By following the next steps, a children’s book can be effectively planned, designed, and prepared for printing, ensuring a polished and professional final product for the young audience.

Story Manuscript: Ensure manuscript is fully edited and finalized.
Determine Book Size: Decide on the dimensions of the book (e.g., 8.5” x 11”).
Page Count: Confirming the total number of pages, including front and back covers, end pages, copyright, and title pages.
Pagination and Sluglines: Breaking the manuscript into page-by-page segments (spreads), establishing where the text will appear throughout the book, and providing a framework for illustration planning and narrative flow.
Illustration and Character Briefs: Preliminary draft of key scenes, character briefs, and visual/literary references drawn from relevant books, films, and animation for inspiration. The number and types of illustrations start evolving from here and change multiple times during the project development.