If you’ve struggled like many to write your family history, you may draw inspiration from Carol Walsh in Cochrane, Alberta, who published a children’s book about her grandfather.
Called Jolly Boats on the River, the 24-page book is the story of a young girl named Lizzy who spends an afternoon with her grandfather watching rowers practice on the river.
It tells the story of Walsh’s real-life grandfather, a rowing champion in Scotland.
Ms. Walsh told Cochrane Today, “There’s not a lot of stories available for kids about their own family heritage. In my family, a lot of my cousin’s children are having babies and there’s not been anything to hand down to them, whereas if they got a hold of the book … they can put it in their keepsakes.”
The self-published book is available through Amazon.
Read more about Ms. Walsh and her book in the Cochrane Today article, Local genealogist pens children’s tale inspired by family history.
