{"product_id":"9781462065189","title":"How to Turn Poems, Lyrics, \u0026amp; Folklore intoSalableChildren's Books: Using Humor or Proverbs","description":"Do you want to adapt your poem to a storybook that tells a story in words, and pictures-or only amplify the images that you create with words? Would you rather turn your poem into a picture book that tells a story with pictures?  \u003cp\u003eWill words take second place to illustrations? Decide first whether you will write a story book or a picture book. Then use the images in your poem to clarify your writing. You won't be able to read a picture book into a tape recorder or turn it into an audio book or radio play. You will be able to narrate a word book for audio playing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStart with an inspirational poem, proverb, or song lyrics. Ask children what makes them laugh. You can make something out of nothing. You can make a story out of anything intangible, such as an idea with a plan still in your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCapture your children's dreams, proverbs, song lyrics, and the surprise elements that make them laugh. Record imagination, \"what-if\" talk, and personal history. A folktale or story is something that could come from any place in the past, from science, or from nothing that you can put your hands on.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat children want in a book, poem, or folklore is a cave where they can go to be themselves. When suspending belief, children still want to be themselves as they navigate fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe story book becomes a den or tree house where children can go inside, shut the door, and play. Introduce children to poetry by showing how you transform your poem into a children's book by expanding and emphasizing significant events in the life story of one child.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePoems, memorable experiences, significant life events or turning points are all ways to make something out of nothing tangible. You begin re-working a concept, framework, or vision. Here's how to write, publish, and promote salable material from concept to framework to poem to children's book-step-by-step.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176251343088,"sku":"9781462065189","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462065189_p0.jpg?v=1763675795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462065189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}