Self-Publishing a Children's Book

It should be important to parents to find healthy,book author. I have a friend who is a great artist
wholesome, and educational reading material forand she offered to illustrate the book.
their children. There are many children's books onSeveral years later after all attempted tries to
the market today but just because a book is infind a publisher failed, my family encouraged me
the children's book section doesn't mean it isto give self-publishing a try. I had everything in
necessarily appropriate for children. I should know.place, found a self-publisher I thought would do a
I am a first grade teacher. There is a need ofgood job and at a price I could afford. The book
more books written to aid in developing kids'actually turned out really great. The publisher went
sense of imagination and feeling ofall out on colors and format. What I have now
self-importance. Without even realizing it, childrenfound is the most difficult part is generating sales.
can read a book and develop their math, scienceI have discovered that friends love the book,
and reading skills.exclaim how great it is and want a free copy.
The above things in mind compelled me to write aI am not writing this article to promote a book I
children's book based on a true story thathave written. I am writing it from the view of a
happened right in my backyard. It just happenedself-publishing author. I have found you can put a
that same year I was working on my master'slot of money into just one little book and you
degree in curriculum and instruction and wasbetter be prepared for letdown if it does not take
assigned to write a story. My college professoroff to become a national best seller. I read an
was so impressed with this story that she visitedarticle once that self-publishing is vanity publishing.
my home and encouraged me to try to publishMaybe that article was right.
this book. She herself was a published children's