Raven Howell's Blog - Posts Tagged "kid-lit"
What's catchy, sometimes short, and always memorable?
The answer? A children’s book title! Come play with these fun names!
I love intriguing titles, and always end up jumping to search for their summaries to read the general plots. Let's start with "And To Think That it Happened on Mulberry Street". Come on! That’s a tough one to NOT want to pick up and peruse. What happened there? And where is Mulberry Street? And what if that happens to me, whatever it is? This title falls into the category of memorable for sure.
Another beauty is "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Huh?! Any child needs to open the cover of such an intriguing and catchy title to find out if meatballs really could rain down on his town.
How about the short and catchy title, "The BFG"? Hmmm….what’s the “BFG”? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Or, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" -is that some kind of a dance? What will I see in the pictures when I open this book?
Picture book titles that can lure a child into grabbing it and saying, “Mom, let’s get THIS one!” usually fall into the categories of word play, familiar expressions or even an event, for example "How I Became a Pirate" or "Around the World in Eighty Days".
There are lots of terrific kids’ book titles with animal intrigue, also. "Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!", "Mr. Popper’s Penguins" and "The 101 Dalmations" are classic. And consider character names and how they can draw in even the stingiest little reader: "Pippi Longstocking", "Knuffle Bunny", "The Cat in the Hat".
If you want to travel to "Where the Wild Things Are" or to "The Little House on the Prairie", or the "Magic Tree House", the authors have made that journey available to you.
A good children’s book title plays with language, sometimes in rhyme, sometimes with humor, alliteration, and all are memorable in one way or another. I hope this inspires you to get an idea for a book through coming up with your own title! Happy reading, writing or coining!
My own recent celebratory title, "A Cheer for the Year!"
I love intriguing titles, and always end up jumping to search for their summaries to read the general plots. Let's start with "And To Think That it Happened on Mulberry Street". Come on! That’s a tough one to NOT want to pick up and peruse. What happened there? And where is Mulberry Street? And what if that happens to me, whatever it is? This title falls into the category of memorable for sure.
Another beauty is "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Huh?! Any child needs to open the cover of such an intriguing and catchy title to find out if meatballs really could rain down on his town.
How about the short and catchy title, "The BFG"? Hmmm….what’s the “BFG”? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Or, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" -is that some kind of a dance? What will I see in the pictures when I open this book?
Picture book titles that can lure a child into grabbing it and saying, “Mom, let’s get THIS one!” usually fall into the categories of word play, familiar expressions or even an event, for example "How I Became a Pirate" or "Around the World in Eighty Days".
There are lots of terrific kids’ book titles with animal intrigue, also. "Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!", "Mr. Popper’s Penguins" and "The 101 Dalmations" are classic. And consider character names and how they can draw in even the stingiest little reader: "Pippi Longstocking", "Knuffle Bunny", "The Cat in the Hat".
If you want to travel to "Where the Wild Things Are" or to "The Little House on the Prairie", or the "Magic Tree House", the authors have made that journey available to you.
A good children’s book title plays with language, sometimes in rhyme, sometimes with humor, alliteration, and all are memorable in one way or another. I hope this inspires you to get an idea for a book through coming up with your own title! Happy reading, writing or coining!
My own recent celebratory title, "A Cheer for the Year!"
