Creating Books with Fondant

I was asked to do a cake for a graduation, and Sherry wanted to have two stacked books on the cake along with a graduation cap and the diploma scroll. Well I knew the cap and scroll were no problem but I had never done the books before. I watch "Ace of Cakes" quite often and they use rice crispies to form shapes and them cover them with fondant. So I decided to buy the rice crispies snacks that are already made (they are already in a rectangular shape), I covered the sides with white fondant and used my fondant roller to make ridges to look like pages, and then covered them with two different colors of fondant. They were the cutest two little books! I was so excited. The more I use fondant the more comfortable I get. It is not as intimidating as it seems.