Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

Writing Children's Stories

On this day in 1986, the one billionth Little Golden Book was printed. The title was The Poky Little Puppy .

Have you ever wanted to write a children's book? What would you write about? Would they be individual titles, or part of a series?








I would like to write some children's books. I don't write often enough to get many projects started. I did an internship with the Purple Martin Association in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. It occurred to me at that time to write a children's story about Birds. I even started it so it is hanging somewhere unfinished.

At the time my supervisor in the PMCA was collaborating with someone to write a children's story about Purple Martins. We compared plots and although hers and mine were different I decided to put my story away until a later date until hers came out in print, so I would be sure nothing I wrote was in any conflict with her story.

I think a series of any kind is different. It has to follow a theme and probably should have characters that are regularly associated. Are children as involved with character friendships as adults? I can remember Louisa Mae Alcott books and another group I read as a child called. "Seven Cousins." They were series books. A writer must be dedicated to the subject to write a series.