My new WIP is a story about a group of kids who travel to Tudor England by magic. I'm knee-deep in research and I will try to portray history as accurate as possible, but I don't think I can avoid changing some things to make the totally unrealistic plot of 21th century kids roaming Tudor England work.
I feel kinda bad about this. Most adults can tell how accurate historical fiction is, but I'm afraid my readers (8-12 years) won't be able to tell history from fiction and get the facts all wrong.
I don't want to give them a wrong image of the time period.
Any input on this? How important is accuracy for a childrens book?
I feel kinda bad about this. Most adults can tell how accurate historical fiction is, but I'm afraid my readers (8-12 years) won't be able to tell history from fiction and get the facts all wrong.
I don't want to give them a wrong image of the time period.
Any input on this? How important is accuracy for a childrens book?