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    Bringing Your Children's Book's Main Character to Life!
    Patrick Adams Books
    • Apr 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bringing Your Children's Book's Main Character to Life!

    Your children's book idea can be much more than the book itself. I created my Amazing Lisa book series knowing full well that I wanted my main character to be identifiable, iconic and brought to life. A few years ago, I commissioned Budsies to create a prototype of my Amazing Lisa character in her original form, that of a stuffed toy dog. I was thoroughly pleased with the result. My Amazing Lisa character transforms into a new form in each book, so if I should choose to e
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    Book Building Blocks
    Patrick Adams Books
    • Nov 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Book Building Blocks

    A complete and publish-ready children's book needs to have all the materials necessary to fully architect it. If you are an aspiring children's book author, be prepared with the following essential building blocks: 1) The Story Text - for early readers, your text can be very basic, but essential for setting up the most important element of your book. For advancing readers, more robust text and storytelling should take place, but also set up the most important element of you
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    The Art of the Matter
    Patrick Adams Books
    • Nov 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Art of the Matter

    In the castle of Children's Books, illustrations are king. A children's book author's focus on text and story crafting will likely take far less time than actually articulating their vision for each picture accompanying their story text. I spend a significant amount of time writing detailed requirements for my illustrator. Below is an example of my book cover requirements for Lisa Goes to England and what my illustrator was able to do with them: I had a very clear vision o
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    Have a Great Idea for a Children's Book?  Make it Happen!
    Patrick Adams Books
    • Nov 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    Have a Great Idea for a Children's Book? Make it Happen!

    If you have an idea, concept or vision for a children's book, you are already half-way to making it a reality.
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