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Editor's Notes
An online book-making and book-publishing platform where parents and their children can write, illustrate, and then publish original stories into “professional-quality” hardcover and paperback books. It also offers a classroom program for teachers and librarians.Hardcover books (bound and laminated for a glossy cover; bookstore quality)Paperback books (laminated and glossy; bookstore quality)eBooks (high resolution pdf files – printed on home computer)
Tikatok should sound familiar.The third grade teachers sent home a note in the school newsletter describing the next big project – creating a book about a researched desert animal
It’s for Parents and chidren, and educators and students. Today we will be focusing on the Parents and children features and accountsChildren can create their own accounts, but they must be at least 13.
Create original storiesIf your child likes to write short stories and draw accompanying illustrations, or only illustrations, you can create an professional-quality book of your child’s work.
If you or your child are suffering from writer’s block, Tikatok offers a feature called, “StorySparks.” Choose a topic and the names of the main charactersA rough outline of a story and plot is generated in the Book Editor.Hints and recommendations will show up along the bottom of the page to help you think of what to say next.Build-A-Bear partnershipSimilar to StorySparksCreate a Build-A-Bear generated book.
CopyrightTikatok users own the copyright of all the original stories that they’ve created except books created using the Build-A-Bear generator – Build-A-Bear owns the copyright to all books created using the Build-A-Bear StorySparks generator.PrivacyYour child’s name will be on the book, if you so choose, but this information will only be used for the printing of the book.Ordering booksHardcovers – start at $18Paperbacks – start at $15eBooks – just $2.99Books ship within 5-12 business days for national deliveriesYou must be a parent account holder to purchase any book associated with your child’s account. If you are not the parent account holder, you must ask the parent to place an order on your behalf.
