https://mybookillustrator.com/resources.html Practical story-planning, illustration, book-design, and KDP preparation resources for family historians and self-publishing children’s book authors. en-us Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0500 https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-manuscript-checklist.html https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-manuscript-checklist.html Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0500 See a practical picture book manuscript format and original spread-by-spread example, then prepare final text, page turns, selective art notes, references, publishing choices, and rights. https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-character-consistency/ https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-character-consistency/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0500 Build a character reference system, test difficult scenes, use approval checkpoints, and run a practical 10-point continuity check across a 32-page picture book. https://mybookillustrator.com/what-size-is-a-childrens-book/ https://mybookillustrator.com/what-size-is-a-childrens-book/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:45:00 -0500 Compare square, portrait, and landscape picture-book dimensions, then see full-bleed file sizes, safe areas, spreads, single-side scenes, and spot illustrations. https://mybookillustrator.com/author-showcase.html https://mybookillustrator.com/author-showcase.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Discover author-submitted independent children’s books, or add any published or in-progress children’s book you authored—even if it was made outside MyBookIllustrator. https://mybookillustrator.com/one-ancestor-picture-book-story-lab/ https://mybookillustrator.com/one-ancestor-picture-book-story-lab/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Separate documented facts, family accounts, and narrative reconstruction, then turn one ancestor or family memory into a private, printable 12–14-spread picture-book story map. https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustrator-brief-template/ https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustrator-brief-template/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Fill in a practical children’s-book illustration brief covering audience, character continuity, visual direction, page turns, production choices, rights, deliverables, and feedback, then print or save it as a PDF. https://mybookillustrator.com/kdp-childrens-book-formatting/ https://mybookillustrator.com/kdp-childrens-book-formatting/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Prepare and preflight a children’s-book interior PDF and full cover: single pages, bleed, margins, 300 DPI images, embedded fonts, preview, and proof. https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustration-styles/ https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustration-styles/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Compare four visual directions and choose a style by intended reader, mood, readability, character continuity, format, and production scope. https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-storyboard-template/ https://mybookillustrator.com/picture-book-storyboard-template/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Type story beats and art notes into a browser-based storyboard, plan each page turn, then print or save the completed map. https://mybookillustrator.com/how-many-pages-is-a-childrens-book/ https://mybookillustrator.com/how-many-pages-is-a-childrens-book/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Plan story pages, spreads, front matter, color-print minimums, and the final cover workflow before illustration starts. https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustration-cost/ https://mybookillustrator.com/childrens-book-illustration-cost/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Compare art-only and complete-book quotes by visual coverage, revisions, rights, files, and publishing support. https://mybookillustrator.com/self-publishing-book-illustrator.html https://mybookillustrator.com/self-publishing-book-illustrator.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Ask the right questions about scope, revisions, rights, files, AI disclosure, character consistency, and publishing support.