As far as many publishers are concerned, Back to School could be considered a yearly holiday! If the target market is school and library,...

Doing research for my current position as Literary Agent Mentee has been illuminating, to say the very least. I see evidence both in...

About the Contest: ​ We are excited to announce that our seasoned team of Rate Your Story Contest Judges will accept manuscripts and...

By Mary Boone Back matter – extra tidbits of information that come after the story is concluded – has become exceedingly popular in...

This month, we are excited to Interview long-time RYS Judge Lyn Miller-Lachmann, author of Ways to Play, illustrated by Gabriel Alborozo....

There are many ways to describe telling a story! Telling a tale, shooting the breeze, crafting a narrative, fracturing a fable, etc....

There are so many ways to come across Mentor Texts, and pretty much every one of them will have some kind of takeaway value, even if they...

How did you come up with the idea for Sun & Son? I had already published Crane & Crane, which idea came naturally to me since my husband...

1. What do you LOVE about children’s books? I love that children’s books create a space for genuine emotion without judgment. Even in a...

When a publisher is new on the scene, it's important to check out their books and get a sense of their content and style. To this end, I...