Publish Your First Kids Book — FREE Starter Checklist

Have a kids book idea stuck in your head?

I'm Erik Dix. I work a regular job, and from my phone I built Berry Bright Kids and published 10 children's books on Amazon — picture books like "Luna Bunny's Starlight Garden" and "The Dinosaur Who Wouldn't Share," coloring books, and a sight-words workbook.

This free starter checklist is the exact starting path I took, in order:

INSIDE THE FREE PDF (5 pages):

• The Big Picture — the 4 pieces every kids book is made of, how KDP works, and the 3 rules that keep your book safe

• The 10-Step Starter Checklist — account, idea, the 1-1-1 formula, character lock, story, pages, cover, upload

• The Character Lock Worksheet — the 5 lines that keep your character looking the same on every page

• The Starter Prompt — the copy-paste AI prompt I begin every book with

• The Full Course Map — what the complete step-by-step course covers, if you want every screen walked through

WHO THIS IS FOR:

Beginners. Parents, grandparents, teachers — anyone with a story for kids ages 3–6 and a phone.

Publishing on KDP costs $0. This checklist is the free map of the starting road. The last page shows you the full course ($39) if you want the whole thing, every trap included. No hype either way: a finished book can sell. A perfect book in your head does nothing.

Start at Step 1 today. One book at a time.

— Erik Dix, Berry Bright Kids