Make a Medieval Book
Good background on medieval books, includes templates  to download and a recipe for making ink.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1220_gothic/pdf/make_a_medieval_book.pdf

Making Books Blog
Susan Gaylord’s site is full of great ideas for making and displaying simple books also does a monthly newsletter by email. Good links to museum education sites on writing, history of books, great pop-ups & templates.

http://www.makingbooks.com/

Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart’s site is full of craft ideas including lots of ideas for book projects both simple and complex

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/kids-scrapbooking-ideas

Wearable Books – Tiny Texts. Make Book Earrings!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Book-Earrings\

Links to short videos
How to make a small, simple book form one sheet of paper

 

 

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1000304/make_a_book_16_pages_just_one_piece_of_paper_100_origami_w/

Youtube videos –  a wide range of instructional videos on making sample books
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaES5tk3M7M&feature=channel_page

Storysacks

How to make storysacks for younger readers
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/homemadebooks/a/061200a.htm

Commercial site
http://www.storysack.com/

Canadian Book Arts

Examples of  creative hand made books

http://www.cbbag.ca/Mosaic/mosaic_exhibit.html

Meet me at Mikes

 Australian blog with fresh take on making books – 25 ways to make books by hand

http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2009/09/25-ways-to-make-book-by-hand.html