Book/activity ideas

Then, when surfing from that one list:

• From book/activity ideas for fathers & sons, I brainstormed more of my own:
• Combining crafts and books: Reading (search library for picture books re: trip, travel, postcards) then make some postcards and send them to friends and relatives.  Maybe Australia Post might sponsor the event with some postcard-backing or blank postcard supplies.
• From "Take a low-key field trip in conjunction with a picture-story book. Read Matthew's Meadow and then take a walk in a meadow."  I began thinking about taking a pseudo-trip through the library - with super-large models between the stacks or in window-spaces - craft/colour activities could be placed near the window-scenes (I'm envisioning  window-sized scenes now!
• Could the make your own book idea be done in a library?: Perhaps in a 6-10 week program?  Library (sponsor?) provides a blank 'book', and week by week different illustrative methods are used to expand a story or anthology.  Add an "About the Author" paragraph.
• Having music by a composer/musician playing in the background during a children's biography of the composer/musician - and continue with free-form drawing to the music.
• An ongoing book club or storytime program might "travel around the world" with a map in the library progressively charting locations from books read/discussed.
• This one "Read a novel in conjunction with a trip to a geographic region: Go Fish for Florida, Nekomah Creek for Oregon, and so on..." I thought, well unless there are a lot of stories about local places its not a library event - but then if the library's website has discussion boards or a wiki (which I think is a great idea with libraries connecting local people online) then this could be a topic for the board - first a suggestion to families with an invitation to write back about it (and maybe send a postcard - all of which could be displayed as they come in and collected, bound for the local history collection).
• Many other ideas could also be expanded through such a discussion board: including the stories of our travels with audio-books.
• Same list, no additional inspiration, but I like them and want to find the books that put it together (but get an artist-type to do the activities)
  
• After reading a book illustrated with collage, try making a collage. Or paint with watercolors after seeing watercolor illustrations in a book.
• This idea didn't take me anywhere for a library promotion but I am very curious about the books: "If you live in a city, read Alphabet City, then go look for letters in your urban setting. With older children, read Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Building That Wriggle Like a Fish, then take a walk and talk about the buildings you see." (Actually this also might be a theme for a library field-trip combined with a discussion board topic, with photos being collected for a local history collection).
  
• Clearly for an teen or pre-teen book club: match a novel to a  movie, enjoy & compare.
  
• Same list, not sure how appealing it would be in a library - but would love to hear experience that supports the idea (in a library setting):
• Read a biography together about an artist and take a trip to a museum. Paint a picture or make a sculpture together. Since children's book have a limited number of reproductions of paintings, find a book for adults with even more pictures to look at.