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How to Write a Children’s Book

How to Write a Children’s Book. …and make it good. Material. Make sure to work with concepts children understand Difficult ideas are NOT off limits, but they need to be simplified Yours may be holiday-themed or not. This. NOT THIS.

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How to Write a Children’s Book

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  1. How to Write a Children’s Book …and make it good

  2. Material • Make sure to work with concepts children understand • Difficult ideas are NOT off limits, but they need to be simplified • Yours may be holiday-themed or not. This NOT THIS Many historians agree that the impetus to place Roosevelt in the vice presidency came from a desire to do away with him politically rather than any hope of his further ascendency to power. This is Teddy Roosevelt. He lived in ND for a little while. Later, he became president

  3. Layout • Use big letters that are easy to read. • Don’t put more than a couple sentences on a single page. The dragon was excited to be invited. He began practicing his dance moves.

  4. Sometimes, even fewer words.

  5. Appearance • Make pictures big and brightly colored • Yours will all be drawn by hand. • There are lots of different drawing styles. It’s okay for pictures to be simple!

  6. More about Appearance • Keep lines of text straight. • Use the whole page. It looks silly when your picture and words are tiny and there’s a ton of white space.

  7. Composition • You can use Kid-friendly strategies like: • Rhyme • Repetition • “Sound effects” • Changing text appearance • Color-coding words • Interactivity • Letting pictures help tell the story “Rar! I’m hungry!” the bear yelled. “Shhh,” the mouse said. “Everyone else is still sleeping!”

  8. Editing • Children learn about language and how to read it from looking at children’s books • That’s why it’s really important that you write correctly! • Misspelled words and run-on sentences will really affect your grade! I didn’t know monkeys was spelled with a Z!

  9. Grading • You’ll be graded on the quality of your story and how well you follow the guidelines here, NOT on your artistic ability per se.

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