Writing For Children: Turn Your Ideas Into A Book
Maybe you’re one of those lucky writers whose head is bursting with ideas. Or perhaps you have one idea that’s been nagging you for weeks, [Read More]
Children’s Books
Using Kids and Parents as Beta Readers for Children’s Fiction
Debut author Marie Unanue, whose book and message are about being “kind all the time,” has a unique writing process story: After writing two very [Read More]
6 Things to Consider If You’ve Got a Reluctant Reader
Every parent I know — including myself — wants their child to become a successful, avid reader. And why wouldn’t we? The benefits of becoming [Read More]
10 Ways to Keep Kids Reading and Writing
Summer may be a break from school, but it’s no time for your children to take a break from written words. Keeping them tuned in [Read More]
Free writing Friday: Why the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ author is helping children be creative
The children of Newton Prep and St George’s primary schools in Battersea, south London, know a kindred spirit when they see one. Cressida Cowell may [Read More]
Children’s Book Festival in Nanaimo a Creative Extravaganza
Award-winning graphic novelists, a comic-book artist and an illustrator who creates art inspired by her dreams are only part of the lineup at the Vancouver [Read More]
Ripple Grove Press: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions
Ripple Grove Press is a newer family-run children’s book publisher based out of Portland. They focus on publishing original, beautifully illustrated children’s books. Their website [Read More]
Writer bags publishing deal after wife persuades him to enter contest on ITV’s Lorraine
AN AMATEUR writer who thought he’d never make it as an author is now celebrating the release of his first children’s book. James Bishop has [Read More]
So You Want to Write Children’s Books?
But my friend Alli is! Alli Brydon, a children’s book editor and writer based in the New York area—and a friend from the time we both [Read More]
» Penny Candy Books: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions
Penny Candy Books is a publishing company focused on children’s picture books that was founded in 2015 by two poets who met in graduate school. [Read More]
Fade to Gray: Getting a book published
For my entire adult life people have paid me to write. Whether it was for this newspaper or something they put on the television the [Read More]
The 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time
We’re living in a golden age of young-adult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation. In the [Read More]