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Transform your children’s book into a world of wonder by creating endless opportunities for real-life interaction with your story. From stickers to plush toys, children’s author Lindsay Woollard shares 5 fun promotional products that will create an interactive experience kids will love.
Read MoreWriting children's books as a shared experience for both kids and adults is a unique challenge worth mastering. To help you create stories that grownups will also enjoy, author and illustrator Lindsay Woollard outlines 5 steps to success on your writing journey.
Read MoreKids are natural explorers, and nonfiction is the perfect tool to fuel their curiosity! Discover 4 essential tips for making children's nonfiction both fun and informative—so you can create books young readers will love.
Read MoreWhen it comes to children's books, every word counts. Skipping the editing phase? That could be a BIG mistake. Here are the crucial ways an editor can weigh in on — and improve — your children’s book manuscript.
Read MoreVisual storytelling can cast a spell on readers of children’s books, cookbooks, and even blog posts. But how does that spellbinding magic actually work? Here, we explore the key principles of visual storytelling to ensure your reader efficiently absorbs your content — and remains compelled to keep turning your book’s pages.
Read MoreWhen you hire your own illustrator, it puts you in the position of art director. To help you settle into your new role and better manage your self-published book’s illustrations, try these pro tips from our in-house illustrations specialist Astra Crompton.
Read MoreBooks grow up as quickly and diversely as today’s children. By exploring what a book is about and how the story is told, we can better understand what changes as young readers grow up – and reflect those changes in the pages of your children’s book.
Read MoreFor a new children’s book to succeed in a crowded market, it doesn’t need to be good. It needs to be *great*. Here are four ways you can make your children’s story stand out and be loved by today’s young readers.
Read MoreDestigmatizing mental health conversations have never been more prevalent than they are today, but one area still remains underserved. In advance of #BellLetsTalk, we interviewed FriesenPress children’s book author Britt Sayler about her mission to address childhood depression and her important The Semicolon.
Read MoreExperience is the best friend of most every writer, especially if you believe in writing what you know. FriesenPress author Paul Toffanello takes you through his journey as a children’s book author and details three key writing lessons he learned along the way.
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