Picture Books/Board Books:
Help!
The Writing Process of The Dirty Cowboy: by Amy
Timberlake--a case study about the creation of a picture book.
Writing
Picture Books: The Basics by Margot Finke
Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul: A review new
Picture
Book Manuscripts and Illustrations
Picture
Books and Easy Readers (from my Complete Idiot's Guide)
Rhyming
Picture Books: For Those Who Must by Margot Finke
Breaking
the Rules for Picture Book Manuscripts (Blog entry)
Writing
and Publishing Board Books
Novels and Books with Chapters:
Books with Chapters and Collections (from my Complete Idiot's Guide)
Writing
a Middle-Grade Masterpiece by Margot Finke
Self-editing
Your Middle-Grade Novel by Margot Finke
Writing
Young Adult and Children's Science Fiction & Fantasy: Make
the Impossible Possible by Marnie Brooks
Nonfiction and Historical Fiction:
Open
Minds: Nonfiction for the Very Young by Patricia Pfitsch
Nonfiction
for the Library Market (Blog entry)
Defining
Historical Fiction (Blog entry)
Other Formats and Genres:
YA Books Are Booming--but not That Much: A response to an Atlantic Monthly article. new
Targeting
the Emergent Reader by Joan Broerman
Poetry
for Children: Choosing the Format by Charles Ghigna
Researching
the Folktale by Aaron Shepard
Writing
for Children's Magazines by Donna Freedman
Writing
Mysteries for Children's Magazines by Donna Freedman
Writing
Multicultural Children's Books
Children's
Ebooks (Blog entry)
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