Last Friday my son's first-grade teacher did a pretty awesome thing.
She threw a book launch party for her students, to celebrate the book they wrote and she published.
All the parents (and some brothers & sisters) showed up, the kids all got "so-and-so is a published author" certificates, there were lots of shiny balloons, and there was even a little charcuterie board.
Each student wrote and illustrated one page about an animal that lives in the jungle. There was some bonus content too, of course - each student also had a packet of drafts, research, and sketches for their page.
The best part was seeing how proud all the kids were. My son woke up Friday morning, and the first thing he said after jumping up out of bed was, "Today's the day of my publishing party!"
It's a great book. It's fun to not be the only published author in the family anymore.
And now that I've sent the link out to friends and family, he'll probably outpace me in royalties in a couple of days.
