Here's a quick way to generate children's story ideas.

Review of Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark, Newbery Medal winner for 1953 focusing on Peru and Inca culture.

A young boy's travels through 14th century England in search of his father and his dog.

Spanish painter, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez, had a black slave, Juan de Pareja. This fictionalized account of the slave's life follows him from birth into adulthood.

Beverly Stowe McClure's young adult novel, Rebel in Blue Jeans, is about a teenage girl whose mother abandoned her.

A prison, a warden, a guard's family, and a young boy growing up with an autistic sister.

A tribute to Scott O'Dell, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Sing Down the Moon, The Black Pearl, and many other outstanding novels for children.

Learn the difference between themes and thematic categories, when to decide on a theme, and what types of themes work well in children's literature.

An index of children's literature resources for children's writers, children's book illustrators, teachers, and readers of all ages.

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