Craft Books
- 5 Kinds of Nonfiction by Melissa Stewart and Marlene Correia
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy
- Law and Authors by Jacqueline D. Lipton
- On the Origin of Stories by Brian Boyd
- Save the Cat! By Blake Snyder
- Scene & Structure by John Bickham
- Seven Drafts by Allison K. Williams
- Story Genius by Lisa Cron
- Tell It Like It Is by Roy Peter Clark
- Wired for Story by Lisa Cron
- Writing for the Educational Market by Laura Purdie Salas
- Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul
Websites and Resources (in order of mention)
- Kirsten’s critiques and services
- The Writing Barn
- “Noodling with Nonfiction Picture Book Structure” (12×12 Picture Book Challenge)
- Melissa Stewart article on 5 Types of Nonfiction (School Library Journal)
- Melissa Stewart’s Articles for Educators
- Story Structure from Pixar in a Box (Khan Academy)
- Kirsten’s Pinterest boards for structure and voice
- Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s Templates for Book Creators
- Interview with Hannah Holt, plus query letter for The Diamond and the Boy (Sub It Club)
- Primary vs. Secondary Source (University of Massachusetts)
- Filter words (Publishing Crawl)
- Lyrical Language Lab (Renée LaTulippe)
- Voice in Writing (Book Designer)
- Linda Sue Park on voice (SCBWI)
- What is figurative language? (Merriam-Webster)
- Poetry Form Index (Poets’ Collective)
- Sea Horse (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Moods in Verbs (Oregon State University on YouTube)
- Verb Tenses (Grammarly)
- Picture Book Word Count and Other Rules Meant to Be Broken (Miranda Paul)
- HOW TO WRITE CHILDREN’S BOOKS: CHILDREN’S BOOK WORD COUNT (Mary Kole)
- Nonfiction Picture Book Debut Author Word Count Survey (Kirsten W. Larson)
- Tension (NY Book Editors)
- Art Notes Are Action Notes! (Tara Lazar)
- 500+ Things Kids Like (Tara Lazar)
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Common Core State Standards for Math
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
- History-Social Science Content Standards (California Department of Education)
- Texas Education Agency Social Studies Standards
- California Transformative SEL Competencies
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Framework
- Informational Writing Text Features (Annette Whipple)
- Should I include back matter? (Jenn Laughran, Literaticat)
- Kidlit 411 MS Swaps
- SubItClub critique partner match up
- SCBWI.org
- Marcie Colleen’s Study Hall
- Inked Voices
- Collaborative Feedback Process (Highlights Blog)
- RateYourStory.org
- 100 Open Publishers (Bitsy Kemper)
- The Author’s Guild
- How To Write a Query Letter (Sub It Club)
- Nonfiction Query Basics (Sub It Club)
- Monster List of Picture Book Agents (Heather Ayris Burnell)
- Association of American Literary Agents
- 100 Picture Book Agents (Children’s Book Academy)
- PW Children’s Bookshelf
- Publishers Marketplace
- 12×12 Challenge Featured Agents
- Manuscriptwishlist.com
- Submissions 101-Tracking Queries (Sub It Club)
- WriterBeware.com
- Absolute Write Forum
- Writer Beware-Agents
- So I think my agent may be a shmagent (Jenn Laughran, Literaticat)