Story Book Workshop

Colci Writers Group started out by pure by chance. Our family had just adopted a mommy cat and her three newborn kittens. Our children, (Collin and Cici) were 7 & 8 years old at the time. They were deeply entrenched in every aspect of raising the cat and kittens that they started documenting everything. 

We quickly started running out of paper, crayons, and wall space to showcase their work. After brainstorming for a day or two, I decided to arrange their documentation of the cat and kittens lives in chronological order.

As the separate piles of papers and artwork filled my desk, I had an “ahh haa!” moment. These separate piles looked like mini-books about our cat family. Our kids spent the next few weeks sorting out their piles and fine tuning their work. They presented me with their final drafts for their books and I assisted them with proof reading, editing, formatting, illustrating and finally publishing the books. 

The end product became a 6 book series about Bella The Sweet Cat And Her Kittens. As you can imagine, the books were a hit with everyone that saw them. Friends, family, teachers, strangers, etc. They all wanted to know how their kids could also create amazing story books.

Before I knew it, I was running a Story Book Creation Workshop for kids. This workshop is for kids ages 7 – 12 years and helps kids tap into their creativity and bring their book idea to life! We are deeply passionate about empowering children to unleash the writer in them and seeing the wonderful sparkle in their eyes when they see their published book for the first time!