Get Started In Writing An Illustrated Children's Book

Author: Lucy Courtenay

Stock information

General Fields

Price : $24.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781473611849
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Imprint : Teach Yourself Books
Contained items :
Weight (g) : 0.304
Publication date : 01 November 2016
Dimensions : 216mm X 138mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 24.99
Availability date : 01 January 2017
Out of print date :
Agency :
Product Type : books

Special Fields

color :
size :
Author : Lucy Courtenay
Series :
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
Illustrator :
Language :
Dewey classification : 808.068
Reading Level :
Library of Con LOCSH :
Pages : 240
BIC subject :
Illustrations :
Colour :
Session :
Deck :
Store Notes :
Translator :
Signed :

9781473611849

Description

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.

Author description

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.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.