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FAQ, by Hilary Morrison, morrison@evol1.mbl.edu with numerous
contributions by others.
I've written or want to write/illustrate a children's book. How do I go about writing/publishing it?
Check with your local library. They will have directories of publishers,
writing guides, and the most recent guide to the writing market.
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World Wide Web pages:
A World of Pictures (for illustrators)
http://pages.prodigy.com/picbooks
Association of American Publishers
http://www.publishers.org
Bookwire Children's Publishers List
http://www.bookwire.com/index/Childrens-Publishers.html
Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Children's Book Publishers on the Net
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/publish.html
Children's Books and More by Harold Underdown
http://www.users.interport.net/~hdu/
Children's Writing Resource Centre:
http://www.mindspring.com/~cbi
Dan Poynter's site for help on self-publishing:
http://www.lh.com/para
How to Make Books
http://holly.colostate.edu/~sheilas/index.html
Inkspot
http://www.inkspot.com/~ohi/inkspot/
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/
The Writer's Marketboard
http://rain-crow-publishing.com/market/net.html
Writer's Resources
http://www.authorlink.com
Publishers Catalog List
http://www.lights.com/publisher/
Q10: What other WWW resources are devoted to children's books?
General Information Sites, Newsletters, Reading Lists
Association for Library Service to Children
http://www.ala.org/alsc
Book Look
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/library/bpl/child/booklook/booklook.html
Bookwire List of Children's Booksellers
http://www.bookwire.com/index/Childrens-Booksellers.html
Children's Bestseller Lists
http://www.bookwire.com/pw/bsl/childrens/current.childrens.html
Children's Book Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
Children's Fiction
http://www.primenet.com/~callie/children.htm
Children's Literature: A Guide
http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Choosing a Child's Book
http://www.cbcbooks.org/choosing.html
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/
Girls & Boy's Series by Sharon Reid
http://members.aol.com/biblioholc/gseries.html
http://members.aol.com/biblioholc/bseries.html
Good Books for Group Time
http://nsccux.sccd.ctc.edu/~eceprog/grpbook.html
Internet Public Library Youth Division and Teen Division
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/
http://www.ipl.org/teen/
Kids Web - Literature
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/literature.html
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov
Mister Rogers Neighborhood BookList
http://www.pbs.org:80/rogers/booklist.html
National Council for Social Studies Notable Children's Books
http://www.ncss.org/online/publications/booklist.html
OzKidz Australian Children's Literature Site
http://www.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au/ozkidz/ozlit.html
Reading Rainbow
http://www.pbs.org:80/readingrainbow/index.html
School Libraries on the Web
http://www.voicenet.com/~bertland/libs.html
The American Bookseller's Association
http://www.ambook.org/
The Book Trade
http://www.inforamp.net/~abrown/bookt.htm
The Storyreading Home Page
http://www.wco.com/~gailg/storyreading/
Tomorrow Magazine
http://kadima.com/tomorrow/
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html
Young Adult Literature
http://www.ct.net/~patem/yalit/
Educational Sites
Books About/For Children With Disabilities
http://www.math.ttu.edu/~dmettler/dlit.html
Getting Children to Read
http://www.cherryvalleybooks.com/readtips.htm
Literacy Engagement in Older Elementary Students
http://www.math.ttu.edu/~dmettler/liteng.html
The Canadian's Teacher-Librarian's Resource Pages
http://www.inforamp.net/~abrown/
Focus and Author Sites
Cherry Ames Page
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3777/
Freddie the Pig!
http://www.outermost.com/freddy/index.html
Hardy Boys Home Page
http://members.aol.com/Hardyboy01/index.html
Jan Brett's Home Page
http://www.janbrett.com
Kyra's Goosebumps Page
http://www.teleport.com/~pazsaz/kyrapage.htm
Lewis Carroll Home Page
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~jbirenba/carroll.html
Matthew Law's Goosebumps Home Page
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mlaw/Matthew/index.html
My Little House On The Prairie Home Page
http://www.vvv.com/~jenslegg/
Nancy Drew Home Page
http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/nancy.drew/ktitle.html
The Author Corner
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/authco/home.htm
The Betsy-Tacy Home Page
http://virtuflex.com/homepages/navaho/Betsy-Tacy/
The Home Page of Anne of Green Gables
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~frosty/anne.html
The Madeleine L'Engle WWW Resource
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8838/
The Official Eric Carle Home Page
http://www.eric-carle.com
The Page at Pooh Corner
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jmilne/pooh.html
The Unofficial Happy Hollister Page
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1945/index.html
Tigger's 100-acre Wood
http://personal.solutions.net/evans/tigger.html
Winnie The Pooh - An Expotition
http://www.teleport.com/~pazsaz/kyrapage.htm
Winnie-The-Pooh's Page
http://www.penguin.com/usa/pooh/index.html
Wizard of Oz Web Site by Eric Gjovaag
http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/
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