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Welcome! This kit contains everything you need to take your manuscript through the revision process and prepare it for submission to editors and agents!
Below is the order in which I suggest you use the resources in this kit (all of which can be found on this page, by scrolling down just below these instructions):
1. Watch the “Revision for Picture Books” video, below.
2. Scroll down to listen to the recordings, below, and/or read the transcripts and Top Takeaways of the interviews with
3. Download and print out a copy of all the pdf files:
4. Take your manuscript through the 6-Step Revision process as outlined in the video.
5. Format your manuscript according to the formatting guidelines. 6. You’re ready to submit!
*Please Right Click and ‘Save As’ on the Links or Images Below to Download PDF files.*
Video of 6-step revision process for picture books:
Download and print out all PDF Files:
Depending on your operating and system and browser, click on the image or title, or right click and ‘save as,’ to download each pdf.
Picture Book Editing Checklist
Common Grammatical Errors to Avoid
Manuscript Submission Formatting and Guidelines
Finding, Hiring and Working With a Freelance Editor
Picture Book Editor Expert Interviews
Below are Audio Recordings, Transcripts and Top Takeaways from Emma’s interviews with esteemed picture book editors Emma D. Dryden, Liza Baker and Lisa Rojany Buccieri.
Emma Dryden
Emma has edited over five-hundred books for young readers across all genres, including works by Ellen Hopkins, Karma Wilson, Susan Cooper, Alan Katz, David Catrow, Raul Colon, Shelia P. Moses, Marjorie Priceman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, David Diaz, and Paul Zelinsky, among others.
In March 2010, Emma launched her own editorial consulting firm, drydenbks (www.drydenbks.com), through which she edits children’s books (Emma Walton Hamilton has consulted with Emma D. Dryden editorially for her independent projects); consults with authors, illustrators, agents, and foreign publishers; is a creative consultant with several e-book and app publishers; is a collaborative writer; and does some of her own poetry and fiction writing, as well as keeps a blog (www.emmaddryden.blogspot.com). A highly sought-after speaker for regional and national conferences, where she often speaks about story and the digital landscape, Emma is also on the SCBWI Board of Advisors.
Click here (or right click/save as) to read a transcript of the interview.
Click here (or right click/save as) to read Emma’s Top Takeaways from the interview.
To listen to an mp3 of the interview, click on the play button below:
Liza Baker
Click here (or right click/save as) to read a transcript of the interview.
Click here (or right click/save as) to read Emma’s Top Takeaways from the interview.
To listen to an mp3 of the interview, click on the play button below: https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/emmawaltonhamilton/eib/pb/Liza-Baker-Interview.mp3
Lisa Rojany Buccieri
She has been Editorial/Publishing Director for Golden Books, Price Stern Sloan/Penguin Group USA, Intervisual Books, Gateway Learning Corp (Hooked on Phonics), and other established publishing houses.
Click here (or right click/save as) to read a transcript of the interview.
Click here (or right click/save as) to read Emma’s Top Takeaways from the interview.
To listen to an mp3 of the interview, click on the play button below: https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/emmawaltonhamilton/eib/pb/Lisa-Rojany-Buccieri-Interview.mp3
For more resources such as this one, join the Children’s Book Hub! For just $19.95 a month, you’ll get access to scores of interviews, presentations, articles and other invaluable information for children’s book authors, with new ones added every month… Click on the image below find out more!