Writer's Resources

Art Directors' Guidelines For Presenting Your Work
Nancy D. Lewis provides information on how to get started as a children's book illustrator. A good example of the caliber of articles that you will receive as a member of the SCBWI.

Authorlink
Marketplace information.

BookZone
Directory of author's web sites and literary links.

Children's Author Sheri Gilbert's The Write Journey

Children's Book Council
Nonprofit trade organization with publishing FAQs, author/illustrator insights and more.

CLWG - Children's Literature Web Guide.

Children's Writing Resource Center - Write4Kids.com

Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources
Interviews with other authors, writing tips and more. Quarterly online newsletter.

Drawing Board
Agents, submission guidelines, marketing and portfolio management, and interviews with other illustrators.

Education Paperback Association's Top 100 Authors for Children
Biographies of children's book authors.

elance.com
List of bids and portfolios will give self-published authors an idea of how much it may cost to illustrate their work.

Ezra Jack Keats
Dummies, thumbnails and sketches by Caldecott Medalist who wrote and/or illustrated 37 children's books.

10 FAQs About Children's Book Publishing by Robin Michal Koontz

Glossary of Children's Writing Terms

Hans Wilhelm: How to Become an Author

Jane Yolen, For Writers
FAQs and a transcript of Jane Yolen's speech at the SCBWI first National New York conference in January 2000.

Maui Writer's Conference

Picture-Book.com
Excellent resource for illustrators. Information on health insurance packages for the freelance artist.

Poetry for Kids - by Kenn Nesbitt

The Purple Crayon
By children's book editor and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, Harold Underdown. One of the best sites for aspiring writers and illustrators.

Scott Goto's Helpful Hints for Illustrators.

Top 100 Children's Illustration Sites

The Ultimate Directory of Children's Book Publishers Online
Curious about finding the right publisher and agent? Don't know a thing about marketing and submitting a manuscript? The A to Zs on crafting and submitting your manuscript.

U.S. Copyright Office

Writer's Resource Center

Writers Write, The Internet Writing Journal

Writing Nonfiction for Children

New York Times' Writers on Writing
Archive of the Writers on Writing column, in which writers explore literary themes.

Hawai'i Book Publishers Association
The Hawai'i Book Publishers Association holds the annual Ka Palapala Po'okela Awards in recognition of excellence in writing, illustrating, designing and publishing books in Hawai'i, and also sponsors workshops and conferences on writing and publishing.

Island Heritage

The Bess Press

Publisher's Catalog
Comprehensive list of publishers.