A bookmaking project in the pre-kindergarten classroom can teach a multitude of concepts related to literacy, but children can also be learning about themselves, their community, and their connections to the past when they create a book about their own personal history. Although pre-kindergarten-age students are unaware that their work could be considered "autobiographies" of their young lives, that's indeed what these books are. Introducing preK students to the excitement of compiling documents about their personal lives can inspire intellectual and emotional growth. It can result in a finished product that students, teachers, and parents can all be proud. The "primary source documents" that preK students employ in their bookmaking can be the tangible artifacts from their own lives (copies of family photos, crayon drawings, food labels, magazine ads for toys, printouts of neighborhood map images, and the like). A project like this can be an effective tool for creating an environment of inquiry, setting the stage for success in later grades when students will get to practice higher-order thinking. In this article, Kelly Perry first describes how to foster a mindset of inquiry, then presents a series of three lessons that culminate in a unit project. Finally, Perry summarizes how incorporating inquiry into project-based learning provides preK students with skills that promote school readiness.