A collection of poems and stories for children, to be used in the classroom, home, or camp; especially planned for college classes in children's literature, with introductions and headnotes.

A collection of fairy tales, folklore, fables, original stories, and poems illustrated with scenes from Walt Disney films. Also includes a brief history, analysis, and filmography of the Silly Symphonies, seventy-six short films produced between 1929 and 1939.

"What do I need to know to write and publish a children's book?" It could be rightly said that those words have become the universal question that has bedeviled every potential children's author ever since the invention of pen and ink. Although frequently asked, it is infrequently answered. Writing Children's Books answers the plight of these writers by providing proven strategies and insider information. This powerful how-to guide shows, in eye-opening detail, exactly how children's authors, both beginning and novice, can have a productive and successful writing career. As the only book to deal exclusively with all the concerns, issues, and questions of prospective children's authors, it features simplicity, step-by-step directions; and offers strategies and data that guarantee literary success.

"You Can Write Children's Books gives you all the advice and encouragement you need to write and sell your children's book. You'll find specialized instruction on writing picture books, beginning readers, chapter books, middle grade and young adult novels, and nonfiction. Noted children's book author and editor Tracey Dils gives you exclusive insight into the ever-changing worlds of education and children's book publishingand tells you what it means for you."--Jacket.

An author and editor of children's books guides the budding author from book idea to sales, explaining how to write, edit, and submit works for publication.