How to Write a Children’s Book …and make it good.
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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 is Teddy Roosevelt. He lived in ND for a little while. Later, he became president
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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.
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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.
Sometimes, even fewer words.
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!
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.
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!”
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!
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.