that “in life there are Parkers and there are Drivers” prompts her to make the decision to forgo flying for once and finally become a Driver, in both the practical and metaphorical senses of the word. Harris and her friends all get involved in planning the cross-country trip and cheering her on. Finally, full of her own and others’ anticipation, she sets off – only to park herself in a motel less than an hour away, in Monrovia, where she secretly remains for the next three weeks while spinning road trip stories in her daily phone calls home. Why? “Who really knows why anyone does anything?”

It does seem, however obscurely at first, to have something to do with a young man named Davey who works at the local Hertz car rental company and wears his shirts oddly buttoned-up, who wants to be a dancer and turns out to be a fan. He also has a girlfriend to whom he is devoted, who, in another unexpected turn, helps the narrator redecorate the motel’s basic, borderline seedy room into luxe accommodation complete with curtains that bathe the room in a rich golden light. The room becomes a nest of erotic possibility and obsession, raw honesty and a kind of ecstatic grief as the narrator learns to ride the hormonal tides that will eventually dump her on the shores of menopause. The narrator may be “parked” in the motel, but she’s the driver on a grand sexual journey. There’s mind sex, body sex, almost-there sex and solitary sex – much of it deliciously perverse and all of it hot.

It is a batty, bawdy and brave premise for a novel, but July pulls it off. As fans of her films and other writing would expect, the writing is fresh and often funny. At one point the narrator catches herself yammering on like “a spewing electric popcorn popper with no bowl under it”; at another, she marvels at the “nonlinear” nature of lesbian sex as if she’s a seafarer who has finally found land.

If at times the self-consciously progressive middle-class breeziness of it all becomes a bit cloying, the narrator’s experience of ageing as a woman is still very affecting. Mid 40s, midlife is a time of reckoning – the narrator is thrown by the realisation that “Life didn’t just get better and better. You could actually miss out and that was that.” Oversharing this thought with her husband, however, proves not to be the best idea. Her fear of ageing is tangled with thoughts of death. According to family legend, both her grandmother and aunt committed suicide to avoid ageing’s indignities and her father spends a lot of mental time in what he calls “the deathfield’’. Sam nearly died at birth, a traumatic event to which the narrator often flashes back. She concludes that while you might not be able to “outpace oldness exactly”, you could at least try to “match its weirdness, its flagrant specificity, with one’s own”.

There’s a painting on the motel room’s wall. It’s murky and strange and at first she took it for an abstract, until she noticed an old woman outside some kind of cave, as if locked out. The painting goes under the bed in the renovation. But following her own renovation, she pulls it out to study again and thinks that perhaps the old woman is in fact guarding the cave. This is a novel about how vulnerability can produce strength and even joy. As July writes, “It’s hard to be knocked down when you’re on all fours.” Canongate, 336pp, $32.99

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