How do you present a children's book?

[jerseykat]

Someone suggested that I try my hand at children's fiction, so I did. What came out, is something that is rather short, but with the right illustrations, could be a pretty good children's book (I think).

However, since it is rather short, how do you present it? With the novels I've written, I know its times new roman, 12 size font ,double spaced, with 1" margins.

Is it any different for children's fiction?

[JoeEkaitis]

Manuscript formatting is the same, regardless of the length of the work. If a publisher doesn't give specific information about fonts, line spacing and margins, follow Bill Shunn's (http://www.shunn.net/format/) advice.

[stormie]

With children's books, Courier, 12 pt. font, is what most editors like to see. There's a link that I can't find right now where you can download Dark Courier. It reads better.