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Editing Children’s Books on Mature Topics: What to Consider

By Jennifer Ladwig

January 6, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Editing Children’s Books on Mature Topics: What to Consider

While books can be a wonderful way for readers to escape reality for a few hundred pages, books can also help foster learning and provide readers with safe ways to cope with issues they might be facing.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: challenge, children's books, Children's literature, death, dementia, difficult, divorce, dyslexia, Editing, editor, empathy, Mature, mental health, picture, Picture book, struggle, taboo, young readers

A Brief Guide to Children’s Book Design

By Jennifer Ladwig

June 19, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Brief Guide to Children’s Book Design

Picture books have evolved over time to serve different agendas, from educational, such as teaching the alphabet, to more “edgy” topics in recent years, such as tackling what it’s like to be a child of divorce. With every change, however, one thing remains consistent: the design of a children’s book must keep a child interested and entice them to turn the page.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: Art, children's books, Children's literature, Design, illustration, illustrations, picture, Picture book, young readers

Turning the Page on a New Generation of Publishers

By Nicole O'Connor

May 15, 2019 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Turning the Page on a New Generation of Publishers

As I sit on the MAX on my way into Portland, I flip through the pages of my beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Every few stops, I find myself glancing up from the pages to look around at the passengers who are coming and going from the train on its way into the city. I notice an older man is fast asleep while the woman next to him stares out the window, a mother reties her son’s shoes, and a young man in a college hoodie taps his feet to the beat of whatever tune must be playing in his headphones. While I flip another page, I notice that I’m the only passenger in the car who is reading a book, while the majority of other passengers keep their eyes glued to their phones.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: blogging, digital era, generations of publication, hard copies, Ooligan, ooligan press, paperbacks, printed page, publishing, young readers, young writers

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