101. Verla Kay's Website For Children's Writers & Illustrators 1) Buy a copy of the Children s Writer s Illustrator s Market guidebook This book is absolutely vital to every serious writer of children s stories. http://www.verlakay.com/34getting_started.html

Verla Kay's Website for Getting Started Writing for Children You have written a story, or have a great idea for a story for children. Now what? How do you get it published? Who do you contact and what do you do to make your dream become a reality? Where do you start? If it's a picture book, how do you find an illustrator? Do you need an agent? How do you find one? How can you be sure someone won't steal your story and/or idea? These are just some of the questions most new writers need to have answered in order to "get started" as a writer of children's stories. This page will attempt to give you some of the answers to these questions and many more. If your basic questions aren't answered, please email Verla with your questions and she will do her best to get answers to them posted here in the near future. Please put Website Questions in the subject line of your email. The first thing you need to do is stop and relax. Take a deep breath. You have made a great decision that of wanting to get started in the field of writing for children. It's a wonderful occupation and most people who stick with it wouldn't trade it for any other job in the world. But to start, you are going to need some "basic" information. The following is an attempt to give you some things to think about while starting your new career.

102. Getting Started: Really Basic Information For Children's Writers And Illustrator Part of a children s book editor s site, this article covers the really basicinformation that writers and illustrators need to know. http://www.underdown.org/basics.htm

Home page More useful articles Search for more information Purple Crayon Bookstores Getting Started: The Basics of Children's Writing and Illustrating by Harold Underdown This is introductory information for people wanting to get published as a children's book writer or illustrator . I have worked for about fifteen years in hardcover children's books: for Macmillan, Orchard, and Charlesbridge, whose books are sold to libraries, schools, and bookstores; as a freelancer for a number of others; and most recently for ipicturebooks.com, a now-defunct publisher of ebooks for children. I also have some experience in educational publishing, but I haven't worked in mass market publishingthe publishing of inexpensive books by companies such as Landoll'sor magazine publishing, so I can't provide guidance in those areas. Does this describe your situation? You've written a story your family enjoys or painted some illustrations that your friends tell you are wonderful. Maybe you read your story out loud to a group of children, and they liked it. Stop!

103. Children's Book Resources Really Basic Advice for Children s Writers and Illustrators bullet TheArthur Ransome Home Page A great British children s writer of the 30 s. http://www.underdown.org/children.htm

Search The Purple Crayon Home Articles Publishing ... Reference General Guides: The Children's Literature Web Guide This is a great resource, with many links and much information. Start here before you look anywhere else (though note some pages are not recently updated). Direct links to sub-pages: Resources for Writers and Illustrators Info. on Children's Authors Children's Book Awards Children's Publishers ... Educational Resources Info. Center Mainly for teachers and parents a definite educational bent. Children's Book Publishing Net Links Another useful general list, from About.com. Children's Literature Resources by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Many links, personal feel. Resources for Children, Parents, and Teachers This is a cross-reference to a relevant section of my Reference page. Children's Bookstores: I used to list a number of stores here, but they are now on their own page, where you will find bookstores offering new books, used books, out-of-print books, remaindered and other bargain books, and ebooks. All of them offer children's books. If one of them doesn't have the book you seek, it probably isn't available: Purple Crayon Bookstores For Writers and Illustrators: Since this is my site, start with

104. How To Get A Children's Book Published A good place to start is to join the Society of Children s Book Writers and The vast majority of children s books published each year are written by http://www.publishingcentral.com/articles/20030119-7-2805.html

HOME Associations Authors Awards Book Binding Book Fairs/Festivals Book History Canadian Careers Censorship Children's Books Contracts Design/Illustration Distribution Editorial Education Genres Indexing Libraries Literary Agents Marketing/Publicity People/Profiles Printing Publishers Reviews Sales/Bookselling Self-Publishing Software Statistics Translation Vendors/Services Writing Find thousands of freelance jobs How to Get a Children's Book Published by Wendy J. Woudstra Do you have a childrens book inside you waiting to get out? Have you written one and need to find a publisher? Here's what you need to know! I receive questions about children's book publishing on a daily basis. While I can't cover every aspect of children's book publishing in one email, or one Web page, I'll do my best to cover the basics here, and point you towards the best sources of additional information. This page is a work in progress. If you have information that you think I should add, please feel free to email me Finding a Publisher The best place to start when looking for publishers who might be interested in your manuscript is the current edition of the Children's Writers and Illustrator's Market , published by Writers Digest, which lists many available markets for children's writers - from magazines and contests to book publishers. It also contains invaluable information on how to write a query letter, manuscript formatting, agents, and other tools to help you get your 'foot in the door.'

105. [Printable Version] Children don t need special tools or fancy equipment to write! Before you goshopping, ask a child to write out your list, or have your children add http://www.rif.org/printpage.aspx?url=http://www.rif.org/parents/articles/encour

106. Book Shop The Writer s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by Nancy Lamb How toWrite for Children and Get Published by Louise Jordan http://www.jbwb.co.uk/bookshop.htm

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107. University Of Minnesota Libraries - Wilson Library British Children s Writers, 18801914 • Location(s) TC Wilson Library ReferenceQuarto PS21 .D55x v.141 UM DULUTH Library REF PN6010.5 .D5 Non-Circulating http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/link.phtml?page_id=1069&element_id=37158

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