Children's Writer's Word Book
In this revised and expanded 2nd edition, Children's Writer's Word Book helps you immediately determine if you're using the right vocabulary and language for your audience. With its intuitive organization, you'll easily find appropriate words for children of various ages, and discover substitute words that might work even better.\ This comprehensive resource keeps you in touch with reading levels for today's kids, and saves you valuable research time by putting all the information you need in...
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Revised and updated to address the changing trends in children's literature, this edition of Children's Writer's Word Book provides even more of the essential information for children's writers that made the first book a success. It includes: * Lists of specific words introduced at different reading levels, helping writers keep in touch with reading standards for today's children * A thesaurus of words annotated with reading levels, so that writers have an array of suitable language at their fingertips * Bonus instruction, explaining what children learn grade by gradeAn all-in-one reference, this invaluable guide saves writers time by collecting everything they need to know about age-appropriate language in one handy book.American Reference Books AnnualThis book will take the guesswork out of word choice and should enable authors to write more accurately to specific age levels.
Becoming a published children's writer is an achievable dream. In this fast-growing market, publishers are hungry for articles, books and stories that are written correctly for the market. This handy reference book will help you do just that. It is not meant to replace any book on "how to write," but rather to be used along with your dictionary, thesaurus, and yellow pad of paper.\ Here's what you'll find:\ \ Lists of specific words introduced at each of seven reading levels (K-6)\ Instructions for what words to use and when to use them\ A thesaurus of those words with synonyms\ Advice and tips on those practices particular to word usage in children's writing\ Samples of writing for each reading level.\ \ Here's what this book does for you:\ \ Allows you to get into the mind of a child at various ages\ Offers idea generators for other stories\ Keeps you in touch with reading levels for today's kids\ Gives you guidelines for sentence length, word usage and theme at each reading level\ Most importantly, it saves you time by putting all this information at your fingertips in one handy volume! If you want to write for children, this is the most important reference you can own.\
\ From Barnes & NobleA basic rule of writing is to know your audience. If you want to write for children, you must learn to speak to them on their level. Now it's easier than ever to do that with The Children's Writer's Word Book. This comprehensive reference guide provides alphabetical lists of words appropriate to children in kindergarten through grade six, a thesaurus sorted by reading level, and advice on sentence length and syntax for various reading levels.\ \ \ \ \ Freelance Writers ReportAn important reference to keep within arm's reach if you write in this field.\ \ \ Writers LibraryChildren's Writer's Word Book will help keep your vocabulary on target.\ \ \ \ \ American Reference Books AnnualThis book will take the guesswork out of word choice and should enable authors to write more accurately to specific age levels.\ \ \ \ \ Texas Writers AssociationIf you want to write for children, add this to your library.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsReference for children's writers includes graded word lists (K-6), a thesaurus of the words with synonyms and annotated with reading levels, advice and tips on those practices particular to word usage in children's writing, and samples of writing for each reading level. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
