Layout pictures and storyline into pages, prepare a cover and title page, bind. The final activity is the sharing of books with the illustrators. Invite the younger students to the older students' classroom to sit with their partner and listen to all the stories. A reception party or picnic lunch afterwards is a nice way to finish. This is a large, very worthwhile project.
Younger students become more aware of books and stories, authors and illustrators.
Older students learn more about the writing process and how to make a book. The most important outcome, underlying each step of the process, is children working together, learning to understand varied personalities and differences and similarities, and cooperation. The older students are given insights into where they have come from through their education and life, so far. Teachers learn more about their students and their fellow teachers, which leads to better communication and working together for what is best for the students.