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Children’s Lit Stuff

Children’s Lit Stuff. Keep this stuff in mind as you work on your books!. Language Obviously, it should be school appropriate . Additionally, keep these tips in mind: . Your word choice should be: Age appropriate (words that will appeal to your kid and be understood by him/her)

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Children’s Lit Stuff

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  1. Children’s Lit Stuff Keep this stuff in mind as you work on your books!

  2. LanguageObviously, it should be school appropriate. Additionally, keep these tips in mind: Your word choice should be: • Age appropriate (words that will appeal to your kid and be understood by him/her) • Descriptive (interesting and enticing language) • Fun (again with the interesting and enticing bit) • Consistent (don’t say rabbit on one page and bunny on the next) • Made-up words are ok WITHIN REASON (you are not Dr. Seuss after all..)

  3. Story LineRemember, you are writing this story for a little kid So….. • Plot lines should appeal to a child (stories about dancing bunnies=good; stories about bunnies being hunted, and eventually eaten, by wolves= bad) • Stories can be simple (it might not seem that simple to them) • You don’t necessarily need a plot (plenty of good ABC and counting books lack a specific plot) • Stories can be silly (remember, these are kids who currently have aspirations of being butterflies when they grow up)

  4. Literary Devices and Techniques Kids tend to like • Repetition- A repeated phrase, sentence or silly name. (Think Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, Brown Bear, The Stinky Cheese Man) • Books that require a response (Think Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, No, David!) • Rhyming (Think Dr. Seuss, Nursery Rhymes) • ABC books (A Alligators All Around) • Counting books (Five Little Monkeys) • Alliteration and Assonance (A Alligators All Around, Green Eggs and Ham)

  5. Rules for personalizing your book • Make sure you have the facts straight (family member names, pets, etc) HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MRS. RENAUD TO ME BY THURSDAY • Provide the illustrator with a picture of the child (we can take care of this on Friday) TELL ME YOU WILL NEED A PICUTRE BY THURSDAY

  6. About notes for the illustrators…. • Be specific but not demanding. Remember, this is a project for them as well and they deserve to show a little creativity as well • Be clear and concise. • Make sure your descriptions throughout the text are consistent. • Check for continuity when we get the books back BEFORE they got to the graphics class for printing. • Try not to create a story which would require very difficult or nearly impossible to draw illustrations.

  7. Finally, when is all of this due? • Your text must be done and saved to the file I’ll create in Student Shared Files by Wednesday, February 24. • We’ll have time in the computer lab this Thursday and Friday and the following Monday and Tuesday. • Your text MUST be typed using the template provided. This will make the process of transferring the story from class to class MUCH easier.

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