5 Steps To Writing Children Books

Children books seem so easy to write! They don't even have a lot of text, especially if they are for toddlers or babies! So much so that you wonder how is it that you haven't thought about becoming a best selling author of children's stories before. But, is it really so simple? Truly speaking, it is not. Children...

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Book Design - Children Book Writers and Illustrators - What the SCBWI Has to Offer

Organizations and associations are there to help us get to know the industry we're in... I found SCBWI, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, very helpful for me... here's what I learned...The SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators offers a great many opportunities for those of us who love the idea of writing for...

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Children Books - Base of Knowledge

A pessimist can understand the cost of every valuable thing but cannot understand the worth of nothing. As such, reading habit should be cultivated among the children to teach them the right values of life. Reading books can help a child to face the stiff competitions with confidence. As life can be described as a challenge of drawing sufficient...

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Children Books - Entertain and Educate the Little Ones

Good books are the great friends of every children. Books are considered as a valuable resource, as they keep the readers and listeners aware about different stories and facts. They play a vital role of a guide and a teacher, and entertain & enlighten the readers from time to time. As per the interest of the readers, one...

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Children Books - Nurture the Reading Habit

The most violent element in the society is ignorance. A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is jut as bad. To sustain in this competitive world a person should be well versed in every topic. Kids are the innocent beings who are unaware of the harsh realities of life. As such, elders should cultivate...

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Children Books Store - Get the Best Books for Children

Children have always loved reading books. Books are their best companion and give them knowledge. They love to read and get complete information regarding various aspects of life. In school we used to study a number of books on different subjects to gain insight. Every child spends considerable amount of time with books. Story books have always been a...

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Childrens Book Clubs - Buyer Beware

If you have looked at childrens book clubs, you've probably seen the great deals they offer, such as "Get 6 books for $2 plus a free gift!" Sounds great right? It depends. Keep reading to see if joining a club makes sense for you.Book buying clubs have been around since the 1920's. They're nothing new, and many people are...

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How Can You Contribute to Today's Children Books?

Do you know that there is a wide market and opportunity to write books for children? May be, you have not thought about this fabulous idea of writing books for children from your home whilst you try to juggle a family with a demanding career at the office. As you may already know, today's kids are reading earlier with...

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Things to Consider by Children Books' Authors

As a reviewer and a children's book writer, I have been on both sides of the book's coin. On one side I wrote and illustrated my children's book, on the other I have reviewed other author's children books. During the time spent in these two roles, I became aware of few things about children's books and about kids as...

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Top 10 Childrens Books

Reading to your children is an important part of their growth and development. As your kids grow they will want to read books on their own, but you can still share the stories and adventures with them by discussing what they have read. Knowing which books are highly recommended for younger readers will help you and your child...

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Top 10 things you didn’t know about Peter Pan

Wendy, John, Michael and Peter in the 1953 Disney version of Peter Pan. Photograph: Cine Text / Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd. / Allstar Peter Pan has a long history with the theatre – here are some of the most interesting facts I’ve unearthed when making our version at Polka. ...

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Childrens Books - Wonder World Dream

Children's Books or children's literature is very hard to define and categorised, there is no set genre for children to enjoy. Sometimes, a children's book became more popular and enjoyable by the teenagers and adults and vice versa. The demand for Children's Books has been there from the time memorable and will remain forever. Children's literature or Children's...

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Things to Consider by Children Books' Authors

As a reviewer and a children's book writer, I have been on both sides of the book's coin. On one side I wrote and illustrated my children's book, on the other I have reviewed other author's children books. During the time spent in these two roles, I became aware of few things about children's books and about kids...

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Childrens Book of the Month Club - The Perfect Gift

Reading is almost becoming a lost art. Between the video games, children's DVDs and the endless variety of shows that are geared towards children it's hard to imagine a time when a child would actually sit down and read a book for enjoyment.  It's kind of a shame, really, because when you read you can be anyone or...

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What are the best books series for younger children?

My son is six but a very advanced reader for his age. He’s been a keen book lover since before starting school, enjoying a wide range of books; but a few months ago he discovered Beast Quest and it quickly became an all-consuming passion: he lived, ate, slept and breathed it! Now after 10 series, the appeal is...

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Children Books - Base of Knowledge

A pessimist can understand the cost of every valuable thing but cannot understand the worth of nothing. As such, reading habit should be cultivated among the children to teach them the right values of life. Reading books can help a child to face the stiff competitions with confidence. As life can be described as a challenge of drawing sufficient...

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Couldn't Children Start and Run Their Own Childrens Book Clubs?

Children's book clubs are a great way to get your child interested in exploring the wonderful world of reading and books. There are new book clubs for young teenagers that come up each day - in libraries, recreation centers, residential streets. As incredible a way as that is to get your child in the great state of mind, could...

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Increase Your Child's Educational Potential With Classic Children Books

Today it seems like our worlds are filled with more electronic gadgets and gizmos than you could have ever believed. As a society, we have gotten very gadget dependent. In some ways this is not a bad thing, but our kids are towing a dangerous line when it comes to their education. Our children have gotten more and...

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Children Books That Are Great For Kids

There are many benefits to children books. A child that reads has a better shot or a higher chance at getting good grades in school than a child who doesn't. Children's books exposes our children to the world of books. A world where anything is possible. It is in this world that children learn to have fun while...

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Childrens' Book Shelves - Top Tips To Keeping Your Kids Safe And Picking One Your Kid Will Adore

Do you need your children to fall in love with reading? If so, you probably want to make certain that your childrens book shelves are full of fun, intriguing books they can curl up and explore. But picking the correct one has much more to it than just choosing any old shelf. A special book shelf won't only...

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Children Books: The All Time Favorites and Best Picks

Children love to read books and consider them to be an important source of information and knowledge. There is a special category of books for them, popularly known as children books which cover Juvenile Fiction, Comics & Graphic novels etc.  If book reading is inculcated as a habit early on, children tend to enjoy books and find them...

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Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch Dowload Free

A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making.Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch.  Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and...

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The Inside Secrets To Writing and Publishing A Childrens Book

Writing and Publishing a Children's Book is a dream for many people. Unfortunately, it is often a difficult dream to realize since most talented writers do not know or understand which steps to take first to begin the process of becoming known and getting published. Do you need an agent, illustrator, assistant, consultant or book marketer? Do you know...

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The Blood of Olympus Dowload Book Free

After a narrow escape from the house of Hades, the crew of Argo II have to reach the Parthenon before the feast of Spes or game over. Gaia wins! The characters which must undertake this challenge are Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, Jason Grace: son of Jupiter, Leo Vandelez: son of Hephaestus, Frank Zahang: son of Mars,...

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Halloween habits: the rise of horror in children's books

I have known terror. I was 11 when it first filtered into my room in the dead of night. Terror was a violent intruder, a man identified to police as Bruno Frye, and yet when the attack occurred he was confirmed to be at his own home, hundreds of kilometres away. No! It wasn’t possible! ...

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The rise of the geekettes

Queen of cosplay and sefl confessed geekette, teen author Lucy Saxon, dressed as a female Captain America Photograph: Bloomsbury Space and fantasy books are becoming more popular than ever, thanks to a wave of exciting new authors. These epic genres are being enjoyed by hordes of proud new geek girls around the world, who not only embrace their...

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Malorie Blackman: how my Project Remix will tap into teen creativity

Malorie Blackman: teenagers are some of the most passionate, dynamic and creative people I know Photograph: Tom Pilston/Tom Pilston This morning Malorie Blackman launches a project and competition designed to tap into the creativity of teens in a really thrilling way. And here Malorie herself tells us what the competition is all about and why she’s running it:...

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Piers Torday: I wanted to write about talking animals

Where did the idea for The Last Wild and its sequel The Dark Wild come from? The truth of where ideas come from is complex and sometimes it’s only with hindsight do you see they come from multiple places. So I have two answers. I started writing a TV sitcom about a family living on a farm. A colleague...

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The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson - review

From the writer of The Hundred Year Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared comes yet another classic. This book combines sheer reality with humour to give a beautiful combination of comedy and wit. The story is told in third person, switching from focusing on one character to another, but mostly on a girl named...

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Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell - review

Meet Ada Goth. She lives in Ghastly-Gorm hall with her father, Lord Goth, lots of servants and at least half a dozen ghosts. ...

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Where She Went by Gayle Forman - review

Wow! I recently finished Where She Went and it was perfection in my eyes. Maybe even better than If I Stay. ...

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Endgame: The Calling by James Frey - review

I'm incredibly grateful that I was given the chance to read this book as part of an interview I got the chance to have with James Frey, and I struggled (in a good way) to think of things to say about this book. Endgame definitely quashed a lot of books for me. Endgame theorises that, in the event...

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Who are the best quirky heroines in children's books?

Inger Nilsson starring in the Film version of Pippie Longstocking made in 1969 Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/BETA FILM Our seven-year-old daughter has suddenly really taken off with reading but we are struggling to know how to help her choose what to read next. In general she likes unconventional stories – although she also admires Hermione Granger! Most recently, she has...

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My inspiration: Michelle Magorian on Arthur Ransome

Swallows And Amazons, by Arthur Ransome – the inspiration for Goodnight Mister Tom author Michelle Magorian. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/REX/Moviestore Collection/REX Although I could read before I went to school and I won the school reading prize at five years old, my early children’s stories came from the radio and watching films at a cinema on Saturday mornings in...

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - review

This book wrenched me out of my chaotic, stressy, unorganised life and into a whole new one; the life of Jacob as he journeys to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. His entire family life is shrouded by a feeling of mystery and...

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Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods by Rick Riordan- review

This book is Percy Jackson's view on the Greek gods, the way he learnt about them. He tells you how the earth was made and give an insightful view on all twelve Olympian Gods and his favourite stories about them. My favourite part is when, at the very end, he tells the reader about the time Dionysus invaded...

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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne - review

On Alfie's fifth birthday, England declares war on Germany. Life will never be the same again. The very next day, Alfie's Dad signs up, and is gone within a week. Letters come regularly, and Alfie begins to get used to his new routine, with different teachers, different food and a different home life. Then, with no warning, the...

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Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington - review

The story of a double life. Sabine, a young, intelligent, pretty girl lives two lives, one with a rich family, the other with a working class family. In one life she's the popular girl, the other life she's the unnoticed girl. She swaps through lives each and everyday. Everything is perfectly different, apart from her. Then when she...

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom  is one of the best products that many folks want to get today. There are many people are searching information and reviews about it. When you’re hunting for an original Chicka Chicka Boom Boom , we recommend this product is the best choice and the real option for you. This item also comes with many...

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The Day the Crayons Quit

.Perfect Picture Book Friday is here with The Day the Crayons Quit, the delightful, laugh-out-loud creation of Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (it took me an extra few seconds to figure out who the illustrator was because his name is upside-down on the cover).  The book is so funny that when I was reading it aloud to my...

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Goodnight Moon

Perhaps the perfect children's bedtime book In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room--to the picture of the three little bears sitting in chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one...

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Locomotive

Locomotive: In 1869 America, not long after Nebraska became a state, the first transcontinental train journey began in Omaha with the Union Pacific locomotive. With a change of engines every two hundred or less miles, the fictional family of Brian Floca’s Locomotive  made it to San Francisco in a week after crossing the Great Plains, deserts, and the...

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The Giver by Lois Lowry - review and Dowload book free

Pain doesn't exist. Colours don't exist. Only grey does. Jonas, a twelve year old is destined to become a receiver of memory but the qualities just don't seem right for him. Being the receiver means seeing things beyond what others can see and worst of all, experiencing the pain… I have always wanted to read this book as...

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The Iron Trial by Holly Black ; Cassandra Clare - review and dowload free

The Iron Trial is by far one of the most eagerly awaited children's books of Autumn 2014 and it's no surprise, considering its creators are the impressive Cassandra Clare (one of my most favourite authors) and Holly Black. Clare, the writer of The Mortal Instrument series, a global phenomenon and Black, author of the widely popular Spiderwick Chronicle...

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Yolo by Lauren Myracle - review

Yolo by Lauren Myracle is a great read! Although the story is told through text messages it hooks you in from the very beginning. Three best friends are facing their first semester apart as they all start different colleges. Not only are the girls separated but Zoe's worried that Doug wants to break up with her because they're...

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A Tale That Is More Than Just a Story About an Ant

I was searching for a fun book, of which there are many out there, for a friend's new baby girl when I came across "Sleep Time Stories: The Adventures of Pee Wee" at Amazon.com. It is a cute, well-written and well-Illustrated story of a tiny ant living in a tiny ant house on a tiny street. I was intrigued...

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Sally Gardner: Dyslexia and me

It was pretty tricky growing up with dyslexia, because I thought I was clever, and I know that sounds like a silly thing to say, but I didn’t think I was stupid. Yet I obviously was stupid because I couldn’t read or write. I seemed like a bright little girl but all that brightness could never come out...

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Sabriel by Garth Nix- review

If you have recently witnessed the release of Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen, Garth Nix's latest addition to his Old Kingdom series and wanted to read it, but found yourself wondering whether to read his other novels first, I highly recommend you do. Sabriel was published before I was even born, in 1995. This might be the same for...

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Inculcate Reading Habits in Children

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot Charles Eliot had his facts right. Anyone who has befriended the written word would never be lonely. All booklovers know that they can live several lives, travel innumerable places and do...

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The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson - review

There are many young adult writers who stick to what they know. Churning out novel after novel, they dabble in love triangles, "tough life choices", white protagonists, and occasionally, throw in vampires to spice things up a little. You buy their books with the knowledge that you'll receive romance that tries too hard, pretentious metaphors and the mangling...

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Reader reviews roundup

This story follows Dante, an A-level student, who suddenly becomes a full-time Dad when his ex-girlfriend arrives on his doorstep and leaves behind a baby. ...

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Russell Brand: why I wrote the Pied Piper of Hamelin

 ll Why have you written the first of your Trickster Tales series on the Pied Piper of Hamelin? Photograph: Chris Riddell I think the Pied Piper is such an interesting figure. When you think about it’s weird what he did, taking them children away and it makes you ask questions. Why did he do it? Is that okay?...

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The Dangerous Discoveries of Gully Potchard by Julia Lee - review

The Dangerous Discoveries of Gully Potchard is about a 14-year old boy, Gully, who works as a delivery boy at Janner's printers. When he bumps into a childhood bully everything goes wrong. Soon he is in a right pickle, mixed up in a scheme of crime and trickery. How can he get out of this one? Some of...

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The Worst Thing about my Sister by Jacqueline Wilson review

This book is about two sisters, Marty and Melissa. Marty is a huge tomboy that loves animals. Melissa is a girly girl and wears makeup. Melissa is the oldest by two and a half years. Marty has to move into Melissa's bedroom because their Mum has to have a sewing room. That's when the trouble begins. Every day...

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Zac and Mia by A J Betts - review

Before you immediately view the synopsis of this book and compare it to The Fault in Our Stars, please don't. Yes, they both share the same premise but they are completely different. The Fault in Our Stars is a love story in which the characters happen to have cancer, whereas Zac and Mia is a cancer story where...

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Author Cat Michaels Invites Readers To Become Writers

Author Cat Michaels is a writer who loves getting her target audience involved with her stories. Her latest story, Finding Fuzzy, is categorized as a You-Decide Tale. This series theme and goal is to get young readers writing and interacting with the story by writing the ending. These wonderful coming of age books will help readers transition along...

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Title: The Magic of Friendship, By: Subhash Kommuru - Book Review

The Magic of Friendship: is a delightful allegorical story about a gander that tells his juvenile son about a fierce tiger that incurs fear among all the animals in the Tadoba Forest. While the two prepare a time of celebration with other animals in the forest, they happen to fall upon a serendipitous object lesson. Incorporating themes of bullying...

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Reasons Why You Should Always Wish Upon a Star

Author Daniel Harvell has recently released his first novel in a new series titled "Wishing Will." This great read has characters that are easy to relate to, which is great for his target audience, middle grade readers especially boys. His story focuses on a chubby teen, named Will Cricket, who has found the secret to making a wish come...

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Fighting for Freedom and General Washington, By: Michael Justin Lee

Fighting for Freedom and General Washington: Born as twins thirteen years prior, Alexander and Amanda Lee had been inseparable since that time. They had grown up in a loving household, a small farm in Virginia during the 1700?s. Both found safety and support on this farm; as part of a famous family, their parents were able to provide...

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