Submission Ready?

 What makes a picture book ready for submission?

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/what-makes-a-picture-book-manuscript-submission-ready/

Rhyming Picture Books

 Here are five ways to improve your picture book written in rhyme.

https://www.laurabontje.com/blog/rhyme-series-part-three

Picture Book Settings

 Generating a list of possible picture book settings can help give you ideas for your story.

https://picturebookbuilders.com/2026/08/lets-talk-about-setting-baby/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lets-talk-about-setting-baby

Rhyming Picture Books

 Here are five ways to improve your rhyming picture book.

https://www.laurabontje.com/blog/rhyme-series-part-three

Successful Picture Books

 Here are four tips for writing a successful picture book.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/08/4-tips-for-successfully-writing-picture-books/

PB's Murky Middles

 How do you maintain momentuim through the middle pages of your picture book.

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/the-mucky-middle-maintaining-momentum-from-page-8-24/

Picture Book Rhyming

 Rhyme in picture books is all about the rhythm of the words.

https://www.joshfunkbooks.com/lesson-9

Storyboard

 Every picture book author should make a storyboard (even if you have no artistic ability).

https://taralazar.com/2016/10/06/every-picture-book-author-should-make-a-storyboard/

Picture Book Wordiness

Cut these phrases to avoid wordiness in your picture book.

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-better-character-goals/#

Writing Picture Books

 Here are some resources and recommendations for picture book writers.

https://www.jennybowman.com/how-to-write-a-picture-book-resources-and-recommendations/

Picture Book Tips

 One picture book tip from this article is to make sure you have "art bait" for the illustrator.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/01/picture-book-tips-and-tricks/

Picture Book Biographies

 What's the current market for picture book biographies?

https://www.nffest.com/2026/02/pssstdid-you-get-memo-about-writing.html

Picture Book Tips

 Here are twenty tips for revising your picture book.

https://www.nffest.com/2026/02/in-wrong-place-at-wrong-time-problem.html

Picture Book Structure

 There are several different structures you can follow when writing a picture book.

https://taralazar.com/2012/11/07/piboidmo-day-7-tammi-sauer/

Picture Book Ideas

 Asking "what if" is the golden question for generating picture book ideas.

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/what-if-the-golden-question-for-picture-book-ideas/

SEL Picture Books

 How do you write SEL (social emotional learning) picture books?

https://writersrumpus.com/2025/12/23/from-idea-to-impact-writing-sel-picture-books/

Picture Books

 Five necessary steps in becoming a picture book author.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/how-to-write-childrens-picture-book

Picture Book Layers

 Make your picture book work by using many layers, such as structure, pacing, and theme.

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/what-makes-a-picture-book-work-a-layered-look/

Memorable Main Characters

 It's not easy to make your main character memorable with the limited word count of picture books.

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/creating-memorable-main-characters-in-under-500-words/

Is it a Picture Book?

 How do you know if what you've written is a picture book?

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/2018/03/08/how-do-you-know-if-youve-written-a-picture-book/