Resources for Writers
Organizations:
The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (www.canscaip.org)
Articles on Writing and Revising:
The Art of Detection: One Editor’s Techniques for Analyzing and Revising Your Novel by Cheryl Klein
The End is Only the Beginning: A step by step guide to refining your manuscript by Anita L. Nolan
Line Editing in 10 Easy Steps by David Louis Edelman
Barbara Greenwood’s Guide to …Writing for Children by Barbara Greenwood
Writing a Non-Fiction Book Proposal:A Primer for the First-Time Nonfiction Book Writer by Scott Mendel
How to Write a Damn Good Novel II by James N. Frey
Eleven things You Need to Know by Tim Wynne-Jones
If you want to be a writer, then READ, READ, READ! Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
Picture Books
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING by Phoebe Gilman
CLICK, CLACK, MOO by Doreen Cronin illus. by Betsy Lewin
CHESTER by Melanie Watt
SCAREDY SQUIRREL by Melanie Watt
GRUMPY BIRD by Jeremy Tankard
DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS by Mo Willems
FANCY NANCY by Jane O’connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
Early Chapter Books
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS by Thomas Rockwell
BUNNICULA (series) by Deborah and James Howe
JIGSAW JONES (series) by James Preller
MAGIC TREEHOUSE (series) by Mary Pope Osborne
MARTIN BRIDGE (series) by Jessica Scott Kerrin
ZAC POWER (series) by H.I. Larry
LOONEY BAY ALL*STARS series by Helaine Becker
Middle Grade
HOLES by Louis Sachar
BRIDGE TO TERIBITHIA by Katherine Paterson
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo
JOHNNY KELLOCK DIED TODAY by Hadley Dyer
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L’Engle
