New Releases by Barbara Seuling

Your one-stop guide to writing and selling books for children Get the tools you need to: * Develop story ideas that work * Strengthen your writing skills * Improve your work habits * Write for different age groups * Look at your work critically * Submit proposals and manuscripts * Find the right publisher for your work * Understand and negotiate contracts * Work with agents and editors * Join the writing community Do you dream of becoming the next J. K. Rowling? Are you excited about writing for children but have no idea how to begin or where to send your material? Now, respected children''s writer Barbara Seuling gives you the essential steps to getting published in the competitive, exciting world of children''s literature. From finding story ideas and creating character sketches to plotting, writing dialogue, editing, and revising your work, you''ll learn how to complete a manuscript and prepare it for submission. Whether you want to write picture or chapter books, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or plays, Seuling helps you master the different genres and capture a child''s interest and imagination, from the early years to young adult. Her fully revised guide also covers the major developments in book publishing, including vital information about using the Internet to research the market and contact publishers. Seuling even discusses recent successes such as the Harry Potter series, as well as the growth of Amazon.com. Complete with updated lists of writing organizations, marketing information, and recommended reading, this is the only guide you need to start writing, get published, and touch the lives of children.

A penny save is a penny earned, and millions of millionaires can prove it! Invest your time in this book and learn freaky financial facts about bills, taxes, valuables, banks, credit, and more. This is one book you can bank on—with interest!

Journey from the center of the Earth to the edge of the cosmos in this book of amazing, little-known facts about the universe. It''s not science fiction, it''s the planet Earth. This book will give you a world of information about the planets, volcanoes, glaciers, water, and more!

For a surprising look inside the White House and the first twenty-five presidents Washington-Roosevelt, enter this book that offers strange but true presidential information. Power, personality, and life-styles are all capital fun in this presidential book.

This wacky book provides a variety of unusual and fascinating facts about geography. Little-known facts about deserts, mountains, climate, nature, how Earth has changed, and more will send you on an adventure around the world. Come rain, sleet, snow, or hail, this is one adventure you won''t want to miss.

If you have ever wondered why elephants can''t jump - or if you never knew they couldn''t in the first place - this book is a must read. Strange-but-true facts about how animals eat, sleep, move, and much more fill this fascinating book.

Journey from the center of the Earth to the edge of the cosmos in this book of amazing, little-known facts about the universe. It''s not science fiction, it''s the planet Earth. This book will give you a world of information about the planets, volcanoes, glaciers, water, and more!

Since your brain cells are the only cells in your body that are not replaced, you better keep them healthy. From strange ailments, hiccups, and snoring to medical marvels, this book puts a body of facts at your fingertips. It''s time to put your feet up and exercise your brain!

A collection of odd facts about United States presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush.

Presents a collection of trivia about finance, organized into such categories as millionaires, banks, collectibles, and bills.

Presents unusual facts about animals, including their activities, mating habits, and survival tactics.

A collection of amazing facts and statistics about the human body.

A collection of strange facts about the first twenty-five presidents of the U.S.A.

Money may make the world go around, but whose money is it, where did it come from, and whose idea was it? You will get your money''s worth in this book full of facts about coins, bills, counterfeiting, and other interesting money topics.

A collection of strange facts about animals.

Pirate problems plague Robert as the class rehearses a pirate play, his bike is pirated away, and bossy Susanne Lee invites only half the class to a pirate party.

As a boys-versus-girls war of practical jokes escalates in his third-grade classroom, Robert finds it difficult to ask a girl''s help in learning to dance in time for a family wedding reception.

Robert thinks that the kids are laughing at him because he needs a haircut so he invests in the help of his best friend Paul to do the job.

Two poems by Jack Prelutsky.

Third-grader Robert Dorfman''s day gets off to a bad start when his brother Charlie hogs the bathroom. Then it gets worse. Spilled paint. A math test. Computer hogs. His dog, Huckleberry, balks at learning new tricks. But-oh no!-did Huckleberry swallow the wire missing from Robert''s new orthodontic palate expander? Robert is convinced a bad fairy has touched him with her wand. Can a triple-rotten day be saved? That''s up to Robert! Paul Brewer''s stylized, quirky cartoon drawings exaggerate the humor of Robert''s mishaps. Book jacket.

Pirate problems plague Robert as the class rehearses a pirate play, his bike is pirated away, and bossy Susanne Lee invites only half the class to a pirate party.

When Robert''s teacher assigns the class to write reports on things weird and horrible, the funs begins!

When Robert''s teacher, Mrs. Bernthal, teams Robert with Susanne Lee, the class know-it-all, for a science experiment, Robert learns Susanne Lee isn''t so bad after all.

When Robert''s wishes start coming true, he discovers that it''s better to be careful what you wish for.

This adorable, age-appropriate volume contains two full-length stories from the Oh, No, It''s Robert! series. Includes Robert and the Great Pepperoni and Robert and the Attack of the Giant Tarantula. Illustrations.

Short stories include: Wally''s first Christmas, Jigsaw Jones: The case of the Santa Claus mystery; Midnight gets a star; Take a penny, leave a penny; The nutcracker retold; Holiday disaster; Christmas on the prairie; The rocking chair: a classroom play; A visit from St. Nicholas.

Publisher Description

When everything seems to be going wrong, Robert wonders if the Bad Fairy has tapped him with her wand.