Children's book

I’m having so much trouble with this English children’s book assignment. I want to write something fun and quirky and me, but I also want to write something with a little bit of meaning behind it. SO far, my ideas have branched off of the 2^nd graders suggestions.  I thin my main idea right now is something about an octopus in space, but I’m not sure I can really take that idea anywhere. As I mentioned in my last post, in order for me to be able to put forth lots of effort and make something look really good, I need to be really interested in the idea. If I have to force myself to complete something, half of my effort goes into making myself start it.

For this story I think I want to do something about an alien or a monster because those are always interesting and fun to design; something where I can make a fully original character species.

Children’s stories have to be interesting and engaging to hold their attention and get a message through to them in some shape or form. For example, if a child is read a story about an elephant, you have to make it entertaining as well as informational because if you sit there reading elephant facts, the kid is going to get real bored real fast. If you tell them a story about an elephant and just drop little facts here and there as part of the story, for example - “Jimbo the elephant lived I the warmest, driest part of Africa. Every day he would travel with his friends and family to the watering hole to cool down and get a drink." they have a story they can connect to, and they’re learning about something. Hopefully the more I think about my message the more the rest of the story will come together!