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Mission Statement

The Children's Book Academy's mission is to nurture and empower creatives with generosity, supportive communities, and scaffolded comPrehensive learning to create a better and/or more joyful world through kidlit.
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The courses are all taught with the pedagogical practices that Mira has developed since 1988 and during her PhD work. She has worked in the industry in just about every capacity including working as a university professor teaching children's literature courses and art education courses, as well as teaching through the Academy. Mira also has extensive experience giving professional development workshops with school districts and presenting at conferences on children's literature. She published 8 award winning books during the 80s and 90s and is ready to publish some more.

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The Children's Book Academy was started by Mira Reisberg in 2012 as the Picture Book Academy, starting with the Hero's Art Journey, an unconventional art course geared towards professional and beginning illustrators and fine artists. Next up came the wildly successful Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books followed by the Craft and Business of Illustrating Children's Books, a ​Chapter Book Course and a Middle Grade course. Due to the number of students receiving contract offers, Mira  was encouraged to become an agent. After a year and a bit of agenting and running the Academy full time, Mira realized that she didn't have the right temperament for agenting and after much deliberation she sadly closed the doors of her agency and happily returned to full time teaching at the Academy! Since then, she has also become an acquiring editor and art director, which she also loves.

If you'd like to learn more about Mira's many successes as an Editor and Art Director, click here or visit our Bookshop to see former students books right here!

Here's a short sweet testimonial from one of Mira's successful former students Yuyi Morales.  Yuyi generously shares some of her techniques in the Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books course and in the Illustration course as well, along with MANY other extraordinary experts. Check out some more testimonials here.
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  • Home
    • THOH KidLit Creative Retreat
  • WRITING
    • Craft & Business of Writing Childrens Picture Books
    • The Chapter Book Alchemist
    • New!! Middle Grade Mastery Instant Access
    • Mastering Graphic Novels
    • 2022 Kidlit Palooza >
      • 2022 Palooza Program
      • 2022 Palooza Faculty
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • NEW!! Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Books Instant Access
    • Never a Dull Moment Workshop
  • TECH
  • About Us
    • Why Us?
    • Meet the Faculty, Lives & GT Judges
    • Testimonials
    • Books by Students
    • Our Bookshop
    • As Seen In
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
  • Blogfish
  • MN Course Access
  • Community
    • Our Bookshop
    • Come Play With Us!
    • Resources
    • Course Scholarships >
      • Yuyi Morales Picture Book Scholarship
      • Andrea Davis Pinkney MG CB Mastery Scholarship
      • Rafael Lopez Illustrating Childrens Books Scholarships
      • Larissa Marantz Merit & Need Scholarship