Creating a children’s book

Planning • Pick an age range (0-3, 4-7, 8-10, 11-13)• Pick a main character• Think about having an animal as a character• Choose plot (intro, problem, solve, resolved situation)• Keep description to a minimum and use speech to keep things

moving• Think of a moral that you want to include• Try and keep the book short• Use only simple or compound sentences• Use basic vocabulary but choose a couple of complex words to

help kids develop language• Think of a happy ending

Simple sentences

• Expresses a short simple idea in a single independent clause

• An independent clause expresses a complete idea

• E.g. I hate graffiti.

Compound sentences

• A sentence that contains two independent clauses that are joined

• E.g. I love graffiti, and I wish graffiti artists were paid for what they do.

Complex sentences• Contain an dependent and independent clause• A dependent clause expresses an incomplete idea• E.g. When I wake up• This idea needs is dependent on more information to make sense.

This is why it is called a dependent clause• An independent clause expresses a complete idea• E.g. I eat breakfast.• This idea makes sense independent of any other information. This is

why it is called an independent clause.• E.g. When I wake up, I eat breakfast.• This is a complex sentence because it is a complete idea that is

created by combining a dependent and independent clause

Book Description Speech Moral Plot Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Work Related Skills

• Contact publishers to get estimates of cost of publishing

Personal Development Skills

• Negotiate with author on the look of book• Present mock-up to potential investors

Resources

• blurb.com• vook.com