Not just a book for the writing of children's literature, but perhaps the most lucid, accessible, well organized, relevant, complete and credible work on fiction writing in my entire collection of texts on writing.
Dr. Charles Connor, Director
Harriette Austin Writing Program
The University of Georgia

Read it straight through like a novel (yes, it's that good) or use it as a reference book. A 'must have' for every novice or professional writer.
Janet Zarem
Consultant, Children’s Literature

If a writer follows this author's advice, a smashing novel will be the result. We rate this a perfect five hearts!
Heartland Reviews, Bob Spear

For four years, as an instructor of writing for children at UCLA Extension, I have been searching for a book to use as a text book. Finally I have found one—accessible yet packed full of story-structure information—Nancy Lamb’s Crafting Stories for Children.
Ann Paul, SCBWI & UCLA Extension

Plotting from beginning to end, structural design, characters, scenes, dialogue and point-of-view are just some of the concepts Lamb discusses . . .
This is a must-read for children's writers.
Writers Write, the Internet Writing Journal

As a college English instructor, I've read a number of books on writing. None of them compare to Crafting Stories, and none of them have affected me so personally. Nancy Lamb's no-nonsense approach to writing forced me to rethink and reshape my first novel into something that was accepted by a renowned literary agent. Several months later, I was at wit's end trying to figure-out how to tie up some loose ends before my agent would send the final draft to editors. After revisiting Crafting Stories, the answers became apparent. My book is currently being considered by five of the largest publishers in the United States. There's no way I could have gotten this far—that fast—without Lamb's uncanny ability to succinctly describe the intangible.
Jeff Stone
Author of The Five Ancestors Series

You can e-mail Nancy at: nancy@nancylamb.com

Updated 08.31.2002