From http://cbiclubhouse.com, the community for children’s writers. Want to impress a children’s book editor? Then listen up! Here are the seven things editors at children’s book publishers would tell you about your manuscript if they had the chance.
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Lynne Cherry is the author and illustrator of over 30 popular children’s books including THE GREAT KAPOK TREE and A RIVER RAN WILD. Here we see Lynne illustrating a page from her book HOW GROUNDHOG’S GARDEN GREW. Read more about this book at http://lynnecherry.com click on “books”, scroll down to “How Groundhog’s Garden Grew” and click on the title. Lynne Cherry is also the producer of a movie series that you can read about at YoungVoicesonClimateChange.com
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Check out an animated book trailer for Instructions, the new book from Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and illustrator Charles Vess!
Find more Neil Gaiman videos, games and books at http://www.mousecircus.com/
Trust Dreams.
Trust your heart,
and trust your story.
A renowned storyteller whose words have transported readers to magical realms and an acclaimed illustrator of lushly imagined fairy-tale landscapes guide a traveler safely through lands unknown and yet strangely familiar . . .
. . . and home again.
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From http://cbiclubhouse.com – a simple, great technique to understand what today’s kids and teens want to read about. A must view for anyone who desires to write children’s books.
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Welcome to iStoryTime, a library of narrated childrens books for the iPhone™
iStoryTime brings the joy of a kids’s book to the convenience of your iPhone or iPod® touch. iStoryTime books are illustrated and narrated, so your child can enjoy the book even when youre busy. Best of all, the app is drop-dead simple to use because its actually designed for kids 2-years and up.
Pages can be turned automatically or manually depending on the age and preference of the user. And you can choose the style of narration — an adult voice, child voice or none at all.
Waiting for dinner to come at a restaurant? Long airplane or train trip? Need ten more minutes to finish the grocery shopping? Hand your kid iStoryTime and let us read to them. With iStoryTime youll always have a great book on hand to entertain and educate the kids, rather than resorting to movies or video games.
FEATURES:
– Automatic navigation and narration make it incredibly simple to use
– Narration options: Kids voice, adult voice or silent for self reading
– Automatic or manual page turn
– Onscreen text helps beginning readers make associations between the words they hear and see
ABOUT THIS STORY
Binky the Pink Elephant Binky is the story of an elephant whose journey teaches her that being different can also be admirable.
Written by Sonowa Jackson. Illustrated by Jaclyn Mednicov. Narrated by Jen Muench and Laci Kay.
CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY OF ISTORYTIME BOOKS (sold separately):
– Shoe-per Duper Shoes Written by Woody Sears. Illustrated by Zach Sather.
– The Wiener Dog Magnet Written and illustrated by Hayes Roberts
– The Brave Monkey Pirate Written and illustrated by Hayes Roberts
– Lots more titles to come… keep your ‘i’ on iStoryTime, we’re just getting started.
We hope you and your child enjoy iStoryTime books. We’d love to hear your feedback, comments or suggestions, please email us at info@istorytimeapp.com
http://www.istorytimeapp.com
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Timmy Turtle searches the secret for being fast, because he is always the last.
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Reading to the kids at bedtime isn’t just a matter of doing what’s good for them (parents knows the benefits in terms of literacy and vocabulary), it can also be pure comedic entertainment. Children’s literature has come a long way from Dick and Jane. Check out the hilarious and offbeat books and bedtime stories that the guys at DadLabs are reading to their own children. They can actually read. DadLabs Ep. 273 The Lab. This video is brought to you by BabyBjorn.
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Enter the enchanting realm of The Fairy Lore of Ghost Horse Hollow with Part I of the First Triad : The Holly King by Montana author Anne Severn Williamson. Magic and mayhem, mystery and adventure await readers of all ages! The Holly King is available through popular online bookstores, favorite book outlets, and Trafford Publishing. To learn more about the remarkable blue-eyed Ghost Horses and Ghost Horse Hollow, please visit : www.ghosthorsehollow.com!
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From http://cbiclubhouse.com, the place to turn for children’s book writing information. There are four things that many successful children’s book authors have in common. In this video, you’ll learn them, and discover if you’re ready for your shot at the big time!
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Hi, my name is Christy Davis. These are some of the free print and play game sheets I’ve created for each of my books. You can find them at WEBSHOTS, PHOTOBUCK, SHUTTERFLY and other online sites. My childrens books are fiction, and about treasure hunts, pirates, caves, mountain men, monsters, scary monsters, possessed houses, good & bad ghosts, girls, boys, dogs, cats, rats, bats, secret agents, spies, kid reporters, good/bad guys, graveyards, cave boys, dinosaurs, saber-tooth tigers, notes in bottles, haunted mansions, secret passageways, stormy nights and action packed days. Jumping, being chased, hiding, falling, (a lot of screaming and running,) setting booby traps, spying on people, inventing things, investigating, solving problems & mysteries. They learn how to depend on each other. They blow up science labs, sword fight with pirates, build rafts, swim, dive off yard arms, capture ghosts, and still manage to stay alive so I can bring them all back again. These are fun filled, action packed, mystery adventures. You will love them! They are available ONLINE ONLY at Barnes and Noble, Walden Books, Books-A-Million, Amazon.com and all other major ONLINE BOOKSTORES. You can also find them here http://www.christydavisbooks They are in paperback, ebook, kindle, and audio book forms.
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