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Teach Yourself Writing for Children (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill))

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A friend of mine recommended this book, as we both were planning a book for children project. Both of us have experiences in writing. Formal writing, journalism, or reviews. But no stories for children. We're even beginners in writing prose or short stories, but it was for grown-ups. So we were looking for some reference books on how to write a children's book. We ended with this book.

Write A Children's Book and Get It Published is a very good book. The book remind us on the basic preparations in writing books in general, incl how the industry works. But this book also tells us the many things to be considered when writing a children's book: the language, the format, the illustration, the theme, interesting subject, etc. This book explain everything with simple words, and I find it valuable. The writers of this book are a children's book writer, and a publisher. So you'll get perspectives from both sides. Perhaps some cases in the industry only applies in USA or Europe (as I live in Indonesia), but I believe the basic biz practice is the same (as I'm also close with book publishing world).

The most important last topics are getting ready to present your draft, and getting ready to be dumped and rejected. You'll need this.