WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Amy Sparkes
‘If you want to write, first you need to read.’ You’ve probably heard this advice a lot – it’s the best advice you can get. When you read, you observe, you absorb and you learn. This month is the start of a two-part series, looking at published books by successful children’s authors and working out why the stories work and how you can use that information to develop your own writing. In part one we’re going to look at picture books.