I also have submission guidelines from Christian publishers of stories written for children plus books about writing inspirational stories. The Authors and Illustrators for Children Webring is a ring which Terre Sexton and I created. It has sites listing additional publishers, tips, and resources for authors and illustrators. As with any job, be sure you have the best tools with which to get the job done. A recent dictionary is necessary.
New words come into use and definitions change.
Other valuable resources are a thesaurus, a book of grammar, and a dictionary of usage. A rhyming dictionary will save lots of time when you want to rhyme. You need a good quality typewriter, a word processor, or computer with a printer which is not dot matrix. Hand written stories are not read. However, we need to be sure to progress.