A study investigated the effects of art expression on self-concept of low-reading first-grade students. Subjects, five low-readers and five on- or above-grade-level first graders from central Virginia, were pretested for self-concept, instructed in a two-week art-book making intervention, and posttested with the same instrument. Results indicated that the increase in low-readers' self-concept was not significant. Further research with changes in the small sample size, short intervention period, and the testing instrument is recommended. (Contains 19 references. The self-concept instrument and an appendix of data are attached.) (RS)