Work involved:
Write and illustrate an original children’s storybook.
Storybook Guidelines:
Write and illustrate a creatively (not necessarily professionally) bound book that includes:
Cover: illustration, author name, illustrator name, title
Frontispiece: page after cover w/ title, author, illustrator, copyright date
Story: typed or neat handwriting, plot, geared towards four- to five-year-old w/ a moral or lesson. The story should be about 20 pages, approximately 20 words per page (400 words-ish total). The story must be appropriate for this age level (no violence, swearing, etc.).
illustrations: Can be photographs, drawn on a computer, cut and paste with construction paper. May be done by you, friend, family member… whoever, as long as you give the person credit
author page: on the inside back cover— includes picture of the author and short biography
story synopsis: on the back of the book cover—hooks reader and gives a brief summary w/o giving away too much.