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Books on Writing

There are many web based resources for children's writers, but don't forget good old-fashioned books. (Though some are available as e-books.)  The following is a short list of useful and informative volumes to help you get started.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books, by Harold D. Underdown and Lynne Rominger, Alpha Books, 2008

The Business of Writing for Children, by Aaron Shepard, Shepard Publications, 2000

Picture Writing:  A New Approach to Writing for Kids and Teens, by Anastasia Suen, Writers Digest Books, 2003

Writing With Pictures:  How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books, by Uri Shulevitz, Watson-Guptil, 1997

It’s a Bunny-Eat-Bunnny World:  A Writer’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Today’s Competitive Children’s Book Market, by Olga Litowinsky, Walker Books, 2001

The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, by Nancy Lamb, Writer’s Digest Books, 2001

The Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Marketplace, published yearly by Writer’s Digest Books

Writing Fiction for Children:  Stories Only You Can Tell, by Judy K. Morris, University of Illinois Press, 2001


Children's Picture Books: The Art of Visual Storytelling, by Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles, Laurence King Publishers, 2012

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, by Ursala K. Le Guin, Eighth Mountain Press, 1998

Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg, Shambhala Library, 2010