Creating a Children's Book

Blog about Bees, Wildlife and Nature, Flowers, Art, Books

Busy, busy just like Izzie

Izzie Lizzie has been feasting on lavender, roses and other spring over the last month or so, helping to build up the hive for the main...

Research - What do children like to read?

Research - what do children like to read? We set about looking into this by speaking with relatives in the teaching and book professions.

Brainstorming 3: Page by page

Page by page we reviewed progress made on our children's nature book about a honey bee - would we make the deadline for The Bookseller?

Brainstorming 1: Time to really focus

Putting aside time to really focus on writing and illustrating our children's nature book about honey bees needs to be prioritised.

Honey Bee Countdown

Honey bee countdown - making the most of our days in the countdown to our first serious deadline in creating a children's book about bees.

Time for a story

It's time for a story - about our honey bee - but certain things need to be in place early to meet The Bookseller's deadlines.

Izzie Lizzie Busy Bee Book Title

Final decision, and how we got there - Izzie Lizzie Busy Bee Book Title We gave ourselves a deadline: the final submission date to the...

Fun things to find in our book ......

Children love to spot the duck, or whoever is hiding within the illustrations. So we plan to develop this, and are deliberating on who...

Designing a Cover

First stages of creating a book cover So how do you get from A to B when first designing a book cover for a children's nature book? What...

Choosing a Heroine, Her Name and the Book Title

Our book is about the work that honey bees do for us. The honey bees that go out collecting food and water are all female worker bees. ...

Where do ideas for a book project come from?

Author feedback by Valerie Rhenius on where her ideas come from for writing a children's nature book about bees and other country wildlife.

First Thoughts on Creating a Children’s Nature Book about Bees

Claire Murthy reveals her few first thoughts on getting started and preparing to write a children's book about nature with Valerie Rhenius.