HOW TO WRITE A CHILDRENS PICTURE BOOK VOLUME III

Recommended by writing instructors and awardwinning authors Many of us think of children39s picture books as being written mostly with simple declarative sentences What an eyeopener to learn that they are actually filled with delightful figures of speech I am not talking here about the common figures of speech we learn about in grade school simile onomatopoeia alliteration hyperbole and personification I am talking about more subtle and sophisticated figures of speech which we may not even recognize as figures at all until they are pointed out to us but their use gives stories a charm and freshness that stands up to repeated readings These figures have names which are eminently forgettable but the figures themselves make the stories in which they appear eminently memorable In this volume I point out many figures which appear in masterworks of children39s picture storybooks so that they may be appreciated and savored and their patterns emulated in your own work