APPENDIX A

Resources

Further Reading

An Author's Guide to Children's Book Promotion by Susan Salzman Raab.

A Basic Guide to Writing, Selling, and Promoting Children's Books: Plus Information about Self-Publishing by Betsy B. Lee.

The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on How to Write, Sell, and Promote Your Children's Books by Aaron Shepard.

Children's Books and Their Creators by Anita Silvey (Editor).

Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market by Alice Pope.

The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children's Books by Desdemona McCannon, Sue Thornton, and Yadzia Williams.

Getting Noticed on Google by Dustin Wax.

The History of Children's Literature: A Syllabus with Selected Bibliographies by Margaret Hodges.

How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published by Barbara Seuling.

How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books and Get Them Published by Treld Pelkey Bicknell and Felicity Trotman (Consultant Editors).

How to Write and Sell Children's Picture Books by Jean E. Karl.

It's a Bunny-Eat-Bunny World by Olga Litowinsky.

Origins of Story: On Writing for Children by Barbara Harrison and Gregory Maguire (Editors).

A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children by Katherine Paterson.

Ten Steps to Publishing Children's Books: How to Develop, Revise & Sell All Kinds of Books for Children by Berthe Amoss and Eric Suben.

The Way to Write for Children by Joan Aiken.

The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by Nancy Lamb.

Writer's Handbook 2002 by Elfrieda Abbe (Editor).

Writing Books for Kids and Teens by Marion Crook.

Writing Books for Young People by James Cross Giblin.

Writing a Children's Book: How to Write for Children and Get Published by Pamela Cleaver.

Writing for Children by Catherine Woolley.

Writing for Children and Teenagers by Lee Wyndham.

Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books by Uri Shulevitz.

You Can Write Children's Books by Tracey E. Dils.

Young at Heart: The Step-by-Step Way of Writing Children's Stories by Violet Ramos.

Websites

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
www.awpwriter.org

Booklist
www.ala.org/booklist

Bookwire
www.bookwire.com

The Children's Literature Web Guide
www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

Children's Writer
www.childrenswriter.com

The Children's Writing Supersite
www.write4kids.com

The Horn Book, Inc.
www.hbook.com

Literary Market Place
www.literarymarketplace.com

Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com

Purple Crayon
www.underdown.org

School Library Journal
www.slj.com

Writer's Digest
www.writersdigest.com

Organizations

American Booksellers Association
200 White Plains Road
Suite 600
Tarrytown, NY 10591
800-637-0037
www.ambook.org

American Library Association
50 East Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
800-545-2433
www.ala.org

Association of Authors' Representatives
P.O. Box 237201
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10003
212-353-3709
www.aar-online.org

The Authors Guild
31 East 28th Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-563-5904
www.authorsguild.org

The Children's Book Council
12 West 37th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-966-1990
www.cbcbooks.org

Children's Literature Association
P.O. Box 138
Battle Creek, MI 49016
269-965-8180
www.childlitassn.org

The Institute of Children's Literature
93 Long Ridge
West Redding, CT 06896
203-792-8600
www.institutechildrenslit.com

National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
102 Cedar
Abilene, TX 79601
325-673-4586
www.nccil.org

National Writers Union
National Office East
256 West 38th Street
Suite 703
New York, NY 10018
212-254-0279
www.nwu.org

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
8271 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323-782-1010
www.scbwi.org