Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books 1
A course by Isabel Thomas , Science Writer and Children's Book Author
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books 1
Overview
“Let’s begin by getting to know the world of children’s non-fiction books. I'll show you some examples of how it has evolved over the twenty years I've worked in it.”
In this video lesson Isabel Thomas addresses the topic: Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks. Learn how to form a captivating idea for a picturebook and develop it into a professional book proposal that engages publishers.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books In this course, I'll talk you through turning a germ of an idea into a professional pitch for a children's non-fiction book. In this first lesson, I'll talk about the world of children's non-fiction and how it's changed over the 20 years that I've been working in it. I'll start with my first book called "Blue and Purple Foods," which I wrote when I was working for an educational publisher. At that time, there was a huge market for non-fiction and reference titles for school libraries. This is typical of that genre. It's a part of a large series of title...”
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Course summary for: Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Writing
Isabel Thomas
A course by Isabel Thomas
Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer and children's book author based near Cambridge, UK. She studied engineering science, then human sciences at the University of Oxford, during which time she worked at the student newspaper and fell in love with journalism. After graduating, Isabel worked as a then-trainee editor at a local publishing house where she began writing short books for beginner readers and working on her passion for writing in her spare time.
Isabel has since published more than 180 books in over 30 languages. Her critically-acclaimed book Moth: An Evolution Story won the AAAS Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020 and was named a book of the summer by the Financial Times. She has also been shortlisted for other prizes including the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. As well as this Isabel writes features for children’s science magazines, creates non-fiction resources for organizations such as the BBC, and speaks at festivals, schools, and other events.
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