Rules For Children's Story

I think a quality children's story should follow certain rules and procedures. In my opinion, the vocabulary should be fairly simple and easy to understand. Although, it should include some more difficult words to somewhat challenge the reader. After all it is a book and books should have some sort of educational advantage for the reader. I also think that children's stories should have simple plots. Yet the challenge for the writer should be to create an interesting and engaging plot while keeping its simplicity. As with most other stories, the plot should have an effective beginning, middle and end. As well, a quality childrens book should have interesting, colorful pictures. Pictures are almost equally as important as the plot to some children. I remember when I was younger most of my favorite books had cool looking pictures. Obviously children's stories shouldn't have cuss words in them, its innapropriate for kids. These are all of the things I think a good children's book should have.