Writing+Books+for+Children

Writing Books for Children This page is being developed to support a new partnership with Philadelphia READS and the //Reading is Love project.// Students at Chestnut Hill College will be trying their hand at writing some easy books for children as part of this new initiative. This page is designed to provide ideas, guidelines, tips, and other suggestions as we begin this journey.

Philadelphia READS seeks submissions for the Reading is Love project, a social media initiative designed to provide free children's stories to Philadelphia families to promote and increase a love of reading. These stories will be available both online and through mobile devices to encourage reading together on- the- go. Philadelphia READS is collaborating with authors and illustrators to gather stories for this project. If you are interested in submitting a children's story, please note the following guidelines:

Finally, here is a link to the Reading Is Love web page. You will find stories for children 0-3 and 3-6 that can easily be accessed by cell phone.

Tips for Writers (downloads and links) These tips from Children's Books for Dummies are a great starting point. [|Tips for Writing Funny Animal books] - Some funny suggestions that might just work!

Video Links [|Three Tips for Writing a Children's Book] - A quick introduction! The content is excellent, though the reading not so much! Still worth it. [|Writing Picture Books - How to Get Started] - This video begins with the 3 sentence summary.

Use Google Docs to collaborate with your group members. Here's a link that explains how to share and collaborate using [|google drive]