If you are serious about writing a kids book, this is for you
922625
This book is jammed with so much material, it is easy to follow and the information is invaluable! The author really knows her stuff, already started using the templates and am having so much fun!
4483575
What you're really buying here is the high quality printed and bound book that will be created from your child's story and art. The kit itself is pretty basic: markers, a prepaid envelope, and the templates (pages of the book) that get completed by the child. I have no complaints at all about this kit and the resulting book so it's getting 5 stars. But...

...Children to be of a certain level of maturity and ability to be able to complete this in a satisfying way. They need to be able to construct a story that spans more than a page or 2 (you get 14) and write the words and illustrate it. I thought that was a pretty tall order and challenging. Overall I think that even older kids would enjoy it.
3155250
A friend of mine recommended this book, as we both were planning a book for children project. Both of us have experiences in writing. Formal writing, journalism, or reviews. But no stories for children. We're even beginners in writing prose or short stories, but it was for grown-ups. So we were looking for some reference books on how to write a children's book. We ended with this book.

Write A Children's Book and Get It Published is a very good book. The book remind us on the basic preparations in writing books in general, incl how the industry works. But this book also tells us the many things to be considered when writing a children's book: the language, the format, the illustration, the theme, interesting subject, etc. This book explain everything with simple words, and I find it valuable. The writers of this book are a children's book writer, and a publisher. So you'll get perspectives from both sides. Perhaps some cases in the industry only applies in USA or Europe (as I live in Indonesia), but I believe the basic biz practice is the same (as I'm also close with book publishing world).

The most important last topics are getting ready to present your draft, and getting ready to be dumped and rejected. You'll need this.
3518549
Simple to read and understand how to get started writing childrens books.
644866
My kids and I both love these books!  It's just long enough to get enough practice in, but not too long that the kids are complaining.  They get to color day 5 picture to go with the handwriting that day and then give it to someone!  The pages are interesting to look at, not boring like the last program we used.  No more complaining!
4737616
I wasn't sure this book would be for me because I am writing children's fiction. Although the information is aimed at writing and publishing non-fiction, much of the information I read applied just as much to fiction writing as it did non-fiction. I have read several books on publishing to Amazon and this one gave more detailed "How To" on the publishing to kindle process than any of the other books.
753382
This book is well written and easy to follow. It has step by step ideas on being a published writer of children's picture books and more.
1099577
Great journal for kids! Depending on their level of reading and writing it could be filled out all on their own or as a fun activity with a parent. The story about how the author got her inspiration for the title and for her love of journaling is in the first few pages and it's lovely! It made me get out my journals from childhood and reminisce. This is a great way to get your kids into a great activity that will last a lifetime.
2598647
I have one child in intermediate school and one child I home school.  This book adds another layer to teaching how to write well, and I utilize it primarily with my home schooled child who loves to write.  While the author is not a fan of traditional editing exercises, we still do a few of those a week. However, I definitely think he has a valid point that we focus so much on what is wrong with a student's writing, we don't put enough attention on the positives both in the student's writing and in literature.  The book is is more focused for use by teachers in the classroom, but I've been able to use his same ideas with my daughter in our unique setting.  With the increased testing on writing at ever younger ages (horrible STARR test in TX), there is little joy to be found in writing instruction which is very unfortunate.  It's nice to see a teacher really try to get kids to write well and actually enjoy the process.
756706
I love this book, but will be use it differently than most reviewers mentioned. I plan to use it in grades 2-8 as a mentor text for writing. Example: "I felt like a ray of sunshine when I wore my bumblebee yellow coat. " Or..."My face turned lobster red when I unwittingly genuflected in the Presbyterian church." The twenty differently labeled shades for ten major colors will be a great resource for writers who want a little spark in their work.
3366436
Its great for grade schoolers, but I question if all the slang words and writing style is beneficial for kids trying to advance their writing skills.
1840635
I love Katie's style and her tips are gems. The book is chock full of great information and if you are serious about writing a children's book, then I highly recommend this guide.
911687
This book has shown me that the other books were trying to get me to write a finished product instead of just writing the story. There is a lot of people that can take my story and turn it into a "shooting " script. But you have to have a solid story for them to work with. Also the other books never told how to format the story. Remember in High School JR English how you learned to do a "Term Paper" so that you would be ready for "SR English", that's what this book does.
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Reviewed by Elizabeth Holland, Aged 9

I think Illustory Junior is an awesome book-making kit.  You basically just get to express what makes you, well, you!

It provides you with colored markers, story pages, illustration pages, a cover page, and even an about the author page.

I can't believe they actually print it out professionally and then send it to you.

I'm going to call my story "Emmie's adventures: the cone collar and the catnip crown" (Emmie is our kitten).

Maybe I'll have to get another kit to write a story for our other cat, George. I can call it "George's geography. "

I would definitely recommend this kit to any kid who enjoys writing, reading, designing, and other creative fun!
2881931
If you have used book one, this is more of the same. There are lessons from an author that has been published about how to be a better writer. They are directed towards the middle and early high school age. This book got rid of the beginner level. In book one there are  three levels for each lesson, the beginner lesson being directed towards elementary school age kids. You can use this book without using book one, but this book does seem to build on book one.
3936112
This really is a must have for anyone seriously thinking about (or actively working in!) the children's book market. I have four picture books published and still buy a new edition every year; my old copies have stained, dog-eared pages throughout. At every conference I present, I tell folks to go get this book since it's such a great resource. It tells you who the right editors are, offers a great index in the back so you can look up publishers by subject matter or genre, what kinds of manucripts publishers are looking for, even what NOT to do. I like to thumb through it before a conference to get familiar with the presenters and/or to think of questions to ask. Get this and "Writing Children's Books For Dummies" and you are all set. -Bitsy Kemper
4399649
Highly recommend this book for writing . I began using this method a couple of years ago with kindergarten students and have seen huge improvement in writing & developing a love of writing in my k classroom. We start the year with one word they really want to learn to write (yep even Pokmon ) and we go over the sounds and penmanship before they write it in their journals and then we expand to a sentence and then when the student is ready we go to writing short stories (fiction and non fiction ) . I'm amazed each year how much they grow ! They're eager and excited because it's topics they care about .