Children's Writer's Word Book (Paperback)

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Revised and updated to address the changing trends in children's literature, this edition of "Children's Writer's Word Book" provides even more of the essential information for children's writers that made the first book a success. With lists of reading-level specific words and a thesaurus of words annotated with reading levels, this invaluable guide saves writers time by collecting everything they need to know about age-appropriate language in one handy book.

About the Author

Alijandra Mogliner writes children's literature and teaches a class in writing for publication at the University of California at San Diego. She is the mother of three children and lives in San Diego, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books; 2 edition (July 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582974136
• ISBN-13: 978-1582974132
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,322 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graded Word Lists + Age Profile = GREAT BOOK, June 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Children’s Writer’s Word Book (Children's Writer's Word Book) (Paperback)

The Children's Writer's Word Book is one of those littlereferences you wouldn't necessarily think you needed in yourcollection. However, once I opened this book, I knew I needed to place it in a very prized position on my reference shelf.

Not only are the graded word lists extremely helpful, but the short profile of each age group combined with the description of what publishers are looking for at each reading level makes for a powerful advantage when writing for children.

This book is a must-have if you are writing for children.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on writing for children I have found., October 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Children’s Writer’s Word Book (Children's Writer's Word Book) (Paperback)

More than just a list of words and grades, this book actually tells you what publishers are looking for and why. It also gives examples of writing, explains how to introduce new words and foreign words and diffrent types of childrens writing.

I have used this book a great deal with good results.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful Thesaurus, November 19, 2005

By	J. Gilmer "PetPassion" (US) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Children’s Writer’s Word Book (Children's Writer's Word Book) (Paperback)

The beginning of this book is broken down into chapters from Kindergarten to Sixth grade and gives sample words to use at each level.

But the bulk of this book (and most useful part) is a Thesaurus of sorts. It gives word choices for each grade level for each word in the Thesaurus.

Overall a good book to get a general idea of the words to use with each grade level.