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Humor Scorecard: A practical micro-tool for children’s book writers who need to “up the funny” in their manuscripts. This tool helps to spot places in your manuscript where your jokes or mechanics are not working hard enough and provides actionable next steps.

Concept Book Guide: A worksheet for the concept book, helping picture book creators build a clear concept using imagery, grounding their book in time, place, or sequence.

Analyze a Picture Book Activity: A step-by-step guide that helps you read picture books like a writer. This sheet trains you to study page turns, pacing, structure, rule-of-three patterns, and craft moves you can then apply in your own drafts.

Kid Lit Industry Glossary: Don’t understand what other writers and editors mean most times? Download this publishing glossary with insider definitions so you can speak the language of the children’s literature industry with confidence.

Seven Qualities of a Good Query: Need qualities of a good query? Download this sheet with the seven qualities of great queries alongside a sample query.

Join the Conversation Self-Help Essay: Through this interactive excerpt from K.E.’s work-in-progress, learn how to craft books with multiple access points so your story sells better, lasts longer, stretches wider, and is one both adults and children will read again and again.

Books That Kickstarted the Journey: Check out this curated starter list of high-impact mentor texts to help children’s authors read like writers, study craft intentionally, and build a real Kidlit foundation fast.

Children’s Lit Conferences, Workshops, Retreats & College Programs: Utilize this list of children’s literature conferences, retreats, workshops, and college programs to find legit craft help, community, business insight, and professional degrees.

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