The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has announced a new campaign to get school-aged children to use their public libraries:  KIDS! @ your library.  Hurrah!  One of my huge issues with many families’ use of libraries is that we see them as preschoolers, but once they hit school age they disappear.  Right at the age that they need easy readers, beginning chapter books, and great reading material to inspire them to continue learning and finding reading to be joyous.  This is a campaign I can really embrace.

BellaOnline has an article on what to do once you have finished writing your children’s book.  The recommendations are very sound.  It is certainly worth taking your time to re-edit your book, figure out which publishers may be most interested in your work, and carefully following their instructions to the letter, especially since such a small fraction of children’s book submissions actually get published.