Gill, Martin. “Children’s Book Ideas: 101 Prompts to Generate Story Ideas for Kids.

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Kindlepreneur, June 16, 2023. https://kindlepreneur.com/childrens-book-ideas/.

The article provides tips and prompts for generating story ideas for children's books,
emphasizing the importance of narrowing focus to a specific age range and theme. It suggests
different age ranges, popular themes, settings, and various types of children's books. With 101
prompts covering a wide range of topics, the article inspires writers to create engaging stories for
kids. It helps new writers like me analyze the trends in children's interests across different age
groups, aiding in the creation of valuable and captivating stories. This resource is particularly
beneficial for my capstone project, enabling me to understand the topics that children are
interested in and allowing me to craft a compelling narrative. By utilizing the insights and ideas
presented, I can develop a meaningful and enjoyable children's book.

Fechter, Josh. “How to Write a Children’s Book in 9 Steps [+free Template].” Learn Squibler,
April 5, 2023. https://www.squibler.io/learn/writing/book-writing/how-write-childrens-
book/.

Josh Fechter presents a complete guide to writing a children's book in nine steps in this Learn
Squibler essay. The essay underlines the significance of understanding the key features of
children's books as well as knowing the target age group. Fechter emphasizes the importance of
creating fascinating characters, incorporating pictures, and coming up with a catchy title. The
essay also emphasizes the importance of rigorous editing and lists important aspects to consider
when producing a children's book. In addition, the author provides a children's book template to
help writers organize their thoughts effectively. Overall, from the opening to the end, this
resource provides useful insights and practical tips for prospective children's book authors, as
well as a wonderful step-by-step method for a beginner storybook marker like me.

“Powered Bedtime & Customized Stories for Kids, Including Special Needs.” AI, August 23,
2021. https://storyspark.ai/?
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Kx5xzhy49R3Uvmrig1WNB9JhzocTX85Ec4aAkIDEALw_wcB.

"Story Spark" offers AI-powered bedtime and customized stories for kids, including those with
special needs. This website allows users to create personalized stories for their children by
inputting their story ideas. The stories are tailored to the child's interests and preferences, with
images that reflect their personality. Additionally, the platform offers a library of thousands of
pre-existing stories for parents and children to read and enjoy together. The website may also
provide FAQs and pricing information for their services later, after some free trials. I have
personally chosen this website for my AI storybook maker to compare with my work, as that is
my capstone project, and this website also has illustrations by AI, which is perfect for my
project.

“Understanding Reading Motivation across ... - Wiley Online Library.” Understanding reading
motivation across different text types: qualitative insights from children, July 23, 2020.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9817.12320.

The article "Understanding reading motivation across different text types: qualitative insights
from children" investigates the elements that influence children's motivation to read across
different text forms. The study uses qualitative research methodologies to obtain insight into
children's reading experiences and preferences. The authors examine the role of several text
genres, such as fiction, nonfiction, and digital texts, in molding children's reading motivation.
The study highlights the importance of personal relevance, engagement, and social interactions
in building reading motivation through interviews and analysis of children's replies. The findings
lead to a better knowledge of how to improve and support children's reading motivation across
different text types. This will act as my study guide when it comes to choosing a prompt and a
story plan for my storybook.

Bächtold, D., D.B. Berch, M. Bonato, S. Chokron, G. Csibra, S.M. Göbel, D. Hoffmann, et al.
“Observation of Directional Storybook Reading Influences Young Children’s Counting
Direction.” Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, August 31, 2017.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002209651730214X.
The study "Observation of Directional Storybook Reading Influences Young Children's
Counting Direction" looks at how directional storybook reading affects young children's
counting direction. The study looks at how children's counting behavior is affected by exposure
to left-to-right or right-to-left directional storybooks. The authors conducted trials with children
from various cultural backgrounds and discovered that the direction of storybook reading that the
children were exposed to had a substantial influence on their counting orientation. The findings
imply that cultural standards of reading direction can impact young children's knowledge of
counting and arithmetic concepts. This will help me decide on which directional storybook to
use. It could make it easier for the children to pick up an understanding of the story and also
something they will be able to keep on for life after learning about the moral or theme of the
story.