Brooke Spann created a children's book for kindergarten and first grade students. She chose a theme, developed characters, and wrote a rough draft of the story. First grade students at Avery Elementary then illustrated the pages of the book. Brooke later scanned and printed copies for the students to keep, having completed her children's book project.

1. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date1/29/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
1/29/12 Choose an age group that I will want Note: Kindergarten/
5 minutes my book to relate to. 1st grade is a good
audience because they
are just being
introduced to school.
Commentary:
This is a good start to making my
product because I can narrow down
my list of themes and story outlines to
just those that are relatable to children
in kindergarten and 1st grade.

2. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date1/30/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
1/30/12 Talk to Sapere about age group choice I can read my book to
12:45-1:25 and consider his thoughts. Sapere’s daughter’s
first grade class at
Avery Elementary!
Commentary:

3. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date1/30/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
1/30/12 Brainstorm themes (life lessons). Find out if a separate
1:35-2:20 illustrator is allowed.
Commentary:

4. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/1/12
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
1:30-2:30 Looked at published children’s books Note: non-color
to help brainstorm themes. pictures are boring in a
children’s book!
Commentary:
The computer was slow and agitated,
so my research and documents weren’t
saved.

5. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/1/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/1/12 Email Mrs. Tillery about what Maybe Angi, Jenna, or
10 minutes illustrators are allowed. Lauren could do the
illustrations.
Commentary:
I would have to communicate with
Angi over skype, email, and phone, so
that might cause complications.

6. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/2/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/2/12 Pick a theme and brainstorm Use characters that
1:30-2:30 characters. kids adore and look
up to.
Commentary:
Theme picked:
“Everything is not always as it
appears.”

7. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/3/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/3/12 Explore Snapfish (the program that I Note: Use Mickey
1:50-2:20 might use to produce the final Mouse as a
product). character!...Snapfish is
more of a scrapbook-
making website rather
than an actual book-
making website, so
write the book in
Commentary: Microsoft Word and
A slow computer made it hard to work print it on fancy paper
Snapfish. since that is how
books are printed
before they are edited
and published
anyway.

8. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/4/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/4/12 Continue to brainstorm characters with Do NOT use
1:30-2:30 Sapere. copyrighted
characters; kids
generally like
animalistic characters
(make up some
characters)
Commentary:
Copyrighted characters cannot be used
since it is illegal to do so.

9. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/10/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/10/12 Talked to Jenna about being the Have final draft of the
1:30-2:30 illustrator, which she agreed to do. book done in plenty of
time for Jenna to work
on the illustrations
without being rushed.
Commentary:

10. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/15/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/15/12 Decided on characters and noted why I I chose a Zebra and a
1:30-2:30 chose the characters Cheetah as my
characters because
kids like animalistic
characters, and the
Zebra and the Cheetah
exemplify my theme
Commentary: since they are opposite
in appearance (stripes
vs. spots), roles in the
food chain (Cheetahs
are the huntees, and
Zebras are the hunted)

11. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/22/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/22/12 Brainstormed storylines (generic Compare it with Fox
1:30-2:30 outline of stories) that would represent and the Hound…two
my theme. animals who should
be enemies become
friends despite their
natural reputations
and appearances that
relied on what kind of
Commentary: animal they are.

12. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 2/27/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
2/27/12 Start writing the rough draft of the Limit to a few
1:30-2:20 book. sentences/short scene
per page
Commentary:

13. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/3/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/3/12 Continued writing the rough draft. Got stuck at the ninth
2:45-3:30 page a stared at the
screen with no ideas,
so I took a break to
come back later with a
more fresh mind and
Commentary: fresh ideas.

14. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/6/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/6/12 Talked to Jenna about the illustrations. Illustrator??
15 minutes Regretfully, she does not have enough
time and the confidence in her own
drawings for her illustrations to be in a
children’s book.
Commentary:

15. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/12/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/12/12 Continued writing the rough draft. Still need an
40 minutes illustrator.
Commentary:

16. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/15/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/15/12 Talked to Sapere about having the Wait for her to agree
12:50-1:30 children be the illustrators to get their to help before
perception. He emailed Mrs. Wallace contacting her myself.
ASAP.
Commentary:
Fortunately, Sapere’s daughter attends
Avery Elementary for first grade, so he
will try to arrange for me to read to her
class.

17. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/19/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/19/12 Discussed illustration plans with Email Mrs. Wallace,
20 minutes Sapere because Mrs. Wallace emailed set a date and time for
him back agreeing to help. me to come in and
read the book to the
class and have them
color the pages.
Commentary:

18. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 3/25/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
3/25/12 (back and Emailed Mrs. Wallace introducing her Leave enough time for
forth emailing from to my project and my idea for the kids me to be able to scan,
3/25-4/9) to illustrate my book. Suggested and copy, print, and bind a
8:00-9:15 agreed on a set time and date after few copies.
Spring Break.
Commentary:

19. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 4/9/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
4/3/12-4/9/12 Finished the rough draft, emailed it to The end of the book
2 hours, 45 minutes Mr. Sapere to edit, and fixed the rough seems abrupt because
draft to make the final draft. it was getting long,
but Sapere said it is
fine and kids will not
tell a difference.
Commentary:

20. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 4/10/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
4/10/12 Read my blank book to the class, then Unfortunately, I had
7:45-8:20 paired the kids up into groups of two to leave Avery very
and split up the pages between the soon in order for me
groups for them to color the pages. to get to school in
time, so I will pick the
illustrated pages up
on Friday during
C.A.R.E.S.
Commentary:

21. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 4/13/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
4/13/12 Read a published book to the same The kids derived the
7:45-8:55 class for C.A.R.E.S., picked up my exact theme that I was
illustrated pages, was asked to reread trying to get across to
my illustrated book aloud and did so. them (first girl to raise
her hand said the right
theme, and the
pictures very well
demonstrates each
scene).
Commentary:

22. Product Work Log
Name Brooke Spann Date 4/15/2012
Product Children’s Book
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
4/15/12 Scanned, copied, printed, and bound The children’s copies
10:30-1:00 the official copy as well as a copy for are not as official as
each child in Mrs. Wallace’s class to my copy because we
keep. ran out of some of the
supplies, but that sets
apart the official book
from the copies.
Commentary: