Printable Quest Guide
Tween Library Book Jacket Redesign
Use a removable paper wrap to redesign the cover message for a library book, focusing on mood, audience, and visual clues while keeping the original borrowed book completely untouched.
- Time
- 1 Hour
- Cost
- Free
- Best for
- Tweens
- Location
- Indoors
Your Mission
Use Tween Library Book Jacket Redesign to create a specific, welcoming free-time adventure with a clear beginning, useful finish, and room for every participant to contribute.
What You'll Need
- Borrowed book or a book at home
- Plain paper larger than the cover
- Pencils or colored pencils
- Removable paper clips optional
How to Do the Quest
- 1
Choose a book that the participant has read enough to describe without revealing every plot turn or ending.
- 2
Lay plain paper around the closed book only as a measuring guide, then remove it before drawing so the book stays clean and unmarked.
- 3
Write a new title treatment, three visual symbols, and one short hook that would help a new reader understand the book's mood.
- 4
Sketch the jacket on the separate paper, keeping all tape, clips, and marks away from the borrowed book itself.
- 5
Share the redesign with a partner and ask what genre, mood, and age range they would expect from the new jacket.
Quest Challenge
Can a partner guess the book's mood without seeing its original cover or hearing the title?
Pro Tip
A cover redesign works best when it captures one strong feeling instead of trying to illustrate every event.
Quest Complete
What would you repeat, change, or remember from Tween Library Book Jacket Redesign?