14 The Society of Children’ s Books & Illustration Lovers – Newsletter # 1 – August 2013
Other interesting articles
Counting your words in picture books
If you are writing or have just finished writing your own picture book, beware of the number of words you have used! You should aim for less than 300!! Impossible? Well, here is very useful article on how to edit the number of words in your picture book before submitting it to your agent / publisher:
http:// picturebookden. blogspot. co. uk / 2012 / 07 / clue-is-in-name-editingyour-picture. html
Playing up with picture books
For those of you working with little ones, this is an interactive website designed to help you act out picture books. There are videos, short demonstrations, notes and suggestions to give a twist to well-known titles like Peace at last or Dinosaur Zoo. Backed by children’ s laureate Julia Donaldson, you are sure to find a rewarding and joyful activity for your class here.
http:// www. picturebookplays. co. uk / home /# content
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