An Overview of the Children’s Fiction Market

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The Children’s Fiction Market can be divided into six areas based on age. Here’s a handy image with some quick references. Now remember, these are generalizations not hard and fast rules. There are original board books; however, the majority are concept books or books that are from picture books. For that matter, you can find middle grade novels under thirty-thousand words; however, many are thirty-thousand words or more.

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