Teach Yourself Get Started in Writing and Illustrating a Children's Book: Design, develop and write illustrated children's books for kids of all ages - Brossura

Courtenay, Lucy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1473611849 ISBN 13: 9781473611849

Casa editrice: Teach Yourself, 2016

Riassunto

A comprehensive, readable and practical guide to creating, developing and writing picture or illustrated children's books.

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

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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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Teach Yourself
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1473611849
• ISBN 13: 9781473611849
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 226
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile