PictureBookPedia

PictureBookPedia

Welcome to PictureBookPedia!

Here, you’ll find blog posts and insights exclusively on writing picture books.

Featured Topics

Narrative Structure

  • Convert the first line to a hook link
  • Narrative Structure link
  • These are NOT narrative structure link
  • Inciting Incident link 
  • Story Question link
  • Structure analysis samples link

Character

  • Character Arc link
  • Positive arc link
  • Flat-arc character link 
  • Ensemble cast link

Narrator & POV

  • What is the Narrator? link
  • Inanimate narrator link
  • POV; defintions & Basics link
  • POV in picture books link
  • Literarty Techinques link 
  • Epistolary (letter & diary) link

Types & Genre

  • High-concept Books link
  • Quiet picture books link
  • Concept Books for cultural & Social topics link
  • Postmodern & Metafiction link
  • Informational Fiction link
  • Historical Fiction link

Picture Book Biography

  • Introduction link
  • Narrative Structure in biography link
  • Timeframe link
  • Point of View link 
  • Infodump link
  • Hook the reader link

Nonficiton Picture Books​

  • Slant link
  • Hook nonfiction readers link

Revision & Query Letter

Theme

  • Theme & Thematic statement link
  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL): definition, Self-awareness link, Self-management link, Social-awareness link, Relationship skills link

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