ziggyzagga

What's the average lenght of a Children's Book? I'm sure this question has been asked before. Is 45 000 a good enough lenght? I'm thinking it's okay. The book is a Science Fiction children's book, don't know if there are any special word lenght requirements.

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I think it's usually about 150-200 pages. Unless you're counting Harry Potter, then it could be anything.

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I don't write for children so I honestly wouldn't know, I would figure for a simple children's novel it would be about 10,000-20,000 words long.

Would also probably depend on what age you're writing for, and whether there are illustrations.

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ziggyzagga

Well the targeted audience is teenagers 15-17...does that count as young adults? No illustrations.

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Olly Buckle

Quick check of my daughters Darren Shan books, they average about 160 pages and 34,000 words

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mammamaia

that's not considered 'children's' in the book world... it's YA [young adult] or teens...

and 45k is ok for the ones they put out in pb, as enough of the hundreds i have on my donation center shelves go up to 200 pp to make that the upper range of 'average' i should think...

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