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Whats Your Pont of View?

Pick an event that you plan to use in your story and write a few sentences about it from the following
point of views. When you are done, put a check mark by the one you think you want to use in your book.
First Person:

Limited Third Person:

Omniscient Third Person:

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Who Is Your Major Character?
Use the following questions to help you plan an appropriate and relatable major character for a childrens
book.
1. Is your major character a human? YES NO
2. What physical details does your character have?

3. What personality traits will be important for this story?

4. What is his/her greatest weakness/fear and strength? How will this affect the conflict?

5. How will your character change? (Examples: shy to outgoing, scared to brave, mean to friendly etc.)

6. Is everything about your character easy for a 4-6 year old to understand? YES NO
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How Will Setting Play a Part?
Use the following questions to help you plan an appropriate and engaging setting for a childrens book.
1. Where will your story take place?
Time
Place
Environment
2. Is this a place children will be familiar with? YES NO
3. What will you need to include in the illustrations to make them clear and fun for children? Be Specific.
Think about what will be in the background, what the character will interact with, and what can be
repeated in multiple images to keep things from becoming confusing.

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Who Is Your Minor Character?
Use the following questions to help you plan an appropriate and relatable minor character for a childrens
book.
1. Is your minor character a human? YES NO
2. What physical details does your character have?

3. What personality trait(s) will be important for this story?

4. How do they support the major characters story? (example: they bully or are bullied by the major
character; they give the major character advice etc)

5. Is everything about your minor character easy for a 4-6 year old to understand? YES NO
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Whats Happening in Your Story?
What is the conflict?

Is this a conflict a 4-6 yr old could relate to and understand? YES NO

Describe each of the parts What elements of the What elements of the
of your plot below. exposition will be told in the exposition will be shown in
Remember, kids books are text? the illustrations?
short. Dont plan too much.

Exposition

Inciting Incident

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution