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Inside Children's Publishing: a publisher's toolkit for getting your picture book made, seen and sold.
Written by a children's publisher, for Muslim authors and everyone telling the stories children need.
Launch Kit · 18 templates · 2 guides
Instant PDF · UK & US edition
Three guides. Pick your set.
Start with the toolkit, then add the guide that fits where you are: writing for Muslim children, or taking your book to fairs, shops and other countries.
Inside Children's Publishing Toolkit
The 38-page Launch Kit with 18 templates, plus guides to how publishing works and where the opportunities are.
Writing for Muslim Children
The data, the tropes to retire, authenticity checklists and how to pitch Muslim stories to any list.
The Book Fairs & Rights Pack
Sixteen book fairs explained, Rights 101, and 38 trade contacts for rights, bookshops and distribution.
Picture books don't sell like novels.
A four-year-old never buys a book. Parents, grandparents, teachers and librarians do, each for different reasons and in different places. That's why most book-marketing advice, written for adult fiction, quietly fails picture book authors.
And if you're writing Muslim characters, the odds are steeper still. Around one in ten school-age children in England and Wales is Muslim, yet the books on most shelves rarely show them. The toolkit shows you how publishing really works, where your book fits, and how to reach the grown-ups who buy.
Post. Pay for ads. Hope.
Adult-novel advice that rarely moves picture books.
Know the industry. Find your readers. Sell by hand.
Planned the way a publishing house would plan it.
Three parts. One clear path.
- The Picture Book Launch Kit38 pages · 10 chapters · 18 templates
- Inside Children's Publishingwho touches your book, and when
- The Opportunities Directory 2026–27prizes, programmes, publishers
Plus the one-page Picture Book Launch Checklist, free.
Everything I've learned on the publisher's side of the desk, in one toolkit you can use tonight.Sajeda Faraz, publisher
Know the industry. Know your readers.
Inside Children's Publishing
Every stage from manuscript to shelf, the people who touch your book and what they need from you, the three publishing routes, contracts in plain English, and how to spot a vanity press.
Opportunities Directory
Prizes, mentoring, funding and publishers for children's writers and illustrators, especially Muslim creators and creators of colour, with what's open now and a year-planner tracker.
Ten chapters. One clear plan.
- Who really buysparents, teachers, librarians
- Positioning that sellshook, comps, the moment
- A page that convertscover, metadata, keywords
- Pricing for profitevery channel
- The 90-day pre-launchweek by week
- Launch weekday by day
- Schoolsvisits, fees, order forms
- Bookshops & librariesthe sheet buyers expect
- Social that sells30 post ideas
- Keep it sellingemail, ads, calendar
18 templates. Zero blank pages.
Positioning Canvas
Metadata Checklist
Pricing & Profit Calculator
Advance Information Sheet
Early Reader Invitation
Bookstagrammer Outreach
Bookshop Pitch
School Visit Pitch & Menu
Parent Letter & Order Form
Press Release
Launch Week Checklist
90-Day Calendar
30 Post Ideas
Event Checklist
Sales Tracker
Outreach Tracker
Amazon Ads Card
Day 30/60/90 Review
☐ Workshop
☐ Signing
Signed copies __ × £__
More books in a morning than a month of posting.
You're paid a fee on top, too. That includes Islamic schools and weekend madrasahs as well as mainstream primaries.
- A pitch email that gets a reply
- A visit menu schools say yes to
- A parent order form for signed copies
Download
Everything arrives by email the moment you buy.
Get the map
Read Inside Children's Publishing, then fill in your Positioning Canvas.
Launch & grow
Follow the 90-day plan, and use the directory to choose your next opportunities.
Every picture book deserves its readers.
I'm Sajeda Faraz, a children's publisher. My MA research looked at why so few children's books show Muslim children, and what it takes to change that. I made this toolkit so more picture books, especially the stories our children need to see themselves in, reach the families, classrooms and libraries they were written for.
Sajeda
When you want people in your corner.
The toolkit gives you the knowledge. When you're ready for feedback, accountability and real opportunities, the next steps happen at the Little Hibba Academy.
- Two live calls a month: an open Q&A and a "hot seat" tear-down of pitches, query letters, portfolios and plans
- An always-current opportunities board: submission windows, editor wishlists, prizes and illustration briefs
- A monthly accountability partner or writer–illustrator match
- A new real-world case study or successful pitch every month
- Themed monthly reviews with video feedback on your submission
Limited to 10 places
- An intensive cohort that runs a few times a year
- Live mentorship and direct feedback on your book
- Ends in a Pitch Day with a real contract opportunity
- Members hear first when places open
What exactly do I get?
Two instant PDF downloads: the 38-page Picture Book Launch Kit with 18 fill-in templates, and a 17-page guides book with Inside Children's Publishing and the Opportunities Directory 2026–27. The one-page launch checklist is included too.
Is it only for Muslim authors or Islamic books?
No. Everything works for any picture book, and every author is welcome.
My book is already out. Is it too late?
Not at all. Start with positioning, then go straight to schools, bookshops and the opportunities directory.
Do I need a big following?
No. The toolkit focuses on schools, events, bookshops, libraries, prizes and targeted outreach.
Does it work outside the UK?
Yes. It's a UK & US edition, and the directory covers both.
What's the Little Hibba Academy?
It's where I offer ongoing support: a £47-a-month membership with live feedback calls and an always-current opportunities board, and a small Academy cohort that ends in a Pitch Day. You don't need it to use the toolkit. Find out more.
Give your book
the launch it deserves.
Launch Kit · 18 templates · 2 guides · £99
Get the Toolkit → Not ready? Get the free launch checklist All book covers and illustrations © Sajeda Faraz and the illustrators. All rights reserved.