He's Making a List. He's Checking It Twice...

Lifetime Christmas movies and corny holiday commercials are filling the airtime on T.V, which can only mean one thing: The holiday season is here.  However, this is not a post about holiday books or writing. It’s a post about lists.

I’ve realized I love lists.

*They’re short.

*They help me get organized.

*They convey meaning in a concise way.

*It’s fun crossing items off them.

*They help me remember to do stuff.

 

See? I love them. It’s too bad I didn’t have a list this weekend, because it would have said: 


*Monday’s with Mandy or Mira Blog Post!  


And as you can see, today is Tuesday.

So, while not even realizing this until 3am this morning, I started pondering what in the world I was going to write about. And this whole idea of list making came to me.

 

To expand on my love of lists:

*I love list poetry.

*I love picture books that contain lists.

*I love brainstorming lists.

*I love sharing lists with others.

 

Some of my blog posts have included lists of:

*100 plus character driven books

*100 plus picture book agents

*Publishers accepting unsolicited manuscripts

*Dialogue only picture books

*2nd person POV picture books

*Resources for writing character driven picture books

*Resources for writing rhyming picture books

 

And today, I’d like to add another blog post to the list of lists:

 
Princess Books for Girls who Love Princesses and Parents Who Hate Them.

 
Now, I have to admit, I am stealing this list from Tom B. I’m compiling what he had on his list, plus what was listed in the comments, and additional ones I can think of.

 
I love this list of books because:

*(Some) Parents are sick of reading and rereading: Poofy princesses in a pile of perfection.

*Girls need to see princesses in another light.

*Writers need to see good twists on the princess “hook.”

*And darn it, these are just good books. 



And here it is! For your convenience in a downloadable PDF.  So...

1.Download it.
2. Read It.
3. Check out a few new ones.
4. Comment below and tell me your favorites or any others I need to add!

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Mandy Yates is currently an elementary reading specialist and children's book writer. She has an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and has been published multiple times in Highlights Magazine. 

She is also assisting Mira in teaching The Craft and Business of Writing Children's Books. http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/writing-childrens-picture-books.html, as well as The Chapter Book Alchemist  http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/the-chapter-book-alchemist.html .

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