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Hears an introduction for babies to the wonderful mishmash world of sounds. Listen to the cow’s MOO, the frying eggs’ SIZZLE, and the thunder’s BOOM BOOM BOOM. There are plenty of noises for everyone! Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do! In this “Book of Wonderful Noises,” Mr. Brown struts his stuff, as he imitates everything from popping corks to horse feet (“pop pop pop pop” and “klopp klopp klopp,” respectively) while inviting everyone to join him in the fun. Young readers who are still learning their sounds and letters will get a wacky workout as they follow along with the very serious-looking, squinty-eyed Mr. Brown. Whether it’s eggs frying in a pan or a hippo chewing gum, the skillful Mr. Brown just keeps topping himself, with a “sizzle sizzle” or a “grum grum grum.” “Mr. Brown is so smart he can even do this: he can even make a noise like a goldfish kiss!… pip!” As usual, the words and pictures of Dr. Seuss make reading (and making all sorts of funny noises) impossible to resist. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? will stay fresh through many a giggling reading. –Paul Hughes
The Story of Fred Atkins? How a ?Baldheaded Old Grandpa? Came to Write a Children?s Book
Fred Atkins is a retired small-business owner living in Cary, North Carolina. He and his wife, Lynda, were living a quiet, peaceful well-deserved retired life until one day, at his invitation, his daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren came to live with them! During their seven month stay, Fred came to love the challenge and happy chaos that comes with a pair of toddlers present in his home 24/7. He especially grew to love sitting down with the little ones and reading them their favorite books and stories.
After awhile, Fred decided that he’d like to find a book that would be his favorite book to read to the kids. He wasn’t sure of exactly what he had in mind, but he knew he wanted it to be about something that was near and dear to him. After much fruitless searching and complaining, his daughter sarcastically told him, “Well, Dad, why don’t you write your own book?!”
Well, Fred is not a writer and didn’t do well in English composition classes, but he decided, “Why not? I’ll give it a try.” The first thing he did was to think about some of the kids’ favorite books, the real long-standing classics, such as, “The Little Engine That Could,” “The Three Little Pigs,” and “Green Eggs and Ham.” He realized that all those classic books have a message. And all their messages are aimed at building in a child certain attitudes or mind-sets that will become their core values later in life. For example, the book “The Little Engine That Could;” that book was copyrighted in 1930, it’s been around a LONG time! The reason it has endured for so long is that it carries a timeless and very important message to children—that is, if you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you try your best, if you have a goal, you can do anything. And then you’ve got, “I do not like green eggs and ham—I do not like them Sam-I-am.” That silly little rhyming book also teaches children something very important: Keep an open mind, don’t be afraid to try new things, don’t judge things just by the way they look.
And then Fred realized that he knew of no books that teach our children one of the most important messages of all—that they live in the most wonderful place, they live in the Greatest Country on earth. As hard as he looked, he could find no books that teach children about their rights and freedoms and responsibilities as Americans. There are none that teach kids to LOVE AMERICA. And that’s when the idea hit him—write a children’s book about America! Tell children why their country is so unique and why they should love it and protect it and defend it—why it is, truly, the GREATEST COUNTRY. Fill the book with simple rhymes that are fun to read and with classic American pictures that are fun to look at and talk about. Make the book bright and colorful and inexpensive, and the result will be children learning about their country from the people nearest and dearest to them—their parents and grandparents.
It took him a year, but he came up with a flashy little book that children love to listen to and adults love to read. “I Live in the Greatest Country” helps parents and grandparents do what our schools are no longer doing–teach our children what it means to live in the United States and encourage them to be proud to be Americans.
Fred decided to eschew the traditional book publishing business model, which takes both control and profit away from the author, and print and market the book himself. He has started a website (www.patriotkidsUSA.com), which will be his primary method of marketing the book, and is pursuing other methods of selling on the internet.
It’s been a fun and rewarding experience for this “bald-headed old grandpa,” as he calls himself. And it is now becoming a learning experience as he is forging ahead into that strange new land called, “The Internet.”
Children’s Book Review- Pearls Adventures Volume 1
Variety is the spice of life. Children need to have a variety of reading experiences if they are going to learn to make good decisions. Children’s books should be food for their thought process. There are two separate stories to each volume. This Manuscript is a story about a bear named Pearl. Pearl lives on a boat with her Mum and Dad.
Readers Report: DORRANCE PUBLISHING
“The first adventure Hide and Seek reveals that Pearl was named after a pirate ship named the Black Pearl. Pearl cannot leave the boat without an adult because she might fall in the water.
Pearl enjoys playing Hide and Seek with her Mum and Dad on the boat. Pearl climbs up the ropes of the boat to play the game with her parents. Pearl’s Dad finds her.
After she is found, Pearl helps her Dad to find a pulley and fix the boat. After the pulley is found Pearl holds the wheel straight. After helping her Dad, Pearl is tired and goes in for the day.
This manuscript aims to show children what it’s like to live on a boat. It also shows the love between a child and his or her parents.”
Letter from Managing Director Dorrance Publishing
“My editorial staff has completed the review of ‘Pearl’s Adventures Volume 1: Hide and Seek’ and has provided me with the attached readers report. I am pleased to advise you that we think your work would make a positive addition to our Dorrance Publishing list of titles.”
ROPES and COLOURS is the second story in PEARLS ADVENTURES VOL 1. Pearl is being shown the use of each rope on the boat. The ropes are different colours so Pearl can remember what they are used for.
Pearl also gets to play, and tidy the bundles of rope that are not being used. Sometimes she gets in a real mess, but Pearl tries to remember to always play safe.
Pearl listens very carefully as her Mum explains what the colour of the rope is and what that rope is used for. Not long after they had finished Pearl decided that she would like to tighten some of the ropes.
Pearl insisted on doing this until Mum gave in. Pearls Mum had already tried to explain that she may be too little, but that didn’t stop Pearl from trying.
This manuscript aims to educate children on some of the basics on the handling of a boat. It also shows that children do not always agree with their parents.
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Do you think you would like to self-publish a children\’s book, but you are afraid of being out hundreds of dollars and having your garage full of boxes of books? In theory, print-on-demand publishing may be just what you have been waiting for. You can buy as few or as many copies as you wish, and although the cost per copy is high compared to large print runs, it is not prohibitive.
To see whether the technology is ready yet, I published a book at Lulu.com. These are my experiences. I started with the contents for a book. I\’ve been publishing on e-zine for over four years on how to be witty, so I just used the articles for the contents. I was able to format the articles into a book in about one day\’s work. It actually took me a week, because I was creating screen capture videos of the process to produce a CD to show my friends how to do it.
After the one day\’s worth of work, it took me a week to receive my copy — I only had to buy one copy. Unlike with traditional printers, I am not out hundreds of dollars, and I don\’t have my condo filled with cartons of books. The single copy of the 108 page 6 x 9\” book cost me .66 to print. If I include shipping, it cost .65 overall. The book is nicely bound and has a pleasant cover design that I neither had to pay a designer for nor create myself.
Lulu offers a wide choice of book formats. My choice of 6 x 9 was arbitrary. Lulu also offers a choice among many attractive covers. I used OpenOffice Writer along with Lulu\’s page of suggestions to format the book. They offer a template, but strangely, their advice on how to lay out the book is not reflected in the paragraph styles in the template file. I do, of course, have some complaints. When the book arrived it did not have the title and author printed on the spine. I found no documentation on the number of pages required for the title to appear. I have since then reformatted the book and added a little material. When I uploaded 120 pages, I did get the title and author on the spine. Somewhere 108 and 120 pages is the boundary. It would be nice to have been told where it is.
The cover wizard takes a long time to load. It also has a tendency to lose formatting information. When I put text on the back cover, choosing different font sizes for different paragraphs, the cover wizard would frequently lose this formatting when I navigated off the page to take a look at the layout. I repeatedly had to reformat. Also, when typing text on the cover, it is difficult to see what you have typed without magnifying the cover size, but the magnification goes away as soon as you type any more characters — terribly annoying.
Information on how to sell the book through Lulu and other sales venues is not perfectly clear. I have a suspicion that some vestigial descriptions are still online of options that are no longer in use. It may be too easy to put the book up for sale at Amazon and bookstores. There are two problems with it being so easy. The first is that if you just spontaneously do it, you lose the chance to have a product launch. A great deal of the sales of a book come from the product launch. In particular, reviewers want to get early copies so that they are only reviewing books that are coming out soon, not books that have been out for a year. Second, you\’re tempted to just get an ISBN from Lulu. Unfortunately ISBNs include within them the identifying number of the publisher. If you wish to move your book to another printer, you won\’t be would take the number with you. Anybody who finds a copy of your book will go to Lulu, if they want to buy more of them. There is a lot to know about publishing. Read Dan Poynter\’s Self-Publishing Manual before you put your book up for sale — except perhaps by direct access.
My experience with Lulu has been positive thus far. There are a great many people who want to get a book out and are stymied by their inability to find an agent and interest a major publisher. They are stymied by the thought of having to spend hundreds of dollars and ending up with a garage full of boxes of books if they self-publish. Lulu lets you get a high-quality book in whatever numbers you need quickly and cheaply. Most people will find Lulu and the other print-on-demand publishers to be just what they need
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Katy has always enjoyed life in her small Mennonite community, but she longs to learn more than her school can offer. After getting approval from her elders, Katy starts her sophomore year at the public high school in town, where she meets new friends and encounters perspectives much different than her own. But as Katy begins to find her way in the outside world, her relationships at home become restrained. Can she find a balance between her two worlds?
Learn To Write A Children’s Book: Capture The Audience From Page One!
Learn to write children’s books and your in for a fun and exciting endeavor! It’s also extremely rewarding-not only when you see your book in print, but also when you watch the faces of children as you read them your story aloud or they read your story for the first time. As anyone who knows or loves children will tell you, however, children notoriously have a very short attention span, so it’s really important to start your children’s story with a big bang and get them engaged in the story immediately!
Sadly enough, if you want to sell your children’s book, you’ll soon learn that publishers and editors don’t have a much longer attention span than children when they’re reviewing submissions. So just as it is important to start your story out with a big bang to engage children, it is also critical to your ability to sell your story and get it published in the first place. Editors and publishers only look at the first few pages of your story before they reject the vast majority of submissions. But if you can capture their attention right away, you can keep them reading longer and improve your chances that they might publish your story!
Most children’s books really aren’t that long. Essentially that means that you really need to grab their attention in the first few words. The first few sentences or paragraphs can make or break the success of your story. That’s why when you learn to write children’s books you really need to focuses on developing a strong start to your story.
A great way to engage children’s attention immediately is to start out with action and/or dialogue. And if your dialogue creates a sense of action or excitement, as well, your story will be even more engaging! With children’s stories, you definitely want to jump right in without setting up the story with a lot of background information.
Beginning writers often make the mistake of providing way too much explanation at the start of their stories. A good writing teacher or editor will often shock the writer when they redline the entire first few pages of the manuscript, crossing it out entirely and advising the writer to “start here” several pages into the text. But this isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes new writers simply need to write all that background text out to work through their own story development process and be sure they have a clear understanding of the story they are creating. The thing is, that is a part of the writer’s development process, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be a part of the final story or manuscript.
“Ouch! That hurt!” Melody cried. This is a great opening line for a children’s story because it really packs a punch. It captures the child’s interest, draws out the child’s curiosity, and makes the child want to keep reading or hearing the story. The child wants to know what happened and what will happen next. The opening line should successfully introduce the stories main character and establish the problem. You want to do this in as few words as possible in a short children’s story, as soon as possible. This is another reason this works so well as an opening line. This is what your opening line, paragraph, or page needs to do to be an opening “with a big bang!” This is one of the key factors of writing successful children’s books.
Of course, a great opening-even one with a really big bang-is only the beginning. You also need to craft a compelling middle and ending for the story to write successful, satisfying children’s books. Learn to write great opening lines that have a powerful start and as your story progresses, you may need to provide additional information to fill in any gaps in the story or plot. You will need to ensure your story stays just as strong from beginning to end. Learning to write children’s books can be challenging and it’s an ongoing process as your writing skills develop. But it is also one of the most rewarding and fun things you may ever do!
From cbiclubhouse.com, an answer to a common question from new children’s book writers Do I Need an Illustrator for My Picture Book manuscript? This is the first of a series of answers to frequently asked questions, hosted by Jon Bard, Managing Editor, Children’s Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children’s Writers. Video Rating: 4 / 5
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This bestselling guide answers all the questions growing girls have about their bodies – from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bra buying, pimples to periods. It offers guidance about basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of sexuality. Over 1 million copies sold!
A Bilingual Audio Book for Children to learn Spanish
Parents who look for a way to help their children to learn a foreign language (or to learn theirs) often rely on bilingual books for children. Since it may happen to be difficult to make children read, their efforts are not always rewarded. The latest language learning software, bilingual audio books for children, solves the problem. The Canterville Ghost has been chosen to become the first English-Spanish bilingual audio book. The sentence-for-sentence alternation makes it an easy language learning tool while sparing the learners the misunderstandings they often get when they listen to an audiobook recorded only in the language they learn.
According to MultilingualBookstore chief publisher, the choice of The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde, was made because it “meets linguistic, trade, and technical requirements.” The book to record should treat of a general subject, so that the vocabulary would be useful for anyone; it should be suitable for listeners of all ages; and not only should it allow cutting, but also had to keep its qualities despite the cutting.
The English-Spanish audiobook presents the recording of the original text (for the English part) that is to say: some sentences are quite long because, despite the classification “suitable for children” the book is a piece of art, not a teaching tool. The Spanish translation uses modern Spanish.
The Canterville Ghost is a parody of a ghost story. All the elements are in place: the old mansion, the armour in the hall, the blood stain, the chains, the secret corridor, etc, but they do not work the way they are supposed to. They are present, but the circumstances make them less ghostly than they should be, mainly because they are seen from the materialistic point of view of the American family, the Otises. For them, a detergent may remove the stain, the ghost’s chains may be lubricated, a syrup may improve Sir Simon’s awful voice etc.
Even things that are not related with the Otises refuse to work. When the ghost makes the terrible oath, using the “picturesque phraseology of the antique school” -something that is known to have yet proved its worth- though Chanticleer “sounds his merry sound” at once, then he remains mute, instead of serving Sir Simon’s purpose and allowing “deeds of blood” to be wrought. Everything goes wrong for the representant of the antique school, of the old England.
But in the end, it is the ghost who has a present for the new world. His legacy goes to Virginia, the one who will reconcile the two worlds by marrying an English duke.
While reading the story, children are entertained, not afraid.
Adult readers will enjoy the way Oscar Wilde pits an American family against a British ghost, one culture against the other. The inserted ads, that sounded so American one century ago, are still funny. The stereotypes of both cultures are reexamined.
In the Christian theology, the ghosts cannot exist, since a soul is or is not saved, but cannot choose a third way. No Christian can believe in ghosts. But it is the ghost himself who asks for someone praying for him, so that he can be forgiven; and it is Virginia, a believer and a member of the “Free American Reformed Episcopalian Church” who prays with and for him. The conclusion is clear: two choices are not enough.
Almost all Multilingual bilingual audio books, for children ???or not, follow a sentence-by-sentence alternation. It is what best mirrors the side by side bilingual books. It makes them perfectly suitable for beginners. The bilingual audio book Spanish-English works the same way, so that the beginners do not have to do guess work, they learn the easiest possible way almost as they learnt their mother tongue, except that they do not ask their mother to repeat when there is something that escapes their understanding, they simply hit the “Replay” touch. The bilingual audiobook is a little less than three hour long. Each one of the seven chapters of the Canterville Ghost has its own corresponding mp3 file, so that even children may listen to the story since the length of a file is within their ability to focus.
Many adult listeners who are looking for a handy tool to refresh their Spanish will also find pleasant to stop saying: “I have not read it yet,” when asked what they think of Oscar Wilde’s tale and instead will proudly reply: “Actually, I prefer to listen to it in Spanish.”
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Cheap book suppliers can be individuals who sell books on their own or on auctions. Whether you’re interested in new or used books at cheap prices, cheap book suppliers will be able to help you suit all of your needs. There are online bookstores, local retail bookstores, wholesale bookstores, libraries, brick-and-mortar businesses and large chains that all supply cheap books. If you’re interested in used books, you can find cheap book suppliers everywhere that will sell them. Online bookstores, retail booksellers and wholesale booksellers all cater to the needs of individuals who need items shipped to them for convenience. It is possible to buy cheap books online and have your order waiting for you if you order from their website or call their customer service. Cheap book suppliers carry books at discounted prices of every title and list their books conveniently by category. These categories include: Biography, Comics/ Graphic Novels, Children’s Books, Horror, Crime/ Thriller/ Mystery, Fiction, and even more. You will also find collectible, antique, and rare books, CDs and audio cassettes, and architecture categories also. If you are searching for authors, titles or ISBN numbers, buying online books makes it easy by allowing you to type in that author, title or ISBN number in a search bar to find what you have been looking for. Cheap book suppliers also have customer service by phone number or online form if you have trouble finding what you’re looking for. You can find the option to purchase cheap books by auction where you can discount the costs dramatically. Satisfaction guarantees cover any issue with the product or damaged products. Each cheap book supplier has their own company policies on exchanges and returns, and you can also be connected with customer service on their website if looking online.
There are many cheap book suppliers to choose from every city across the United States with varying amounts of titles. Finding the right online bookstore is easy, so test them out for your very next book buy. Customer service is a top priority and many of these cheap book suppliers will do their very best in order to ensure that you, the customer, are very satisfied with your book purchase. It is possible to find discounted titles, coupons or promotions for deals and specials for additional discounts on online bookstores as well.
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Maybe you’re one of those lucky writers whose head is bursting with ideas. Or perhaps you have one idea that’s been nagging you for weeks, always at the edge of your thoughts. Either way, you’re itching to begin writing. That’s good. But before you rush headlong into your story, stop and ask yourself one question: Is this just an idea, or is it a book?
Ideas, of course, are the seeds of any work of fiction or nonfiction. But until an idea is fully developed, until you can envision its beginning, middle and end, that one idea might not be enough. The experience of writing for pages about an idea and ultimately getting nowhere (or getting a pile of rejections) has taught many writers to outline their books before they begin. But if the thought of an outline sends shivers up your spine, at least thinking your idea through and making sure it merits months of writing can save you future frustration.
Ideas for Fiction
A lot of writers, especially when they’re beginners, get ideas for fiction from their own lives. This can be useful for several reasons: you’re emotionally invested in the topic, you can relate directly to the main character, and if the situation actually happened to you, you’re less likely to be unconsciously basing the story on a book you’ve read. But remember, just because you find this thing that happened to you or your child fascinating, it doesn’t mean it will be fascinating to thousands of potential readers. Very often, a real-life event is just that–an event. It’s a vivid scene you recall with pleasure, or a family joke that’s repeated over and over. It evokes strong emotions when you remember it, perhaps you even look back on an event as a turning point in your life. But only rarely does reality provide a plot.
When writers stick too closely to what really happened they fail to develop the elements necessary for a good story: a believable main character who is faced with a problem or conflict, mounting tension as that character tries to solve her problem and experiences setbacks, and a tension- filled climax followed by a resolution that’s satisfying to the character and the reader. If your main character is really your son, you might not want to get him in trouble or throw rocks in his path. But you have to. It’s the only way you’ll create a story that will keep readers hooked and wondering how it will end.
Speaking of endings, if the resolution of your story comes too easily, it’s probably obvious and predictable. Try mixing up real life and have the situation evolve in a different direction. Surprise yourself, and you’ll surprise an editor.
However you get your idea, focus first on whether it’s a plot or a theme. Many times, an initial idea is really the underlying meaning of the story, what the author wants to convey to the reader. Themes should be universal in their appeal– such as friendship, appreciating one’s own strengths, not judging others too quickly. Then play around with the sequence of events until you develop a plot (what actually happens in the book) that makes this theme clear to the reader. And remember; if you’re using a childhood incident as the foundation of your story, tell it from your childhood viewpoint, not how it feels to you now as an adult.
Ideas for Nonfiction
Your nonfiction book should be based on something you’re truly interested in and passionate about. After all, you’ll be living with this idea for many months. The key to successful nonfiction is to take your idea and approach it in a way that no one else has ever done before. This means doing most of your research before you begin to write. Don’t settle for the most easily-found information on your topic–your readers have probably read the same information. Keep digging until you find an aspect to your subject that strikes you as unique. Then search through the library and book stores to make sure no one else has already beat you to it.
For a nonfiction idea to become a book, you need enough information to fill the number of pages necessary, depending on the age group for which you plan to write. Younger children need a foundation of basic facts, but you can also get fairly detailed within the scope of the approach you’ve chosen as long as you explain concepts in a simple and straightforward manner (how animals hibernate, why insects are different colors). Older readers can draw on a broader foundation of knowledge, and infer connections between your topic and related subjects. A detailed outline of any nonfiction book is essential to help you see if your idea has enough substance and originality, or if you need further research before you begin writing.
Whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, your idea should mean something to you, but also have the potential to mean a lot to your readers. Think it through, add to it, take the nonessential elements away, and make sure it has a beginning, middle and end. Only then will your “idea” turn into “an idea for a book.”
From cbiclubhouse.com, the place to turn for children’s book writing information. There are four things that many successful children’s book authors have in common. In this video, you’ll learn them, and discover if you’re ready for your shot at the big time!
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