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Luna The Moon Pig 2021 is NOW Launched!
Delighted to say that Luna is now launched in Kindle version and paperback!
A Good Children's Book Asks Questions, and Provides a Satisfying Ending.
If you ask me what makes a good children's book, my answer is that good kids' books are fun and educational with wonderful artwork. But, there is more!
It is my belief that good children's books arouse wonder, and thus curiosity in the reader, and just like in Alice in Wonderland, little readers become "curiouser and curiouser."
Children delight in treasure hunting, and the journey in a good book is a bit like a fabulous treasure hunt, with clues, and lots of exploration. Inevitably to find answers to the "clues" or "signposts," young readers will try to work things out for themselves, reading the story along with the illustrations that will provide a visual guide.
Along the way, readers who are supported by older siblings, parents, and significant others will ask the question, "Why?" and good books always involve engagement with others and good conversations. I always map out my books so that they pose questions to the reader.
Children's books that arouse curiosity are a good thing since scientists, artists, businesspeople and inventors of tomorrow will have curiosity in bucketloads!
Good kids' books provide a safe rehearsal for negotiating difficulties and obstacles that we all meet on the journey that is life. They instill good values in children, showing them how to make friends, and to value things that make a successful and happy life.
Social and emotional learning is valuable in books written for children since research shows that this kind of learning is just as important as other kinds. I like to foreground characters in my children's books who inspire kids and act as good role models.
The emotional atmosphere of a book is so important. A positive mood and a happy ending satisfy kids that all will be well in the end. A satisfying ending for me is one in which the characters are good and true; finding their own answers and their OWN path, and being true to themselves.
It is my belief that good children's books arouse wonder, and thus curiosity in the reader, and just like in Alice in Wonderland, little readers become "curiouser and curiouser."
Children delight in treasure hunting, and the journey in a good book is a bit like a fabulous treasure hunt, with clues, and lots of exploration. Inevitably to find answers to the "clues" or "signposts," young readers will try to work things out for themselves, reading the story along with the illustrations that will provide a visual guide.
Along the way, readers who are supported by older siblings, parents, and significant others will ask the question, "Why?" and good books always involve engagement with others and good conversations. I always map out my books so that they pose questions to the reader.
Children's books that arouse curiosity are a good thing since scientists, artists, businesspeople and inventors of tomorrow will have curiosity in bucketloads!
Good kids' books provide a safe rehearsal for negotiating difficulties and obstacles that we all meet on the journey that is life. They instill good values in children, showing them how to make friends, and to value things that make a successful and happy life.
Social and emotional learning is valuable in books written for children since research shows that this kind of learning is just as important as other kinds. I like to foreground characters in my children's books who inspire kids and act as good role models.
The emotional atmosphere of a book is so important. A positive mood and a happy ending satisfy kids that all will be well in the end. A satisfying ending for me is one in which the characters are good and true; finding their own answers and their OWN path, and being true to themselves.
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