Wading into Writing for Children

My mockup of the draft of my picture book – I made it for my grandkids to enjoy now. It began with a Ghost Crab Incident

On a family vacation last summer, my daughter took my then 8-year old granddaughter and 3-year old grandson to the beach after dusk to look for Atlantic ghost crabs (they’re most active in the evening). Dozens of them were skittering around, and it was fun watching them until a large crab startled Oliver by running across the top of his shoe. That was it. From then on, he i...