Learn to delegate tasks to others to make more time for writing. Set realistic goals and stick to them. Find another writer, or someone who knows a lot about children's books, to read and give opinions on your work. Remember that children like action. Don't have your characters sitting around and thinking for a great deal of the time.
Children love suspense.
Keep them wondering, and they'll keep turning pages. Don't let your story stand still while you describe the scenery. 32. lmagine your picture book divided into pages. The text which guides each successive illustration in a picture book should build the story, and not be too similar to previous illustrations. Children love humour.