Creating Your Children's Book

Well-Defined Characters.

wordplay, puns, double meanings.

If you can work at least three of the elements listed below into your book, it will have a good chance of being loved by all kids, even those to whom reading is a chore.

* Humor.

When I was writing The Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read (Random House), I read hundreds of children’s books, old and new, that I thought would fit the bill.

8 Steps To Writing A Great Children's Book Manuscript

Getting that book inside you out, so you can publish it.

Unfortunately, the road to publishing and making a decent living writing children's books is mined with booby-traps.