This authoritative guide describes the vital steps for writing text for picture books -- from conception to writing, character, and plot development to humour, suspense, and fantasy. Includes tips for novice and advanced writers on researching and presenting material to meeting publishers' needs.
Kathy Stinson, author of internationally acclaimed Canadian children's classic, Red is Best and the TD Award Winner, The Man with the Violin, also writes novels, short stories, and nonfiction for young people of all ages.