Hachette India

How to Write a Children's Picture Book and Get it Published, 2nd Edition

Andrea Shavick

This book provides comprehensive advice on what to write about for children, how to write it, and how to present the work professionally for publication. It includes an easy-to-use picture book layout plan and tried and tested examples of title sheets and covering letters. It also includes everything a writer needs to know about the international picture book market and how to sell to agents and publishers.

This new edition contains advice on enhancing your text for the ebook market.

Andrea Shavick

Andrea is an established children's author. She has managed to persuade some of the biggest publishing houses in the world to publish her children's writing - Pan-Macmillan Hodder Orchard Oxford University Press Ginn Random House Scholastic Pinwheel Heinemann and Walker Books to name just some. Andrea is the author of over 25 books including four international best-selling picture books. With her inside knowledge of the picture book market she is perfectly placed to help you realise the dream of seeing your own book accepted for publication.