Children’s Books about Writing

Is your child interested in writing books and stories? Discover the top children’s books about writing that encourage storytelling and imagination.

Children's Books about WritingMy kids have been writing books for a while now, with stories like “The Sumner Kid Goes to North America Today” and “Super O’s Adventures.” They write on construction paper, yellow-lined notepads, cardboard, you name it. And they’ll bind them with the help of hole punchers and ribbon or staples and tape.

They may have inherited this knack from me. When I was their age, I also wrote books and worksheets for solving riddles and sorting items. Stories like “King Monkey” and “Wonder City” were early explorations of drawing characters and developing a storyline.

Along with writing come the questions of how picture books and comics are made. They asked if illustrators have to draw every single book (“No, the publisher prints them on big printers”). And they wondered how authors came up with the characters in their books.

So, when one of them had a project about writing and photographing his own books for school, I turned to the library. I found children’s books about writing that we read at home to give him a better understanding of the writing process, from writing the first draft to completing a story.

Little Red Writing tweaks a classic and describes a pencil compiling a story for class. The Plot Chickens is about a determined author set on writing her own story despite numerous rejections. Written Anything Good Lately suggests different types of writing that young children can do.

I hope you and your budding authors and young readers enjoy these children’s books about writing as much as we have:

Children’s books about writing

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A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen

A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen

How to Write a Story by Kate Messner and Mark Siegel

How to Write a Story by Kate Messner and Mark Siegel

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Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon

Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown

Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown

The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli

The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli

Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills

Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills

One Day, The End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Fred Koehler

One Day, The End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Fred Koehler

Written Anything Good Lately? by Susan Allen

Written Anything Good Lately? by Susan Allen

Little Red Writing by Joan Holub

Little Red Writing by Joan Holub and Melissa Sweet

Author: A True Story by Helen Lester

Author: A True Story by Helen Lester

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What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow

Look! I Wrote a Book! by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Neal Layton

Look! I Wrote a Book! by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Neal Layton

If You Were a Writer by Joan Lowery Nixon

If You Were a Writer by Joan Lowery Nixon

How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex

How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex

The Plot Chickens by Mary Jane Auch

The Plot Chickens by Mary Jane Auch

The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood and Hannah Marks

The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood and Hannah Marks

You Have to Write by Janet S. Wong

You Have to Write by Janet S. Wong

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane by C.M. Millen

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane by C.M. Millen

The Perfect Gift by Mary Newell DePalma

The Perfect Gift by Mary Newell DePalma

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