Making a Book with the Boys!

We all know how essential it is for the ones we love to become people who read. When my grandsons were young we spent many evenings reading books and also making up our own special stories, so one day when they were at my house for a sleep-over I had a special project in mind for them. My grandsons loved making up stories with me. From time to time they even turned one of their stories into a book for me; in fact, one of my favorite birthday presents ever was the book my oldest grandson made me titled - Super Josiah Saves Grandma from all the Robot Spiders in History!

So on this particular day we worked on a new story - The Jiggly Oreo Monster! My grandsons made up the story and illustrated it. The story involves a dragon which spits poison and a castle which is guarded by little Oreos and poison lightning! In the end, the hungry dragon eats the Oreo monster king and the Oreo guards! It is definitely a story written by boys!

I then had my husband scan the story into the computer for me and used a coupon to take the drawings and make a book with snapfish. The boys were so happy when it arrived! 

Today it is much easier to make books from the stories you make up with the children you love. Just use Amazon's kindle direct publishing - follow the instructions and you will end up with your own special books! I love how it encourages them to be creative, to use their imagination and to delight in seeing their story "published". Of course having a "book signing" is also a lot of fun as well!