End-to-end workflow for creating original children's books (picture books, early readers, chapter books) including brief, outline, page-by-page plan, manuscript drafting, revision checklists, and illustration/art direction prompts. Use when a user asks for help writing, outlining, revising, or planning a children's book; creating page breakdowns/spreads; generating illustration prompts; or scaffolding a book project folder with structured files.
End-to-end workflow for creating original children's books (picture books, early readers, chapter books) including brief, outline, page-by-page plan, manuscript drafting, revision checklists, and illustration/art direction prompts. Use when a user asks for help writing, outlining, revising, or planning a children's book; creating page breakdowns/spreads; generating illustration prompts; or scaffolding a book project folder with structured files.
Childrens Book Creator
Overview
Create original, age-appropriate children's book manuscripts with a clear structure (brief → outline → page plan → draft → revision) and optional illustration guidance (art direction + per-spread prompts).
Quick Start (5 questions)
Ask these first, then proceed through the workflow:
Target reader age range (e.g., 2–4, 4–6, 6–8, 8–12)
Format (picture book / early reader / chapter book / middle grade)
Target length (words + page count if relevant)
Tone + theme (funny, cozy, adventurous; what feeling should remain?)
Illustrations? (yes/no; style references and constraints)
If the user has no preferences, default to: picture book, ages 3–7, 32 pages, 300–600 words, humorous or warm tone.
Non-Negotiables
Write an original story; do not imitate or reuse copyrighted characters, worlds, or distinctive proprietary styles.
Keep language age-appropriate; avoid graphic harm and adult themes.
Prefer “show” over moralizing; keep lessons implicit unless requested.
Illustrated Book Defaults (when user wants writing + art)
Use the full pipeline in order: brief -> bible -> outline -> page plan -> manuscript -> art prompts -> image generation -> QA -> final package.
Keep one source of truth for continuity (character lock + palette + props) and reuse it everywhere.
Use deterministic file naming for page art: <slug>-page-00-cover.png, , etc.
<slug>-page-01.png
Keep image prompts per page explicit; do not rely on shorthand like "same character lock" between JSONL lines.
Use references/revision-checklist.md for a pass-by-pass checklist.
7) Illustrations (optional)
Create art_prompts.md:
Character sheet prompts (consistent outfit, colors, proportions)
Per-spread prompts that reference the character sheet + style guide
Negative prompts (what to avoid) and continuity reminders
If image generation is desired and available, use comfyui-image-gen for local/remote ComfyUI workflows or imagegen for hosted OpenAI image generation after prompts are ready.
For production runs and QA loops, follow references/illustrated-production.md.
Practical prompt rules:
Keep invariants short and explicit (who must appear, fixed outfit/props, what must never appear).
Keep style directives concise and stable across all pages.
Avoid overloading prompts with conflicting requirements.
For edit passes, include "change only X, keep Y unchanged" constraints.
8) Final package (optional, recommended for full-book requests)
Regenerate only flagged pages after QA; avoid rerunning clean pages unless the style lock changed.
Build a print-ready PDF from manuscript + page images.
Verify page count and spot-check multiple pages before delivery.
QA gate before final package:
Character identity continuity (face, age band, outfit, props).
World continuity (setting logic and recurring landmarks).
Page-to-page style consistency (line, texture, color treatment).
Resources (optional)
scripts/
Utilities for scaffolding a new book project.
references/
Quick reference docs for formats, page planning, illustration briefs, and revision checklists.
For full illustrated production runs, load references/illustrated-production.md.
