It can be as short as a paragraph or as long as a story. While your example can include illustrations, it's also fine to send work without any. Be sure to note what you think should be celebrated in the sample you send. Maybe, you'll find your work on these pages in the near future . . . When Fringo the Tadpole's parents die , he is all alone in the creek by John's house.
Problems begin when Fringoturns into a frog and moves to a new pond . . .
Then he swam around some more until he caught up with some fish. As soon as he saw them, he opend his mouth and barked. The fish were so scared that they swam away at a hundred miles an hour. They turned the pond into a tidal wave. The water was still moving two minutes later.