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This title's unique design ensures that writers speak to their audience with a vocabulary and style they both understand and find appealing. A fast-reference guide meant to be used along with a dictionary, thesaurus and yellow pad of paper, it will help fulfill the dream of becoming a published children's writer.


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Alijandra Mogilner has been writing and publishing stories for children since 1982. She teaches at the University of California in San Diego.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Writers Digest Books (July 15, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898799511
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898799514
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #586,128 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
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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.

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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
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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.

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Useful Thesaurus, November 19, 2005
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference tool
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5.0 out of 5 stars Children's Writer's Word Book
This book is a must have for anyone writing for children. The way the book has grouped the words by age group is a huge plus.
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It is a good source, when writing for younger children. Younger children need simpler words. This book breaks it down to vocabulary for each age group.
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