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Reimagining Your Nonfiction Picture Book (paperback)

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(Note: I really appreciate you buying direct, but please know this book may take up to two weeks to arrive. If you need this book ASAP, please consider buying the ebook or purchasing the paperback on a retailer site.)


Help your nonfiction picture book stand out from the pack.

 

·      Are you struggling with a nonfiction picture book draft? 

·      Is there a gap between the book in your head and what poured out onto the page? 

·      Does your story feel flat or lack the emotion and excitement you know could be there? 


Whether you’re a seasoned, nonfiction author or someone exploring nonfiction for the first time, award-winning author Kirsten W. Larson provides the tools you need to get your passion onto the page. 


This book will help you:

•   Hone kid-friendly hooks and takeaways, ensuring re-readability. 

•   Understand a variety of narrative and expository nonfiction picture book structures and how to apply them to your own work.

•   Craft scenes and arrange them to build tension and drive page turns, no matter your story structure.

•   Break down the components of both humorous and lyrical voice to discover how to add musicality to your language and punch up your prose using poetic techniques. 

•   Improve your visual-storytelling abilities to understand what can be shown by illustrations on the page.

•   Increase your book’s marketability with back matter and text features.

•   Understand the importance of critiques partners and where to find them.

•   Craft a query letter and build your agent or editor submission list.

•   Provide practical revision tips and techniques for forging ahead when you feel stuck.


What writers are saying:


Reimagining Your Nonfiction Picture Book is a must-have for every nonfiction picture book writer’s bookshelf. Chapter after chapter helps demystify the process of writing and revising a nonfiction picture book [to] help it stand out in agents’ or editors’ inboxes. Larson’s conversational tone is easy to understand yet in depth enough to help every writer. …”

—Debra Shumaker, author of Freaky, Funky Fish, Peculiar Primates, and Tell Someone


“Fact-loving kidlit writers will love Reimagining Your Nonfiction Picture Book. Kirsten W. Larson delivers detailed information, examples, and hands-on exercises in these inspiring pages. Larson comes alongside writers who are ready to take their nonfiction manuscript to new levels as they explore structures and scenes, voice and tension, text features and so much more. She packed the wisdom, inspiration, and experience of a writing conference into these pages. Highly recommend!” —Annette Whipple, author of The Truth About series

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Emily Starr

5 months ago

A "Must Read" Book for Nonfiction Authors

Engaging writing and actionable advice makes Reimagining Your Nonfiction Picture Book an easy-to-read guide that I reference over and over. Kirsten breaks the writing and revision process down into managable sections perfect for both beginner and intermediate nonfiction writers. In each chapter, she expertly balances general recommendations and best practices with specific examples based on her personal experiences. Since reading this book, I recommend it to every nonfiction writer I encounter. It truly is a "must read!"

Sharon Dalgleish

7 months ago

A must-have for any writer!

Oh my stars I love this red book! It's so clearly written, well organized, and easy to follow. It sits on my writing desk so I can constantly refer to it. Plus so many of the chapters are also relevant to my fiction manuscripts—narrative, voice, rhythm, pacing to name just a few. It's so well-thumbed that I'll soon be needing a new copy. But then I'd have to redo all my flags and highlights!