Encouraging children to write stories, after the important prepatory work of looking at a wide range of books in different formats and how they are constructed, illustrated, etc, the teacher discusses libraries and what children know about them. 

This is followed by the concept that we are going to create our own special library of books written by the students.  You can have an example of a home made bound book.  There are many ways to do this: from concertining pages to binding through gluing, or even finding a parent or helper who may give some basic instructions on this and/or help.

Children are encouraged to think about the story they might wish to write and ways they could present it, including pictures, illustrations, collage, physical materials, etc.  A photo of the writer would be great with a short biography. The books could be catalogued and stamped; that is, made to look and feel professional.  Practice thinking about story ideas, or children can choose topics, based on what stories they have been thinking about, etc, and depending on age level. Encourage the children to be inventive and talk about rough drafts on paper so the children feel free to experiment.

Once the story ideas have been completed to a fairly good level, they can be shared if that is appropriate, with some feedback if that is not critical; it could be directed by the teacher and should be positive. The child might like to talk about his/her ideas and then in groups the kids could work on their design process, after that has been discussed, in not too much complicated detail.  A graphic program on the net or a helpful graphic designer may be of use. Very young children could create poster art which could be framed and serve as part of the art gallery. 

Children could also write reviews of the books to be left with the books and a nice sign for the class library.  Alternatively, the books could be run off and the children could make decorative covers so that there are multiple copies, or there could be one book "proper" and paperback copies. 

It helps children to understand the process of book production and its value, and their words, too, are seen as valued in this context.

Encourage creative books such as pop-ups, secret openings for "haunted house" stories, puzzle stories, following instructions, etc, and encourage some illustrative material or small pockets for written story letters to open and/or feedback from readers. You could encourage students to write a letter to the author thanking them for their book, and the author could write back and provide a duplicate photocopied edition with an autograph.  It would be fun and challenging, especially if all children have a role as author. If they can't, create roles of publishers, editors, marketers, illustrators, etc.

I would approach this topic over a whole term, introducing the concept at the beginning (of their book and library) and "name" of library, and then work gradually through processes of idea generation; style; design, etc, using good books the children like and maybe have an author suitable to their interests and/or illustrator to discuss their writing of books.

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