[anna-paulson Posts: 78 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

I'm adapting a manuscript that I wanted to be an older children's picture book manuscript into a middle grade graphic novel cause I can't get it under 2000 words. 

The story takes place in the plant cell city of Cellulose and a water molecule named Ama Eden gets super powers to stop the evil Dr. CO2 from freezing all water molecules in the plant.  Thus killing it.  The whole story is to teach kids the temps water changes states of matter with future stories about how plant cells function.

How long do middle grade graphic novels need to be, and do I still need to separate into chapters?

Please note:  I have written comic book scripts before, so no formate issues.

[Debbie Vilardi Posts: 7,068 Status: Offline Language is so cool!]

I don't know if there is a standard. It may vary by publisher. I do think chapters are in order though. Maybe check a library or bookstore, even Amazon, and look at the page counts and word counts for comparable texts. Some educational publishers have quite a few and will want yours to fit an existing series, so it's a good idea to search publishers and see if they have guidelines for GN submissions.

[dewsanddamps Posts: 2,320 Status: Offline]

Yeah, I'd grab at least twenty recent MG GNs and read to see how other folks are doing it, and what looks best to your eye and seems to fit your story best.