How to Craft a Lectern for Your Minecraft Library in 3 Easy Steps

• You'll need four wood slabs and a bookshelf to build a lectern.
• Place three wood slabs on the top row of the crafting grid, the bookshelf in the middle, and the final wood slab under the bookshelf.
• Wood slabs can be crafted with three wood planks, and bookshelves need six wood planks and three books.

Obtain four wood slabs and a bookshelf. To make a lectern, you'll need some wood slabs and a bookshelf. The wood slabs can be any type of wood. You can get wood slabs in various locations around the world, or you can craft one by placing three matching wood planks in the bottom of the crafting grid. Bookshelves do generate naturally in libraries, but you can craft one by placing three wood planks on both the top and bottom row of the crafting grid, and three books in the middle row of the crafting grid.

Open the crafting grid. You'll need to be using a crafting table, since you need the 3x3 crafting grid to make a lectern.

Place three wood slabs on the top row, a bookshelf in the middle, and a wood slab beneath it. The formation will look like the letter "T". This will create a lectern that can be used by librarian villagers or to hold books.