writing a toddler’s book 为幼儿写一本书

Step # 5: Illustration - redrawing of the website images and the use of brightly coloured felt pens.

我将John Fox的12个步骤减少为10个步骤，如下所示：（确认来源为https://thejohnfox.com/2019/02/how-to-write-a-childrens-book/）

                             步骤＃5：插图 - 重新绘制网站图片并使用色彩鲜艳的毡笔。

Step # 6: Right length, font, repetitive words, suited to toddlers.
步骤＃6：适合幼儿的正确长度，字体，重复单词。

In this example, I am writing a toddler’s book. The length is going to be fifteen pages. As it is going to be a bilingual book, it will have fifteen pages on the left-hand side (Chinese) and fifteen pages o the right-hand side (English) of the book. There will be repetitive words in the text. The font to use is the Comic Sans MS, font size 16.

在这个例子中，我正在写一本幼儿书。长度将为十五页。由于这将是一本双语书籍，因此该书的左侧（中文）为15页，右侧（英文）为15页。文本中将出现重复的单词。使用的字体是Comic Sans MS，字体大小16。

All great children’s books have repeating words and often also rhyming words. This has the effect of getting the child to increase his or her vocabulary.
所有出色的儿童读物都有重复的单词，而且常常带有押韵的单词。这具有使孩子增加词汇量的效果。

Step # 7: Draft, Check, Revise, Publish. Proofreading and checking for basic grammar and spelling mistakes re vital to the success of the book. The principle for every sentence is to Keep It Simple and Sweet.
步骤7：草稿，检查，修订，发布。校对和检查基本语法和拼写错误对于本书的成功至关重要。每句话的原则是保持简单和甜美。

Step # 8: Surprise Start; Surprise End. 步骤＃8：惊喜开始；惊喜结束。

A child’s attention span is narrow. Therefore it is worth the while to break the main plot up into smaller plots each with just one surprise starting action and one equally surprising ending. Leave out all other details for the child’s parents to fill in those gaps, like the locations, or the circumstances.

孩子的注意力范围很窄。因此，值得将主情节分成较小的情节，每个情节只有一个令人惊讶的开始动作和一个同样令人惊讶的结束。忽略所有其他细节，让孩子的父母填补这些空白，例如位置，或情况。

Step # 9: Make the Title interestingly attractive. 步骤＃9：使标题有趣。

The title of the book must create a desire to continue reading. For a toddler’s book, the title has to appeal to the interests of the parents. In my case, I am trying to choose the appropriate title from the preliminary options of （1）Keep On Smiling, Po！(2) Work Hard, Work Smart. (3) A Fall, A Rise, Panda … Not otherwise. (4) Help, Kung-fu Panda!

这本书的书名必须引起人们对继续阅读的渴望。对于幼儿书，书名必须符合父母的心意。就我而言，我正在尝试从以下初步选项中选择合适的标题书名：（1）保持微笑，保儿！（2）努力工作吧。 （3）一上，一下，不是吗？（4）救命啊，熊猫功夫！

Step # 10: Publish the book on your own.
步骤10：自行出版书籍。

It is easy to publish your book. Follow the Government’s rules for copyrights, deposit two copies of your book with the National Library and get yourself a printer to have your book published and printed.

出版书是很容易的事。请遵循政府的版权规则，将您的图书的两本副本保存到国家图书馆，然后找印刷公司把您的书印下来。

Now that we have the ten steps as the tools to use, all we have to do is to research on the topic of ‘Kung-fu Panda’ and to choose a plot that is easy for a child to understand. The columns below show some of the ideas that I have researched and from these I do have several stories to tell to our toddlers.
既然我们已经将十个步骤用作工具，我们要做的就是研究“功夫熊猫”主题，并选择一个易于儿童理解的情节。下面的列显示了我研究过的一些想法，从中我确实有几个故事可以告诉我们的孩子们。