Writers’ Resources: Writing for Children

If you’re a children’s book author or just someone interested in writing for children, this collection of writers’ resources for children’s writers is just for you:

Sites on Writing for Children

• The Children’s Book Council
• Write4Kids.com
• KidMagWriters.com
• WritersWrite - Children’s Writing
• Aaron Shepard’s Kidwriting
• The Purple Crayon
• PageByPage

Children’s Book Publishers / Writers’ Markets

• Colossal Directory of Children’s Book Publishers
  
• CBC Member /Publishers’ Directory
• Markets for Children’s Writers from WritersWrite.com
• Children’s Book Publishers from WritersWrite.com

Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators

• CBC Directory of Authors and Illustrators
  
• Caldecott Medal Winners from WritersWrite.com

Children’s Writing Genres

• Understanding Children’s Writing Genres
• Children’s Book Genres from UnderDown.org
• The Genres of Children’s Books and Children’s Literature

Character Development for Children’s Stories

• Creating Exceptional Main Characters for Children’s Books
  
• Writing a Children’s Book: Casting Your Book