Snip and cut: Picture book writing vs writing short stories

So the folktale projectturned out to be an eye-opening experience for me.

Am I a writer, or a barber?

When I first started writing for kids, I didn’t really understand the difference between short stories and picture books. I’d submit short stories to book publishers, and picture books to magazines who published short stories. Selling Raizy and being guided through revisionsby Devorah Leah Rosenfeld, the editor at Hachai, schooled me in the differences between the two media. Eventually, I under...