Let's get this thread moving again for our beloved newbies! Come on, show us what you've got hidden in those bookmarks!
Here is a link to a mock Newbery award:
http://www.olis.ri.gov/services/children/newbery2008.php
Here is a link to a mock Caldecott award:
http://acplkids.blogspot.com/2008/01/mock-caldecott-results-2008.html
These two links provide writers and editors with examples of new literature that are potential award winning children's books. This is a great resource for writers to find out what types of children's books are currently popular.
Writing and Illustrating Children' Books for Publication: Two Perspectives, by Berthe Amos and Eric Suben. It is filled with all sorts of good information, checklists, writing exercises, case histories, reading lists, and advice. It was published in 1995, but it is still the best resource I've found. Also very good (and also from Writer's Digest Books, my favorite source for writing books) is the book/workbook set called You Can Write Children's Books, by Tracey E. Dils
Two more books recommended by someone in an old, old thread...hopefully these are still in print:
Nice tip, Timothy! Welcome to AW!