You decided to write a book for children. Great! You want to write one that helps them learn new words and improve spelling, while making it fun to read. Perfect!

Where to begin?

First, decide what you want to write about…a fantasy story…an animal story…, a puzzle book within a story…an adventure about a current popular superhero, all intended to teach and inspire a child’s imagination.

Worthy Suggestions: 

Read a variety of children’s books from other authors.  By reading their work, it will help you to plan your direction.  You can also find many books at your local library.  Remember what books appealed to you the most and why?

To write fiction, read the classics… the ones still read today.

Decide beforehand whether you want your book to be illustrated or text only. Note 🙁Younger children prefer picture books.

Online you will find words to use for different ages such as.

SAMPLE WORDS FOR 5 YEARS OLD

be, he, me, bee, see, she, we, go, so, do, chat, bar, car, far, cow, how, now, wow, hi, by, bye, dry, ox, box, fox, pox, egg, bay, day, may, say, way, all, ball, call, fall, tall, wall, as, ask, bask, task, with, had, have, bell, fell, well, book, cook, took, band, hand, land, say, said, are, jar, tar, car, best,

SAMPLE WORDS F0R 12 years old

There are over 100 words listed, online, that middle schoolers should know, selected by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, such as: adversary, apprehensive, banish, bluff, commotion, counter, defiance, engross, foresight, and so on. For the complete list, please visit www.visualthesaurus.com/wordlists…

Remember, your book needs to be age appropriate, whether for very young children, middle age, and young adult.

 I read that “READERS MAKE THE BEST WRITERS,”

GOOD LUCK! PAULA