"If you're writing a children's book, it pays to be familiar with how publishers classify them. Publishers generally assign age groups for readers of various formats as set out in the following list:
- Board books: Newborn to age 3
- Picture books: Ages 3–8
- Coloring and activity (C&A) books: Ages 3–8
- Novelty books: Ages 3 and up, depending on content
- Early, leveled readers: Ages 5–9
- First chapter books: Ages 6–9 or 7–10
- Middle-grade books: Ages 8–12
- Young adult (YA) novels: Ages 12 and up or 14 and up.""The children's book industry isn't as gentle as it seems. It takes ambition and dedication to compete with other children's authors. Spend time online, in a bookstore, or at the library to see what your competitors are doing right. How do other authors interact with children? Do other young adult authors use social media? How do authors of first chapter books use their web site? In the marketing world, knowledge can give you the power to surpass competition."" Understanding how your book fits within these subgenres will make it easier to reach the children who will enjoy your book most. Children ages four to eight are beginning readers or early readers. These books are short and contain only easy-to-read words. If your book features many illustrations and pictures, it would be classified as a picture book. Picture books are read by children ages three to eight. These are the books parents read to children at bedtime, until the children learn to read and begin reading the books themselves.First chapter books, generally read by children ages six to nine, feature fewer pictures and longer stories than picture books. These chapter books may feature many very short chapters rather than fewer very long chapters.
Children ages eight to twelve read middle-grade books, which have difficult words, complex structure, and some mature content. Young adult novels, with the most mature content and the hardest reading-difficulty in the children's book genre, are read by teenagers"
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