Comments on: What makes a good children’s book?

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:12:03 +0000

You’re most welcome. Good luck with your writing.

By: Nkiru

Nkiru — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:51:43 +0000

Fantastic article, I am just setting off into creative writing and I was considering children’s stories so I find this particularly helpful.thank you

By: Helpful article – What Makes a Good Children’s Book « Victoria Abigail Scott

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:09:47 +0000

[...] An extremely helpful article, found online is ‘What Makes a Good Children’s Book’ published by Fiona Veitch Smith, on the website The Crafty Writer http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/08/15/what-makes-a-good-childrens-book/ [...]

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:44:00 +0000

You’re welcome Nicole. Thanks for saying thanks.

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:42:52 +0000

Glad it helped.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:40:30 +0000

I found this really helpful. I am taking a class called Children’s Lit. & I am working on a project & I had 2 find out what makes a good children’s book. Thanks a lot.
-Kristina

By: What makes a good picture book? |

What makes a good picture book? | — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:57:04 +0000

[...] to the Crafty Writer (http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/08/15/what-makes-a-good-childrens-book/) a good picture book has many of the same elements as any good book. A well crafted, original story [...]

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:38:25 +0000

Hi Nicole, there are books about death and loss but they need to be very subtly handled. Rather than the death of the parent being the climax of the book, let the parent die fairly early and let the book then be about the child coming to terms and ‘recovery’ from the loss. That way there’s a chance for a happy ending. Jacqueline Wilson deals with loss very well in her books. Another book that deals with bereavement beautifully is ‘Grandpa’ by John Burningham. Here are some other children’s books about bereavement http://www.devonsls.org.uk/booklists/protectedbooklists/dsls-booklists-bereavement.pdf Good luck with it!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:14:06 +0000

If one were to write a children’s book on a little boy’s mother dying, is it a good or bad idea?

By: JACINTA

JACINTA — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:11:05 +0000

THANKS AND CONGRATS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK