Peter Economy - Writing Children's Books For Dummies

9 Part 5: Getting Published and Promoting Your Book Chapter 17: The Traditional Route: Signing with an Agent or Publisher Identifying the Right Publisher Drafting Query Letters and Proposals Joining Forces: Working with an Agent Copyright: Protecting Your Work Success! Reviewing Your Publishing Contract Dealing with Rejection Chapter 18: Considering Hybrid Publishing The Good and the Bad about Hybrid Publishing Identifying the Right Hybrid Publisher for Your Book Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Hybrid Buck Chapter 19: So You Want to Self-Publish? Weighing the Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing Exploring Your Self-Publishing Options Setting a Price for Your Publication Distributing Your Self-Published Book Chapter 20: Donning Your Publicity Cap Understanding How Your Publisher Promotes Your Book Publicizing Your Own Book Promoting Your Work in Person Hiring a Publicist Chapter 21: Getting Savvy with Social Media Influencing the Influencers Knowing Where to Create a Social Media Presence Making a Splash: Launching a Social Media Campaign Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Campaign

10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: More Than Ten Great Sources for Timeless Storylines Tales of Yore: Fairy and Folk Tales, Fables, and the Like Mythology and Mythological Heroes Nursery Rhymes Bible and Religious Stories Family Issues and Changes Sibling Issues First Experiences Common Childhood Fantasies Friendship and Social Issues Growing Pains (Emotional and Behavioral) Bodies and the Brain: Their Functions and Changes History Makers and History in the Making Nature, Science, Technology Chapter 23: Ten Children's-Author Recognitions to Dream About Newbery Medal Caldecott Medal Coretta Scott King Book Award Printz Award Pura Belpré Award Theodor Seuss Geisel Award ALA Quick Pick & ALA Notable Books for Children Stonewall Book Award Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal State and Local Book Awards

11 Index

12 About the Authors

13 Connect with Dummies

14 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Example board books.FIGURE 2-2: Example picture books.FIGURE 2-3: Quick as a Cricket, a picture book . FIGURE 2-4: Example picture books . FIGURE 2-5: Example picture books.FIGURE 2-6: Example color and activity books. FIGURE 2-7: Example novelty books.FIGURE 2-8: Jeremy Kreep: Fang Fairy, a graphic novel . FIGURE 2-9: We Read Phonics, an early reader series. FIGURE 2-10: Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth, Book 1, a first chapter book. FIGURE 2-11: Example middle-grade novels. FIGURE 2-12: The Dressmaker’s Daughter, a young adult book.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry & the Big Hungry Bear, ...FIGURE 3-2: Find action and adventure in The Revenge of Joe Wild. FIGURE 3-3: Example true stories.FIGURE 3-4: Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield, an example of historical f...FIGURE 3-5: The Einsteins of Vista Point, a recent addition to the mystery genr...FIGURE 3-6: Example biographies.FIGURE 3-7: The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets. FIGURE 3-8: One True Way, from the LGBTQIA genre . FIGURE 3-9: Mean Ghouls: A Rotten Apple Book, a example gender-oriented title . FIGURE 3-10: Friendship titles for young children . FIGURE 3-11: Ventura and Zelzah, a YA friendship title . FIGURE 3-12: Wishes, Dares, & How to Stand Up to a Bully. FIGURE 3-13: Example titles celebrating developmental milestones.FIGURE 3-14: Example prose poetry titles, including a look inside.FIGURE 3-15: How to Change the World in 12 Easy Steps. FIGURE 3-16: Example nonfiction educational books.FIGURE 3-17: The We Both Read series. FIGURE 3-18: When Pencil Met the Markers, an aspirational story . FIGURE 3-19: No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights i ...FIGURE 3-20: Dealing with diversity.FIGURE 3-21: Example titles addressing family issues.FIGURE 3-22: Memoirs of a Tortoise. FIGURE 3-23: A picture book about acceptance and stereotyping. FIGURE 3-24: YA novels in the addiction, abuse, and mental illness genre.FIGURE 3-25: A couple of especially funny boardbooks.

3 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: You can replace points in Cinderella’s story with ones in your own ...

4 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: A sample first page of a manuscript submission.

5 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Sketch from It’s a Big World, Little Pig. FIGURE 15-2: Background finished pencil from It’s a Big World, Little Pig. ...FIGURE 15-3: Foreground finished pencil from It’s a Big World, Little Pig. ...FIGURE 15-4: Cover art prior to design from It’s a Big World, Little Pig. FIGURE 15-5: Final cover of It’s a Big World, Little Pig. FIGURE 15-6: A computer-generated sketch for interior artwork for We’re All in ...FIGURE 15-7: A sketch that has been digitally converted to a pencil. FIGURE 15-8: Computer-generated color artwork. FIGURE 15-9: The final cover art with (a) color and (b) hand-drawn text for We’ ...

6 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: A sample query letter.

7 Chapter 20FIGURE 20-1: A sample press release for a children’s book.

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