Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126783 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Synopsis
The comprehensive guide to markets in all areas of children's media, completely revised and updated, with a foreword by Meg Cabot New articles for this edition include: 1. Writing historical novels for kids - Michelle Paver 2. Writing thrillers for children - Anthony Horowitz 3. How to write for adolescents - Meg Rosoff 4. Out of the slush pile - Matthew Skelton 5. Bologna Children's Book fair - Alex Hamilton 6. Adaptation of children's books for the theatre - Kaye Umansky Contains information on a wide range of topics with the emphasis on giving the aspiring writer and illustrator knowledge of the children's market in all areas, to help them pursue their careers in this increasingly competitive area. No other guide to writing and illustrating for children does this.

Customer Reviews

useful info
Useful information listing publishers and agents which does save a lot of time! Some good articles to. However there may be large chunks of the book which do not apply to you. For example if you are just writing there are chapters on illustrating etc that aren't relevant.

What every children's writer should own
Having done without one of these books for some years, I finally got around to getting myself a copy. It has saved me hours of trailing through the internet looking for publishers that might accept unsolicited manuscripts. The writing advice is interesting and witty, but I think the main reason for owning this, is all the useful contact information.
Not sure I'll be buying one every year, but maybe every other year!