Author, Jean Karl, uses her twenty years experience as an editor plus what she has learned from mentors, librarians, and teachers to describe what she believes a children's book should be. Also included is an overview of the history of writing for children.

From Childhood to Childhood: Children's Books and Their Creators

Karl, Jean

Children's Books

John Day

Traces the history of the United States from the first settlers to the early 1990s

America Alive

History

Philomel

An extraterrestrial force suddenly destroys almost all organic matter on Earth and one family survives the immediate consequences and begins the process of building a new world

Strange Tomorrow

Laurel-Leaf

Hounded by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearance leaves her on her own, Lucinda hides in the abandoned caretaker's house in the local cemetery where she makes contact with intelligent beings from another galaxy.

Beloved Benjamin Is Waiting

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dell Pub. Co.]

Nine short stories reveal various aspects of future life on Earth and other planets.

The Turning Place Stories of A Future Past

After an alien power wipes out most of life on Earth, a small band of humans must struggle to survive.

Dutton Books for Young Readers

First edition. vi , 183+ 1 pages. pictorial paper covered boards.. 8vo..

How to Write and Sell Children's Picture Books

Writers' Digest Books

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Books by Karl, Jean

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From Childhood to Childhood: Children's Books and Their Creators

America Alive

Strange Tomorrow

Beloved Benjamin Is Waiting

The Turning Place Stories of A Future Past

Strange Tomorrow

How to Write and Sell Children's Picture Books