Writing Chapter Books: Debbi Michiko Florence Talks About Her Approach to Writing the Jasmine Toguchi Series

By Stephani Martinell Eaton

Today we continue our conversation about chapter books with Debbi Michiko Florence. She is the author of the Jasmine Toguchi series, illustrated by Elizabet Vukovic (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Welcome, Debbi!

Character is crucial to all storytelling. How do you approach creating characters for chapter books, and how does this process compare to creating characters for other forms?

I don’t do anything vastly different when developing characters for my chapter books v...