[SarahW Posts: 304 Status: Offline The extraordinary in the ordinary. WWW]

I know the initial thought is probably, "minimum length for picture books, what's you talking about?" But in all seriousness, is there any particular minimum word length for picture books?

I know I've seem some wordless picture books, just like I have for comics. But in my situation (because I hand write them first), my work tends to often average a little less than 500 words.

Maggie medicine average about 492 words.

I'm honestly more used to counting lines.

[lauriew Posts: 153 Status: Offline WWW]

These days, 500 is much closer to a maximum than to a minimum. It's not unheard of for a picture book to have fewer than 100 words.

[SarahW Posts: 304 Status: Offline The extraordinary in the ordinary. WWW]

That's so reassuring. Maybe I can write picture books without hurting my wrist.

[Debbie Vilardi Posts: 6,937 Status: Offline Language is so cool! WWW]

There are quite a few wordless picture books on the market. Minimum length, 0 words.

Rule of thumb: Use as few words as you need to tell the story.