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Recommended Books for the Children's Book Writer and Illustrator

From the Editors
There are several relatively new or reissued books about writing for children that have gotten good reviews, although they are not specifically about writing multicultural books. Here are some of the books we suggest:

THE BUSINESS OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN
by Aaron Shepard
(Shepard Publications, 2000)
He also has a Web site

A CALDECOTT CELEBRATION: SIX ARTISTS
AND THEIR PATHS TO THE CALDECOTT MEDAL
by Leonard S. Marcus
(Walker & Company, 1998)

CHILDREN’S WRITER AND
ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET
edited by Alice W. Pope
(Writer’s Digest Books, 2001)

THE CHILDREN’S WRITER’S REFERENCE
by Eric Suben and Berthe Amoss
(F&W Publications, 1999)

CHILDREN’S WRITER’S WORD BOOK
by Alijandra Mogilner
(Writer’s Digest Books, 1999)

THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE
TO PUBLISHING CHILDREN’S BOOKS
by Harold Underdown and Lynne Rominger
(Alpha Books, 2001)

DEAR GENIUS: THE LETTERS OF
URSULA NORDSTROM
edited by Leonard Marcus
(HarperCollins, 2000)

HOW TO WRITE AND SELL
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
by Jean E. Karl
(F&W Publications, 1994)

MEET THE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS:
60 CREATORS OF FAVORITE CHILDREN’S
BOOKS TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK, VOL.1
by Deborah Kovacs with James Preller
(Scholastic Books, 1994)

ORIGINS OF STORY: ON
WRITING FOR CHILDREN
edited by Barbara Harrison and Gregory Maguire
(McElderry, 1999)

SHOULD WE BURN BARBAR:
ESSAYS ON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
AND THE POWER OF STORIES
by Herbert Kohl
(New Press, 1996)

STORY SPARKERS: A CREATIVITY
GUIDE FOR CHILDREN’S WRITERS
by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey
(F&W Publications, 2000)

TALKING WITH ARTISTS
Volumes 1 & 2
by Pat Cummings
(Simon and Schuster)

THE WAY TO WRITE
FOR CHILDREN
by Joan Aiken
(St. Martins Press, 1999)

WINGS OF AN ARTIST:
CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
TALK ABOUT THEIR ART
by Barbara Kiefer
(Harry N. Abrams, 1999)

WRITING FOR CHILDREN
AND TEENAGERS
by Lee Wyndham and Arnold Madison
(F&W Publications, 1989)

WRITING WITH PICTURES:
HOW TO WRITE AND
ILLUSTRATE CHILDREN’S BOOKS
by Uri Shulevitz
(Watson-Guptill, 1997)

YOU CAN WRITE CHILDREN’S BOOKS
by Tracey E. Dils
(F&W Publications, 1998)

YOUNG AT HEART:
A STEP-BY-STEP WAY OF
WRITING CHILDREN’S STORIES
by Violet Ramos
(VR Publications, 1999)

Web sites for writers and illustrators

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