Get Started in Writing an Illustrated Children's Book: Design, develop and write illustrated children's books for kids of all ages - Couverture souple

Do you have an irresistible idea for a children's book, with pictures?

Are you inspired by writers like Julia Donaldson and Lauren Child?

Get Started in Writing an Illustrated Children's Book is a comprehensive, readable and practical guide which will help you design, develop and write picture or illustrated children's books for kids of all ages. Whether you want to create a madcap world to beguile a toddler, tell a story through the eyes of a child or summon up a world of heroism and adventure for a keen reader, this book will help you build your confidence and fire up your creativity.

It explains the different rules of writing for kids of different ages and will help you create plots and characters which resonate, and master the practicalities of working with illustrators and publishers. Written by a successful author and editor of illustrated children's books, it is an inspiring and practical introduction to that most colourful of writing genres.

- Come up with great ideas
- Discover how to think like a child
- Understand the different types of children's books
- Learn how to combine text and images

Lucy Courtenay has been writing children's fiction for over fifteen years. She's written for a number of high profile series for children of all ages. She is also a freelance editor of children's fiction, and a literary consultant and reviewer.

Do you have an irresistible idea for a children's book with pictures?

Are you inspired by writers like Julia Donaldson and Lauren Child?

Get Started in Writing and Illustrating A Children's Book is designed for anyone who wants to write in this genre of fiction, whatever the category or age range. Designed to build confidence and help fire up creativity, it is also an essential guide to mastering the practicalities of working with illustrators and illustrated concepts, from creating ideas for toddler board books to writing high concept middle grade projects. It carries the distinctive learning features of the flagship Teach Yourself Creative Writing series, with Snapshots designed to get you writing quickly, Key Idea to help crystallize thought, and a wealth of supplementary material, including insights into the publishing world and the role of the agent.