Book Folding For Beginners: Step-by-Step Instructions & Patterns

by Holly DiBella-McCarthy

Expanded Edition. Learn how to fold books with illustrated step-by-step instructions. Designed for first time book folders this How-to book provides easy to follow directions complete with over 70 color illustrations, Hints for success, and 16 patterns specifically designed for beginners. If you have a gently read hardcover book in good condition, a ruler and a pencil you can learn this craft and create a folded book in 2-4 hours. Folded books look amazing on a bookshelf or mantle and make beautiful one-of-a-kind gifts. Directions include details Getting Ready, Calculating Your Starting Page, Marking Pages, Folding Pages, and Finishing Tips. Detailed Photos are provided every step of the way. Most Patterns use the Measure, Mark, & Fold technique with no cutting or gluing required. Patterns Heart, Cross, Paw, Starfish, Star, Music Note, Bumble Bee, Panting Dog, Bird, Pig, Bunny, Butterfly, Flower Vase, Holiday Free Standing Tree, Holiday Book Trees and Card Displays. Each Pattern indicates recommended book size and page requirements, and all measurements are in a line-by-line format. First Time Customer Linda after following the folded book instructions for the first time posted “I’m so happy you were one of the vendors at the MB craft show, I’m not crafty but was able to do the “heart”, it’s beautiful!”

115 pages, Paperback

Published April 11, 2020

About the author

Holly DiBella-McCarthy, Author, M.Ed., Sixth Year degree in Educational Administration

Holly is an award-winning author, former special education teacher, school administrator, and university professor. Now writing full-time, Holly crafts books that make learning a joyful adventure for kids and the grown-ups reading with them.

Her popular Dilly Duck and Friends series includes Dilly Duck Plays All Day, Dilly Duck Plans a Parade, and Dilly Duck Saves the Day, all of which celebrate teamwork, kindness, and problem-solving. She’s also the author of the Beginner Reader, Dilly and Pals See Me Read, designed to build early reading confidence.

Coming in 2025, she’ll release two new picture books: The Best Letter Club and Roy the Koi: The Fish Who Lived Forever (co-written with her son), adding even more imagination and heart to her growing library of children’s stories.

Holly doesn’t just write for little ones! Her nonfiction titles for adults include "To New Beginnings: Embracing the A, B, and C’s of Your First Year in the Classroom," a journal-style guide for new teachers, and "Parenting with a Teacher’s Toolbox," filled with classroom-tested wisdom for raising young learners. She also shares her creative side through her Book Folding books, introducing readers to the art of turning old books into new treasures.

When she’s not writing, Holly’s probably beachcombing, reading, or dreaming up her next story over a big cup of coffee; she's also soaking up baby snuggles with her new granddaughter—her littlest (and cutest!) inspiration yet. Visit her world of learning, laughter, and literary fun at bookchatterpress.com.