How to Write A Children's Book About Your Family History

If you have some knowledge about your great-grandparents and grandparents, you can write a book about your family history.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Your imagination

1. Decide at what point in time you will start your book; the reader will be more engaged if there is some journey or event that starts things off. For example, I began my book when my grandfather left home to sell umbrellas in Hungary.
2. Who is your audience? What is the age of the reader? What is the background of the reader? It's possible that your families history will appeal to some audiences more than others. For example, my book goes into detail about Orthodox Jewish practices. Although this could be of interest to a general audience it more likely will appeal to a Jewish audience.
3. Balance the right among of description with conversation. To keep children engaged, err on the side of more conversation between the characters in your book.
4. Aim to teach your reader something about the characters, the time period, or the heritage of your family. If you want to get your book published find a hook that will keep the reader interested and something that teachers and parents will want their child to learn about.

Tips & Warnings

• Self-publishing is very big right now. If you don't care about an advance or putting out some $ yourself this is a good way to go.