School visits can be great fun; they are an opportunity for children's authors to connect with their audience in an interactive way. Children's author Peggy Thomas explains how to plan a school visit: she typically speaks to all k-6 elementary grades...

Finding the right illustrator for your children's book is an important step in the publishing process. You need to ensure that the illustrator's artistic style is a good fit for your story and that you can maintain a productive and collaborative working...

Author P.J. Hoover discusses the unique strategies that go into marketing young adult books versus middle grade books. When it comes to marketing YA books vs. middle grade, you have to know your audience. Young adult books target children in middle...

Author P.J. Hoover discusses the unique strategies that go into marketing young adult books versus middle grade books. When it comes to marketing YA books vs. middle grade, you have to know your audience. Young adult books target children in middle...

During her university writing program, writer and editor Edie Glaser kept hearing "write what you know" from her instructors. She had started understanding her own vision impairment - nystagmus - a little more, and decided she wanted to help children...

Children's Author Gina Otto encourages us to leave the old story behind, and find the new story. By taking personal stories and making them universal stories, your story can go the distance, and maybe even change the world. Click here to play this audio...

Children's Author Gina Otto encourages us to leave the old story behind, and find the new story. By taking personal stories and making them universal stories, your story can go the distance, and maybe even change the world.

Learn how to create a productive author-illustrator relationship when producing your children's book. The Tates discuss who should own the work and what details should be worked out before committing to a finalized author-illustrator agreement. ...

Learn how to create a productive author-illustrator relationship when producing your children's book. The Tates discuss who should own the work and what details should be worked out before committing to a finalized author-illustrator agreement. Click...