When you put your feelings and opinions into a story or book, people will enjoy reading your creation. As the author of more than one hundred children's books, and as a publisher, Bobbie Kalman seems to follow her own advice. The result is a highly appealing, attractive, informative look at the creation of a book. The text and style are simple and concise. Each topic is explained on a two-page spread.
Section headings, a table of contents, and an index keep the reader organized.
The polished and professional approach of the book perhaps over-simplifies the laborious, painstaking, and picky process of publishing a book, but it's hard not to be motivated by all the happy faces in the photographs. Always mindful of the audience, Bobbie frequently relates the ideas back to the school-aged author through the text or the photographs. At a time when schools are continuing to encourage children's authorship and book-writing skills, this book would be useful in any elementary classroom, school or public library. Jane Robinson is a teacher in Winnipeg. Reproduction for personal use is permitted only if this copyright notice is maintained.