diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-dingos-study.md b/.changeset/eleven-dingos-study.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f150063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-dingos-study.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"ultrahtml": patch
+---
+
+Update JSX runtime child handling
diff --git a/src/jsx-runtime/index.ts b/src/jsx-runtime/index.ts
index dac0c8e..314c09d 100644
--- a/src/jsx-runtime/index.ts
+++ b/src/jsx-runtime/index.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,40 @@
-import type { ElementNode, Node } from '../index.js';
-import { ELEMENT_NODE, Fragment, __unsafeRenderFn } from '../index.js';
+import { ElementNode, Node, TEXT_NODE } from "../index.js";
+import { ELEMENT_NODE, Fragment, __unsafeRenderFn } from "../index.js";
 
-function createVNode(type: any, props: Record<string, any>, key: string, __self: string, __source: string) {
-	const vnode: ElementNode = {
-		type: ELEMENT_NODE,
-        name: typeof type === 'function' ? type.name : type,
-		attributes: props,
-        children: [],
-        parent: undefined as any,
-        loc: [] as any
-	};
+function createVNode(
+  type: any,
+  { children, ...attributes }: Record<string, any>,
+  key: string,
+  __self: string,
+  __source: string
+) {
+  const vnode: ElementNode = {
+    type: ELEMENT_NODE,
+    name: typeof type === "function" ? type.name : type,
+    attributes,
+    children: (Array.isArray(children) ? children : [children]).map((child) => {
+      if (typeof child === "string") {
+        return {
+          type: TEXT_NODE,
+          value: child,
+        };
+      }
+      return child;
+    }),
+    parent: undefined as any,
+    loc: [] as any,
+  };
 
-	if (typeof type === 'function') {
-        __unsafeRenderFn(vnode, type);
-	}
+  if (typeof type === "function") {
+    __unsafeRenderFn(vnode, type);
+  }
 
-	return vnode;
+  return vnode;
 }
 
 export {
-	createVNode as jsx,
-	createVNode as jsxs,
-	createVNode as jsxDEV,
-	Fragment
+  createVNode as jsx,
+  createVNode as jsxs,
+  createVNode as jsxDEV,
+  Fragment,
 };