Three benefits of writing children’s non-fiction literature

As a non-fiction author, you probably are not aware that writing a non-fiction book for children is both an exciting and rewarding endeavour. For a non-fiction author, your voice and unique storytelling will merge with important facts that any child, especially those in the age range that you are writing for, will enjoy.

Sometimes even adults glean wisdom from well-thought-out and well-written non-fiction children’s literature. The beauty of writing for children is transferring your expertise in a way that expands their love for reading, builds their vocabulary, teaches them about the world around them, and offers solutions to real-life problems.

Here are three benefits of being a children’s non-fiction author:

Creativity

You can be as creative as you want to be when writing for children because children have a great capacity to dream with their imagination on super drive. Also, you can take an idea that already exists and put your creative spin on it as you give the information cleverly. Examples of books like these are Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and the National Geography series.

Getting paid to learn

As you embark on writing, you will end up doing a lot of research, and you will discover a lot of new and fascinating things you didn’t know. For instance, if you write a book about penguins, you can discover that not only do they mate for life, but it is the male penguin that watches out for the egg (baby) before it hatches.

Proxy Mentorship

You get to be a proxy mentor to the up-and-coming generation, intelligently shaping and stirring their minds about the world in which they live and how to interact with it on all levels of existence.

One of the most rewarding things about your journey is to have your book live beyond the current trends and outlive you. But this can only happen when you come to the level of your young audience, not in a trivia way, but creatively, guiding and helping them develop the skill to form positive notions about their lives and the world around them.

To learn more about this, consider the AWA What-Is-Next course (check our website Authors WIN Academy for more information).