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Sunday, December 16th, 2007All children should get a teddy bear when they are young. It is meaningful for children to have a bear they can sleep with or be with. Teddy bears should be given when kids are young enough to appreciate the bear.
Most children that are given a teddy bear when they are young keep […]
How To Write In The Children’s Market (Part 2)
Saturday, December 15th, 2007This is going to be my second article of many that I will be writing on how to break into the children?s writing market. This is going to be a considerably long series so keep checking back for updated posts.
Writing for kids can be one of the greatest ways to break into the writing […]
Girls and Their Dogs - A Children’s Book Pick From the Writing for Children Center
Friday, December 14th, 2007Wow! This is the ultimate book for any young girl who loves dogs. In fact, if this book had been around when I was about 8 or 10 years old, I would probably have slept with it under my pillow. At that time, dogs were the most important creatures in my world - as they […]
Teddy Bears Should Be Given To All Children
Thursday, December 13th, 2007All children should get a teddy bear when they are young. It is meaningful for children to have a bear they can sleep with or be with. Teddy bears should be given when kids are young enough to appreciate the bear.
Most children that are given a teddy bear when they are young keep […]
Teddy Bears Should Be Given To All Children
Thursday, December 13th, 2007All children should get a teddy bear when they are young. It is meaningful for children to have a bear they can sleep with or be with. Teddy bears should be given when kids are young enough to appreciate the bear.
Most children that are given a teddy bear when they are young keep […]
Plotting a Children’s Book
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007In a previous article I explained the ideas behind some of my children’s books. Over time, I’ve trained my brain to be on “alert” for ideas and I discover a lot more ideas than I have time to put pen to paper or fingers to laptop.
Not all ideas are equal.
Some ideas work well and become […]
Children’s Books - How to Add More Style to Your Writing - Part 2
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007In part one of how to make your creative writing more stylish, I looked at a number of ways to a children?s author could make their writing fresher. In Part two I look at more ways to make your writing, especially for children?s books, more enjoyable to read.
Stuffy words create a resistance in the reader. […]
Childrens Book of the Month Club - The Perfect Gift
Monday, December 10th, 2007Reading 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 […]
Childrens Book of the Month Club - The Perfect Gift
Monday, December 10th, 2007Reading 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 […]
How to Enjoy Camping with Children
Sunday, December 9th, 2007Many of us have fond memories of our parents taking us camping as children and would like to pass on this experience to our children but are a little daunted by what we see as the unknown, particularly if it has been a while since we last went camping.
The best thing to remember is that […]