How to Write a Childrens Book
Writing a Children’s Book
Going into this project I thought writing a children’s book would be easy, however the only way to actually write a successful children’s book is to be able to think like a child, which was shockingly hard for me to do. One has to know what a child would be interested in reading, and what pictures should be portrayed in the story to catch the eye of a child. The wording in the book has to be pretty concrete as well so that it is easy for children to imagine what they are reading aside from looking at the pictures.
In order to familiarize myself with the conventions and how to write a children’s book, I did a lot of research. I looked up things on the internet and I also looked through a few children’s books that belong to my little brother. By doing research I learned that children’s books are generally very colorful, there are typically pictures on every page and the font used for the words on the pages seem to match the mood of the story. For example, if the story was a very exciting and fun story the words would typically be very big and colorful and the font would be a very fun font that is appealing to a child. Children stories are usually short. There is always a moral at the end of the story to teach children how to be better children all together. While doing research I learned that a children’s book is typically ten to thirty pages or no more than 1000 words, but it is all related to the format of the story and how the author writes. One convention that I have seen used a lot in children’s books are animals being used as characters more often than humans being used as the characters. I researched this on the internet and learned that animals being used as the main characters in children’s books spark’s the interest of a child and keeps them interested longer more than reading a book with humans as the main characters. Surprisingly, it also makes the story more relatable to the children.
When writing a children’s book, it
Going into this project I thought writing a children’s book would be easy, however the only way to actually write a successful children’s book is to be able to think like a child, which was shockingly hard for me to do. One has to know what a child would be interested in reading, and what pictures should be portrayed in the story to catch the eye of a child. The wording in the book has to be pretty concrete as well so that it is easy for children to imagine what they are reading aside from looking at the pictures.
In order to familiarize myself with the conventions and how to write a children’s book, I did a lot of research. I looked up things on the internet and I also looked through a few children’s books that belong to my little brother. By doing research I learned that children’s books are generally very colorful, there are typically pictures on every page and the font used for the words on the pages seem to match the mood of the story. For example, if the story was a very exciting and fun story the words would typically be very big and colorful and the font would be a very fun font that is appealing to a child. Children stories are usually short. There is always a moral at the end of the story to teach children how to be better children all together. While doing research I learned that a children’s book is typically ten to thirty pages or no more than 1000 words, but it is all related to the format of the story and how the author writes. One convention that I have seen used a lot in children’s books are animals being used as characters more often than humans being used as the characters. I researched this on the internet and learned that animals being used as the main characters in children’s books spark’s the interest of a child and keeps them interested longer more than reading a book with humans as the main characters. Surprisingly, it also makes the story more relatable to the children.
When writing a children’s book, it