Make a Children's Book About Sharing
Most sharing books are really about an adult making a child hand something over. A children's book about sharing works far better when the sharing is voluntary and the story shows the reason: two children discover that one crayon between them makes more than one crayon each. Readkidz writes and illustrates that as a complete picture book.
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Three pages from “The Crayon That Made More Colors.” No grown-up appears at any point — the two of them work it out over one blue crayon.
How it works
- 1Pick the thing there's only one of
A crayon, a swing, a good stick, the window seat. Sharing stories need scarcity to be real. Name the specific object your child is currently fighting over and the book has stakes a three-year-old recognises immediately.
- 2Make sharing produce something
Two colours mixed, a taller tower, a game that needs two. If sharing only means having less, the book is arguing against itself. Ask for the shared object to make something neither character could have made alone.
- 3Leave the grown-ups out
The moment an adult adjudicates, the story becomes about obeying rather than deciding. Read the middle and if a parent or teacher has appeared to settle it, ask for them to be removed — the two characters can reach it themselves.
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- What you get
- 10 illustrated pages plus a cover
- Written for
- Ages 3-7
- How long
- One sitting — not weeks
- Rights
- Original story — nothing is retold from another book
Frequently asked questions
My child flatly refuses to share. Is this the wrong book?
It is the right one, as long as it does not lecture. Children under five are often defending ownership rather than being unkind, and a story where sharing is chosen — and pays off visibly — sidesteps the argument entirely. Ask for the character to be reluctant at first; that is the character your child will recognise.
Should an adult step in to settle it?
Not in this kind of book. An adult verdict teaches that sharing is a rule enforced from outside, which is exactly the belief that makes it collapse the moment nobody is watching. If you want a grown-up present but silent, say so.
Is this about taking turns or actually sharing?
They are different books and worth choosing between. Taking turns is a fair-division story with a timer in it; sharing is a story where using one thing together makes something new. Say which you mean and the structure changes accordingly.
Can it be about a real object at home?
Yes, and it works better. The actual disputed toy, the actual chair by the window. Describe it and the same object is drawn on every page — recognisable enough that the argument in the book is clearly the argument at home.
Can I read a full one first?
Yes. The link below opens the complete eleven-page The Crayon That Made More Colors, including the caregiver notes and the questions at the end.
Will mine turn out the same?
No. The structure — one object, voluntary sharing, something made together — carries over. The animals, the river, the crayon and every sentence do not.
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