All the book boxes can be stored together in a bookshelf in the classroom and ideally, each box should contain a copy of the book it represents. Besides giving the creator of the box a means to express his or her feelings about the book, it might encourage other students to read the book. Book boxes are excellent reading or language arts projects for upper elementary children. The decoration should relate to the book in some way. For instance, one of my students read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and made the outside of the book box look like a miniature wardrobe.
Shoe boxes are an ideal size for a book box.
The contents of the book box should include materials and activities pertaining to the book. Ten questions about the book - five easy and five hard questions. The answers to the easy questions can be found directly in the text, the answers to the hard questions require putting at least two bits of information together To answer hard questions, a student has to use higher order thinking. An original game about the book - One of my students created a board game patterned after the voyage in The Slave Dancer. Book Boxes are stored in the classroom and used by students throughout the year.