Publish your child's story with First Edition Originals
An excellent way to encourage a child's creativity, First Edition Originals gives young authors a means to write, illustrate and publish their own stories. Not only do these books make perfect gifts for friends and family, but give children an enormous sense of accomplishment and pride. Children draw pictures and make up stories all the time. Simply send us their work and we will send you a beautiful hardcover book.
Story by a Child : Sizes
Our books for children and by children are a fun and exciting way to promote reading skills, creativity and a love for books. All of our children's books include:
- Quality high gloss paper.
- A professionally designed layout.
- Custom made cover with a picture(s) and title.
- A matching dust jacket with an about the author flap.
- A title page and a dedication page.
- A satisfaction guarantee.
Our Story books come in two sizes a 8 x 8 and an 8.5 x 11.
As with all of our products there is a base price for a specific amount of photographs/illustrations and then an additional fee for any additional photographs/illustrations beyond that number.
Publish a Story by a Child : Pricing
| Story By a Child |
8.5 x 11
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8 x 8
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| 20 photos / files / illustrations |
$35
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$35
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| Per additional photo / file/ illustration |
$1
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$1
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| Additonal copies |
$30
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$30
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How to get started publishing a Story by a Child
Your child can illustrate his book on any material as long as the page size is less than 9 x 14. If there are exceptions to this size we can also work with larger materials as long as it is the exception and not the rule! Please visit the instruction for organizing and submitting your materials page by following the link below.
All original items will be returned to you with your order
Instructions for organizing your materials for publishing your child's story
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Download and Print Story by a Child Book Order Form |





