Scrolls	Wax tablet
Paper strip book	Folding books
Horn book

Most children's idea of what a book looks like is very traditional. They tend to say that it has a synopsis of the book on the back cover, illustrations, a title, an author, a front cover and many pages. This is wonderful book knowledge. However, this project is endeavouring to expand children's understanding and challenge their ideas about what a book is.

A horn book, a paper strip book and a wax tablet are not typical books as they do not have front and back covers or a title. However, they are a form of book as they have writing on them and their purpose is for people to read them. They do not conform to the traditional characteristics of a book, and consequently most children will say that they are not a book.

Discussing the concept of a book having many different forms will provide children with another facet to their literacy learning and will encourage children to think about the characteristics of a book and how writing is displayed.

Displaying the Written Word explores how writing is exhibited in many forms and encourages children to look at various unusual books and think about how they can display their own writing. It inspires book making and writing with a purpose across the curriculum and makes these activities relevant outside literacy work.

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