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THE NUTS AND BOLTS GUIDE TO WRITING PICTURE BOOKS Tools and Tips for Writing, Polishing and Selling Your Manuscript Interested? Send me an email at lindaashman@gmail.com, and I'll let you know when it's available.
Like NO DOGS ALLOWED!, this book has very few words -- just 78 in all. How do you write a book with so few words? Visit the RAIN! page to download the manuscript.
PEACE, BABY!, illustrated by the charming Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, and published by Chronicle Books.
SAMANTHA is illustrated by the fabulous Christine Davenier, and is on the inaugural list of Margaret Ferguson Books, an imprint of Farrar Straus Giroux. See a preview right here.
Illustrated by Kristin Sorra and published by Sterling.
How do you "write" a wordless picture book, anyway? Read more about the process, and download the manuscript, right here.
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