What started as a desire to live a more creative life became an award-winning children's book series, a thriving coaching business, and more than 10,000 books sold. In an interview with FriesenPress children's author Sherry McMillan, we discuss her journey from business analyst to author, the mission that guides her work, and what she's learned about publishing, sales, and success along the way.

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.

Writing 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.

Kids 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.

When 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.

Visual 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.

When 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.

Books 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.

For 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.

Destigmatizing 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.