CHARLOTTE – WCNC Charlotte reporter Tradesha Woodard has discovered that writing a kids’s ebook is a unique animal than reporting the information on tv. Woodard’s ebook, “The Purple Turtle,” wanted to be conveyed in phrases {that a} 3-year-old can perceive.
The story follows a turtle who’s nervous about his first day of college as a result of he seems completely different than different college students.
Woodard needed to focus on points kids undergo day by day. They might really feel completely different due to their freckles, weight or wardrobe.
“I do know small issues like that may actually affect the way in which a child feels about themselves. That feeling can follow them and have a long-term affect,” Woodard stated. “I’m attempting to deal with this problem whereas they’re younger, encourage children how you can deal with one another and worth one another – most significantly how you can worth and love themselves, together with the issues that make them so distinctive.”
Rising up, the Memphis native was all the time the tallest lady in school. The eye she obtained for being so tall made her really feel somewhat insecure.
“Over time, I’ve beloved to study that about myself,” stated Woodard, who stands at 5-foot-9. “It’s one thing that I like greater than anything. I couldn’t even think about me being 5’4” or something now.”
Woodard all the time needed to put in writing a kids’s ebook. She didn’t notice how a lot time it took to kind out a ebook’s illustrations, modifying and formatting. It took her roughly eight months to complete the mission.
Woodard arrived at WCNC Charlotte in late 2021 and has fallen in love with the town. She particularly enjoys engaged on enterprise assignments – tales which can be constructed from the bottom up that you simply received’t discover on different channels.
“I really feel that now that I’m telling tales locally, it’s actually part of me now,” Woodward stated. “Being out within the area reporting on daily basis, I’m just about uncovered to numerous ongoing points all through the neighborhood. Psychological well being points in children – that was one of many issues that stood out to me. So I needed to create one thing that children can get pleasure from however one thing they’ll additionally relate to and study from.”
