Hi Readers,
I just discovered a free publishing and distribution service that is part of Amazon.com that was called CreateSpace when I wrote this post and now called KDP. I used the process to published my first ever children's book! It took me days and days to get it set up but I am very pleased with the result. Here is the book and its description:
The Animal Parade
An illustrated animal alphabet book.
Poem and pictures by M A Florence,
poem with Lynnette Smith.
8.5" x 8.5"
(21.59 x 21.59 cm), Full Color on White paper, 30 pages
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General
"Follow the animals as they dance to a Samba beat and form a parade on a city street."
The Animal Parade can be found at:
I can also buy it in bulk directly from KDP at a reduced price and try to sell it on my own.
My co-author Lynnette sent me the following comments from The Animal Parade readers:
Andre (1 1/2 years) loves the colors.
Brendon (5 years) loves the rhymes.
Anton (7) liked it more when he heard it read to him but had trouble reading it himself.
Byron giggled but lost interest in the middle of the book (letter M).
Elena (Croatian, aged 53) was tickled pink.
Octavio's father told him the three things he must do in his life:
1) write a book;
2) build a house;
3) get married.
Jerome thought I was teasing when he saw the warthog. "No way, there's no such thing."
Coletta (a nurse from Kenya) had never heard of a mongoose or a jackal.
Kylie calls it "My animal book" but only asks for it when Grandma is there.
Raymond think the snake is "cool.'
Jon thinks I made up the aardvark. He says, 'No way, Nett.' "
Brendon (5 years) loves the rhymes.
Anton (7) liked it more when he heard it read to him but had trouble reading it himself.
Byron giggled but lost interest in the middle of the book (letter M).
Elena (Croatian, aged 53) was tickled pink.
Octavio's father told him the three things he must do in his life:
1) write a book;
2) build a house;
3) get married.
Jerome thought I was teasing when he saw the warthog. "No way, there's no such thing."
Coletta (a nurse from Kenya) had never heard of a mongoose or a jackal.
Kylie calls it "My animal book" but only asks for it when Grandma is there.
Raymond think the snake is "cool.'
Jon thinks I made up the aardvark. He says, 'No way, Nett.' "
