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Harold D. Underdown

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Sewanee, TN, The United States

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Children's, Nonfiction

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June 2011

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I have been a children's book editor for over 20 years. For the first half of that, I worked in-house at Macmillan, Orchard, and Charlesbridge. More recently I have been working independently--working with authors and publishers, speaking at conferences, and giving workshops. I also run The Purple Crayon, an informational website, at http://www.underdown.org/, and am a contributing editor to Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books grew out of my experiences as an editor. I have posted information and sample chapters on my website at my Idiot's Guide page. ...more

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Kid's Book Revision Retreat Update!

In less than a month, our 5-day revision retreat will begin--at the Highlights Foundation in eastern PA.

I want to note that we have added a feature to the program. On the final day, Stacy Whitman of Tu Books and Mary Colgan of Highlights Press will join us for an editor panel. We will, of course, talk about revision--share revision tips, tell revision stories, and discuss the role of revision in t Read more of this blog post »

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	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books 3.92 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juliette Low by Helen Boyd Higgins, Harold D. Underdown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cathy Morrison (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1951 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Earhart by Jane Moore Howe, Harold D. Underdown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cathy Morrison (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1950 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Audubon (Young Patriots) by Miriam E. Mason, Harold D. Underdown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cathy Morrison (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1943 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2015 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market, 2015) by Chuck Sambuchino (Editor), Harold D. Underdown (Goodreads Author) (Consultant Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, 3rd Edition 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, 3rd Edition: The Inside Story on Publishing Kids’ Books—from Beginning to End! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books 3th (third) edition Text Only 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Idiots Guide to Publish Children (01) by Underdown, Harold D - Rominge, Lynne - Alpha, Group [Paperback (2001)] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Idiots Guide to Publish Children (2nd, 04) by Underdown, Harold D [Mass Market Paperback (2004)] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars