Your Child = Published Author! Your child can write and illustrate their own book with this easy Home Author Kit! It's an engaging writing project, adaptable to children of all ages. Capture your child's creativity and motivate them to write while inspiring them to publish their stories in a real, hardcover book they'll treasure for years. What's Included: Studentreasures Home Author Kit Workbook FREE shipping of your book pages and published book One, full-color, 8.5″ x 11″ professionally bound, glossy hardcover copy of your child's book sent to your home Project support from our Customer Support Team Product Features: 14 book pages for your young author to write and illustrate their story Cover, title, dedication and about the author pages - like a real published author Storyboards, brainstorming activities, writing worksheets and book starters Step-by-step instruction guide and a handy-dandy checklist for publishing Published author certificate to showcase your child's hard work Fun bookmark craft activity to encourage your young reader Easy order form to purchase any additional copies of this one-of-a-kind book for friends and family How It Works: We make publishing a book easy and fun for kids of any age! With your Home Author Kit Workbook, just like in a "real book", your child will create the elements of their book - from the illustrations and story text to designing their book cover, title, dedicated and 'about the author' pages. Then, when you're finished, we'll turn your child's work into a hardcover book. Whether an autobiography, short story, graphic novel, comic book or book of poems - the Author Kit lets your child's imagination run wild. Your kit is filled with writing activities, step-by-step instructions and the manuscript pages your child will create their book with. Plus, The Write Thing and his friends will help guide your child through the publishing process step-by-step. Once your child has finished creating their book pages, simply ship the materials to us with the prepaid shipping label included with your purchase. Then, we will publish their book in our state-of-the-art facility, and you will receive your child's one-of-a-kind hardcover book approximately 20 business days later. Keep your child engaged and busy - whether you're looking for a fun craft activity, journaling, hobby or a homeschool project. The Author Kit makes the perfect gift for your creative child whether it's for a birthday, Christmas, holidays