Title:A children's book editor's site: writing, illustrating, publishing children's books
Description:A children's book editor's site, with articles about writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books, as well as sample materials from The C.I. Guide to Publishing Children's Books.
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A children's book editor's site: writing, illustrating, publishing children's books
Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing
Children's Books: The Purple Crayon
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Key Pages
Articles
Index
What's
New
Site
Index and Search
The
Basics
Children's Book Agents
Writing Guides
Who's
Moving Where? new
The Purple
Crayon Bookstores
Kid's Book Revisions Class
PC
Editorial Services
Back
Matter
Email
updates
Follow on Twitter
Privacy and copyright
policies
About
me
Books
I've edited
Conference and workshop schedulefont
Contact
information
Kindling
Words -- a retreat for editors, authors, and illustrators
Articles
Award-Winning Children's Books
Basic
Information
Best
of the Site
Book Reviews
Genres
Illustrating
Interviews
Margot
Finke's quot;Musings quot;
Publishing
Purple
Crayon Blog new
Self-Publishing
Specific
Topics
Writing Children's Books
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Links
What
Is The Purple Crayon?
I am a children's book editor, and I created this site so I could
post articles and other materials about how to publish a children's book.
Over the years, the site has grown and now includes articles contributed
by other people, covering writing, illustrating, marketing, and
editing.
Why
The Purple Crayon?
My first name's Harold, and I have always loved the Harold and
the Purple Crayon books by Crockett Johnson. So the name and
design of this site are an allusion and a tribute to them.
Learn
about Harold and the Purple Crayon
Find
the Harold books at Amazon
The
Complete Idiot's Guide to
Publishing Children's Books
Buy
at Amazon
quot;I wish this book had been around when I first started out! quot;
--Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist
quot;A guided tour of children rsquo;s book and magazine publishing that never skips a step. For seasoned writers and illustrators it is valuable. For beginners, it is essential. I learned plenty! rdquo;
--Gail Carson Levine, Newbery Honor winner
ldquo;If you want to see your work published, this is the one book you absolutely must have. Why? Because Harold tells the truth about publishing for kids and teens. . . . This book unveils all the secrets. rdquo;
--Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, Fever 1793, and Twisted
Idiot's
Guide 3rd Edition Home Page:
three
sample chapters
reviews and endorsements
Book,
Magazine, Organization, and Web Resource Guide
the Table
of Contents
a Publishing
Glossary
and more
"[Harold] left his yard, taking his purple
crayon and the moon along. To get very far he was going to need a lot of words.
B is for Books. He could find plenty of words in a pile of big books. He was
ready for anything." -- Crockett Johnson, Harold's
ABC.
This is a personal site, created and maintained
by Harold D. Underdown, with help from many
others. Last update: April 17, 2012.