Picture book template

This easy-to-follow children's book layout template will guide authors through picture book layout and story pacing, with sample 32 page picture book template.

Dummy book storyboard

Illustrated tips, info, comics, book reviews, interviews for kidlit/YA writers & illustrators by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, illustrator of I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black, Simon & Schuster/2012.

Here's a thumbnail template for a standard 32 page picture book with separate, solid color endpapers. For the 40 page template with illustrated endpapers, see here: http://artghost.blogspot.com/2013/07/40-page-self-ended-picture-book.html And, for more information about picture book layouts, I recommend this post by Tara Lazar: http://taralazar.com/2009/02/22/picture-book-construction-know-your-layout/

Editorial Anonymous provided a great explanation of basic picture book construction a few months ago. At that time, I skimmed the info. Today, I’m studying it. Why? An editor asked me to make…

Templates you can use to storyboard your picture books. Laid out for 32 pages in both "self-ended" and "colored ends" formats.

Note: My non-fiction book How to Self-publish and Market a Children’s Book (Second Edition) is out in print and as an eBook Whether you’re just starting out with self-publishing or are part way th…

My desk is a sea of paper, so yesterday I tried to tackle some of the mess and found these thumbnail roughs for You Can't Scare a Princess! , my picture book with Gillian Rogerson. Thumbnail roughs are called that because often they're very small, just a doodle that lets my editor and art director…

Illustrated tips, info, comics, book reviews, interviews for kidlit/YA writers & illustrators by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, illustrator of I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black, Simon & Schuster/2012.

Read Callawind’s “ABCs of Children’s Book Design to Help You Sell Books” and learn how to effectively use children’s book design to engage young minds and sell books.