HOW TO WRITE FOR CHILDREN

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


			

SPRING IS COMING



SPRING IS COMING  by Paula
The year 2020, with its’ pandemic, lockdowns for protection of the mass, businesses unable to serve their customers, and the many forced to either work from home or not work at all, is over.
2021 rolled in covering some of us with winter’s fluffy white snow, burying cars in two feet of snow, top and bottom, our homes surrounded by more than snow;  not allowing many of us to shovel our way out before another snow storm hit.
There is good news!  We have a vaccine available to all— States are releasing business from quarantine— more people are able to put food on the
table—the snow is finally melting, and Spring is Coming.

(( A LITTLE RHYME TO WELCOME SPRING_)

I see buds on the limbs of trees
View blooms turning to face the sun
The heavens sent a nice warm breeze
The change of season has begun

Here’s to Spring, a welcome sign,
to open spaces and trails to hike

The delicate scent of flowers and pine
in all the parks and places we like

Welcome Spring from all of us here
Delighted to say, See you next year