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]
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British University Launches World’s First Course in Children’s Publishing
A British University has launched the world’s first Master’s degree in Children’s Publishing in response to significant growth in international demand for UK-published books. The [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]
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]
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]
More diversity, fewer YA love triangles? Some predictions for children’s literature in 2018
What do the children’s classics “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, “Harriet the Spy” by Louise Fitzhugh [Read More]