Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Children of all ages
Encinitas Branch Library
540 Cornish Drive
Encinitas, CA 92024
Call Library to RSVP
760-753-7376

Celebrate National Library Week with us and make your own book with a special pocket for your library card.  Design a cover with titles of your favorite books.  Maybe add ones that you would like to write yourself!  You will add ten pages that are waiting to be filled with your own writing.  Maybe it will be poetry, a list of places you want to visit, books you want to read, things you want to know or you may have your own idea.  This is your book and it will be fun project for all bookmakers to complete.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Kensington-Normal Heights Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
619-533-3974

This just might become your personal treasury of favorite go-to recipes. First you'll stitch the layers together using the special method of assembling two signatures. The paper selected is a heavier weight since this book is planned for lots of use. As the bookmaker, you have the option of including four pockets to store notes or other recipes on 3" x 5" cards. Start setting your favorite recipes aside so you can copy them into your journal ... and sketches are welcome!

Free Community Class
By Judith Christensen
Level: Adults
Balboa Library
4255 Mt Abernathy Ave
San Diego, CA 92117
Call the library to RSVP
(858) 573-1390
 

Free Community Class
By Judith Christensen
Level: Adults
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 921176
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

The pages start with a square, like most origami folds, and fold on the diagonal. Basically an accordion book, when the folded pages are glued together, “wings” emerge from the valley folds, and there are pockets that hold mementos, additional text or related images.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Children 8-12 years
University Community Library
4155 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA  92122
Call the library to RSVP
(858) 552-1655

First choose your own assortment of colors for the heart-shaped pages and then decide how they should be layered within the card stock cover.  You can draw and write a valentine message to make your Book of Hearts special for Valentine's Day.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Children
Mira Mesa Library
8405 New Salem Street
San Diego, CA  92126
Call the library to RSVP
(858) 538-8165

Open your heart to a new adventure as you make colorful rubbings to fill the pages of this magical book made from a single sheet of paper. Each page will expose  places where you can write your own thoughtful words or a quote that is provided. Your unique and artful book is likely to touch the heart of anyone who might like to see it. Children of all ages will enjoy making this simple but unusual book structure.

Free Community Class
By Judith Christensen
Level: Adults
Coronado Library
640 Orange Ave.
Coronado, CA 92118
Call library to RSVP
(619) 522-7390

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults & Teens
Bonita-Sunnyside Library
4375 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA 91902
Call the library to RSVP
619/475-4642     

Now is the time to mix delicious sherbet hues of mango and berry colored papers.  They are cut into sweet, heart shapes and assembled in a very special way into a book, of course! 

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Vista Library
700 Eucalyptus Ave.
Vista, CA 92084
Call the library to to RSVP
(760) 643-5100

Now is the time to mix delicious sherbet hues of mango and berry colored papers.  They are cut into sweet, heart shapes and assembled in a very special way into a book, of course! 

Now is the time to mix delicious sherbet hues of mango and berry colored papers.  They are cut into sweet, heart shapes and assembled in a very special way into a book, of course! 

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
North Park Library
3795 31st Street
San Diego, 92104
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3972

Make your own seven-section Star Book that is closed with a satin ribbon and magically fans open to create a dimensional star.  Your decorated pages have a heartfelt message.  The book can be tied open so it can be displayed on a table. 

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

This accordion book never closes and takes the shape of an ornament.  Simple elegance.

This little treasure of a book has jewels on the cover and is tied with a satin ribbon.  It's 1.5 inches square but opens to a 4-inch ornament.  The red and green pages fan open to reveal a special message and decorated pages in a traditional lotus-shape fold.  When fully opened, the cover can be tied to display the book on a table or to hang. This is typically a five-section book, but six is good for two colors.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

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San Diego has a subtle change of seasons, so we need to make the most of it. This Concertina book is a place for you to record some thoughts, drawings or add bits of ephemera from places you go.  Capture the changing colors of the leaves on the pages in class.  All materials are provided for this non-fee adult class.  Seating is limited, so be sure to make a reservation.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Elementary Grade Child with Adult
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

Celebrating Dia de Los Muertos is fun for all ages of bookmakers with this traditional structure of a Flip and Fold book. The ribbon ties around a hard cover. The participants color and draw pictures on the sheet responding to the Spanish and English words significant to the holiday.  This non-fee class is scheduled for school age children. Call the library to make a reservation.

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Adults
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974

Free Community Class
By Yvonne Perez-Collins
Level: Elementary Grade Child with Adult
Kensington Library
4121 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
Call the library to RSVP
(619) 533-3974