Are you trying to write your first picture book? It might be helpful if, very early in the process, you break your text into pages. Typically, there are 32 pages in a picture book, but the text of the book rarely begins on page one. Because the title page, endpapers, the dedication & the copyright…
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Jacki Kellum Workshop: Writing & Marketing A Picture Book
Here are a few of the topics that I am already fully prepared to teach to high school, college, and adults: Distinctions between end rhyme and internal rhyme Mix it up–don’t sing your readers to sleep. Surprise your readers with unique word patterns. Don’t be too predictable. Read what my editor Frances Gilbert, who is…
After the Fall by Dan Santat – Picture Book Daily
After the Fall Dan Santat 2017 Roaring Brook Press Caldecott Honor Book Rated as One of the Best Picture Books of 2017 by School Library Journal 357 Words 36 Pages The text of this book begins on page 5. Pages 4 and 5 are a 2-page spread, with the first text page beginning on page…