Video: Overall Concept & Design of a Children's Book

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Learn how to create the overall concept and design of a children's book in this free how-to video on writing and publishing children's literature.

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John Mar 23, 2011
This was helpful. Just finished my first book and sent it to online publisher/printer. Whew! What a lot of work. Seeing your process was helpful in considering how to go about the first sequel. I particularly liked the way you made a mock-up. My illustrator and I made one also. Next time we'll choose the font size first and paste it on, then paint around it. JMS

Video Transcript

Hi! I’m Angela Sage Larsen. Today, we’re going to talk about publishing your own children’s story. Please visit my web site at petalwinkthefairy.com. So, you want to write a children’s book. Let’s talk about the overall concept and design of your book. This is your vision for the story that you’re going to tell. You’ll want to think about things like the size of your book; whether the book is going to be hardback book, and of course the feel of the book. Is it going to be lively with a lot of bold colors? Is it going to be a counting book or an alphabet book? See all the bright colors. You can also see how that would affect the text of the story. Is it going to be worked right into the design? You can also think about if you want the text to be on its own and then the illustrations separately, or if they are worked in together. This will affect the whole look and feel of your book, and this will dictate the direction you take in designing it.

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Overall Concept & Design of a Children's Book

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