How to Write a Children’s Book …and make it good.
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Transcript of 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
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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.
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Sometimes, even fewer words.
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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!
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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.
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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!”
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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!
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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.