Age Ranges and Formats for Children’s Books
BB: Board Books: toddlers, under a year to 3 years old (yo) PB: Young picture book: 2-5 yo Picture book: 4-7 yo Older picture book: 5-9 yo Beginning reader: 5-8…
Join SCBWI
I know I’m a new member, but lots of people recommend joining the Society for Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators. They have an incredible set of SCBWI-specific resources. They have…
Length of Different Kinds of Children’s Books
How long should book be? Sambuchino, Chuck. “Word Count for Novels and Children’s Books: The Definitive Post.” Writer’s Digest, F+W Media, 24 October 2016. www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/word-count-for-novels-and-childrens-books-the-definitive-post. Accessed 26 May 2019. Sff…
Pacing Your Manuscript
I was at a conference where an editor said she wanted “page turners,” so I have written my books in sections by page and aimed for 28 (of the 32)…
How Many Words?
How Many Words? For a while there, I felt like I was rolling the dice to figure this out. I found a lot of different information about how long different…
Intro Info
Harold Underdown has a great set of links to Basic Information for Children’s Writers and Illustrators. Go now. Read.
How Many Pages in a Picture Book?
It depends. A children’s book editor, writing at Editorial Anonymous, explains the pagination of picture books and how the numbers may not mean what you think they mean. It is…
Exceptions to the No Illustration Notes Rules
Johnell Dewitt writes on her blog about Illustration Notes. She discusses examples of how NOT to include them and when they are actually necessary. She quotes one author and interviews…
Picture Book Manuscript
I was told that picture books are 32 pages but only have 28 useful pages. At first I spent a lot of time trying to make sure my page turning…