A few simple rules, can bring characters of children's literature into the lives of astute child readers through the author's door, believably.
In this day and age, children are bombarded with almost a constant media flow of information. The internet, television, moving advertising screens, billboards, magazine ads, and just about every type of app and web ad a parent could imagine (and those they don’t want to think about). Therefore, the rules of writing dialogue for children’s books have changed.
The first rule was once: Don’t talk down to children in a children’s book. These days it’s a bit more
In this day and age, children are bombarded with almost a constant media flow of information. The internet, television, moving advertising screens, billboards, magazine ads, and just about every type of app and web ad a parent could imagine (and those they don’t want to think about). Therefore, the rules of writing dialogue for children’s books have changed.
The first rule was once: Don’t talk down to children in a children’s book. These days it’s a bit more
