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Calling All Children's Book Writers and Illustrators!
JOIN Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquiring Art Director ANDREA MILLER
Multi-published Illustrator LARISSA MARANTZ
& Clear Fork/Spork Publishing Acquiring Editor & Art Director Dr. MIRA REISBERG
in this HANDS ON ADVENTURE!!!
- Are you a writer wanting to illustrate your own books or would you like to become a better writer by fully understanding how the illustration process works?
- Maybe you're an illustrator or artist who wants to learn to both write and illustrate their own books?
- Or maybe you are a beginning illustrator who can only draw stick figures or a professional illustrator wanting to update your skills to move into new markets?
Then this lively, fun, game-changing mentored e-course is for you! And it's all starting soon with the first live training happening from the comfort of your own home or anywhere else on...
WITH LIVE AND INSTANT ACCESS BONUS E-COURSES AND CRITIQUING WEBINARS DESIGNED TO FIT YOUR SCHEDULE
This Highly Interactive, Proven Track-Record e-Course & Talent Search is Designed to Fit Any Schedule. Trust us, so many of our students wouldn't be returning students if the content wasn't excellent and the schedule wasn't flexible. We also bering in a ton of fantastic opportunities.
This Highly Interactive, Proven Track-Record e-Course & Talent Search is Designed to Fit Any Schedule. Trust us, so many of our students wouldn't be returning students if the content wasn't excellent and the schedule wasn't flexible. We also bering in a ton of fantastic opportunities.
WORK AT YOUR LEVEL AND PACE!
Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned writer or illustrator, JOIN US AND find out why our students say our courses are..."like attending twenty conferences or a prestigious MFA program in one course." And why so many of them either become published or reinvigorate their careers!
Also writers, if you thought you could never illustrate a picture book, take this course and let us prove you wrong so you can possibly enter that most desired niche of author-illustrator!
If you already know about this course and the Academy’s fantastic track record of former students publishing over 500 books and winning EVERY major North American award, REGISTER right now and take advantage of our start today bonuses.
Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned writer or illustrator, JOIN US AND find out why our students say our courses are..."like attending twenty conferences or a prestigious MFA program in one course." And why so many of them either become published or reinvigorate their careers!
Also writers, if you thought you could never illustrate a picture book, take this course and let us prove you wrong so you can possibly enter that most desired niche of author-illustrator!
If you already know about this course and the Academy’s fantastic track record of former students publishing over 500 books and winning EVERY major North American award, REGISTER right now and take advantage of our start today bonuses.
There are TWO LEVELS for this course.
EVERYONE WHO REGISTERS GETS THE MENTORED INTERACTIVE e-COURSE This level is called the Big Bonus!
It includes the many start today pre-course bonuses (see below) the weekly critiquing webinars and submission opportunities, the wonderful interactive community, co-teacher access, the many lessons, worksheets, templates, and handouts, the free critique groups and so much more! And don't worry, we have lovely Payment Plans if needed.
EVERYONE WHO REGISTERS GETS THE MENTORED INTERACTIVE e-COURSE This level is called the Big Bonus!
It includes the many start today pre-course bonuses (see below) the weekly critiquing webinars and submission opportunities, the wonderful interactive community, co-teacher access, the many lessons, worksheets, templates, and handouts, the free critique groups and so much more! And don't worry, we have lovely Payment Plans if needed.
The Success Levels Are Deeply Discounted for this Course But Are Only Available At the Time of Registration
THE BIG BONUS + SUCCESS WITH ANDREA OR LARISSA OR MIRA LEVEL
This includes a unique one-hour, in-person hands-on critique with Andrea or Mira via either Skype, Facetime or private webinar. These deeply discounted critiques function like a customized course-within-a-course focused on you, your work, and your career! These also come with lovely Payment Plans, otherwise it's $657 and still a major bargain!
This includes a unique one-hour, in-person hands-on critique with Andrea or Mira via either Skype, Facetime or private webinar. These deeply discounted critiques function like a customized course-within-a-course focused on you, your work, and your career! These also come with lovely Payment Plans, otherwise it's $657 and still a major bargain!
READY TO JOIN THE COURSE AND GRAB ONE OF OUR LIMITED CRITIQUES?
"Don’t think you can draw? Lack confidence? Feel like giving up? That was me. Taking the Craft and Business of Illustrating Children's Books course has given me all the tools I need to take myself towards my dream of publication… [The instructors] are industry professionals with priceless knowledge that is shared openly and enthusiastically with all participants. The broad course curriculum is well-structured with plenty of participant interaction to encourage and support one another. I highly recommend this course to anyone, at any artistic level, who wants the best chance of developing their skills in the picture book industry. Big thanks!"
- Kris Sheather (Now Published)
- Kris Sheather (Now Published)
SO WHO'S JOINING US?
THE LIVES - ASK AN ART DIRECTOR, EDITOR, OR AGENT
The following FIVE art directors, editor, and agent joined us each week last year to teach through critiques of student's work and live “ask us anything” Q&As that we call the “LIVES!” These are also recorded for later viewing for those who can’t make the scheduled time. And at the end of the course, there’ll be many, many exclusive skip-the-slush-pile Golden Ticket submission opportunities including our live guests!!!
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Rachael Cole - Art Director Random House/Schwartz & Wade
Rachael Cole is a children's book writer, art director, and illustrator. She loves to collaborate, teach, and most recently, visit schools to share her books with kids. She draws and writes with her left hand, and uses scissors with her right. Her books include MOUSIE, I WILL READ TO YOU, illustrated by Melissa Crowton, CITY MOON, illustrated by Blanca Goméz, won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer's Honor, was selected as a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and was called "Wonder-filled and delightful" in a Kirkus starred review. Rachael also co-authored of LADIES DRAWING NIGHT with Leah Goren and Julia Rothman. She daylights as the art director for Schwartz & Wade Books, a children's book imprint within Random House Children's Books and is active in the illustration community, having served on the board of ICON7 (The Illustration Conference), and the American Illustration and The Society of Illustrators juries, and has taught courses at the School of Visual Arts, and Society of Illustrators. Rachael lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with her husband and son. You can find her family underneath their favorite tree, "Harry," in the park on the weekends. |
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Callie Metler-Smith - Editor and Publisher Clearfork/Spork
Callie Metler-Smith is the CEO and founder of Clear Fork Media Group in Stamford, Texas. She answers to the following titles: Publisher of Books, Newspaper Chick, Bookstore Owner, Writer, Illustrator, Wife, Mom, and Friend. Callie is the illustrator for the Enchanted Snow Globe Chapter Book series written by Melissa Stoller, and she has also written two other books: Swensons, Penick, and the TCR and Ben’s West Texas Snow. Callie’s third book, How to Babysit a Logan tells the reader about autism from the perspective of her son Logan’s cat and was released last year. |
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Claire Easton - Agent Painted Words Literary Agency
Claire Easton began her publishing career at Painted Words in 2012 as an assistant, and worked her way up to Agent. She represents picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels, with picture books being her sweet spot. For picture books, she looks for stories with humor and heart, relatable characters, unpredictable endings, and books that reflect the diversity of children’s experiences. Her favorite stories inspire compassion, curiosity, and a fresh way of looking at the world. She is also seeking commercial non-fiction about unusual or lesser known subjects in history and science. For middle grade, she especially likes contemporary realistic books written in a unique voice. |
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Renee Kelly - Editor
Renee Kelly is an editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House. She acquires leveled readers, picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and even guidebooks. She has had the pleasure of working with award-winning and best-selling authors and illustrators like Jonathan Fenske, J. E. Morris, Erica S. Perl, Alice Paul Tapper, Henry Winkler, and Lin Oliver. After growing up in northern New Jersey, she graduated from Rutgers University and spent a semester abroad in London. In her spare time, she enjoys taking yoga classes, going on adventures with her husband, and snuggling with their adorable dog, Huxley. |
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Harriet Low - Editor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A die-hard Spice Girls fan and Totoro enthusiast, Harriet Low is an editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which publishes award-winning books like these recent winners: The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson, ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raúl the Third, All in a Drop by Lori Alexander & Vivien Mildenberger, Dissenter on the Bench by Victoria Ortiz, and Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack. As an editor, Harriet especially enjoys dry humor, middle grade fantasy, non-fiction, graphic novels, and stories that have a darker edge. |
WHAT'S A GOLDEN TICKET?
In this exclusive CBA opportunity, we bring in an outstanding group of acquiring art directors, editors, and agents to look at your perfected art and bios and select which ones they’d like to see more from with an eager eye towards representation and publication. Because of our stellar reputation, these art directors, editors, and agents are eager for the opportunity to work with our students. Here are this year's Golden Ticket judges.
In this exclusive CBA opportunity, we bring in an outstanding group of acquiring art directors, editors, and agents to look at your perfected art and bios and select which ones they’d like to see more from with an eager eye towards representation and publication. Because of our stellar reputation, these art directors, editors, and agents are eager for the opportunity to work with our students. Here are this year's Golden Ticket judges.
MEET YOUR LOVING CO-TEACHERS
Our 2020 Summer CBICB course is co-taught by successful illustrator, Larissa Marantz, and 2 acquiring Art Directors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Designer and Art Director Andrea Miller, and Clearfork/Spork Editor and Art Director, Dr. Mira Reisberg. All of them are also published illustrators with MANY years of experience in the field.
Our 2020 Summer CBICB course is co-taught by successful illustrator, Larissa Marantz, and 2 acquiring Art Directors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Designer and Art Director Andrea Miller, and Clearfork/Spork Editor and Art Director, Dr. Mira Reisberg. All of them are also published illustrators with MANY years of experience in the field.
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Dr. Mira Reisberg is a multi-published award-winning children's book illustrator and author whose books have sold over 600,000 copies. Besides running the Children's Book Academy, she is also an acquiring Editor and Art Director at Clear Fork Publishing's children's book imprint Spork. Mira is also a former children's literary agent, and a university professor who taught kid lit writing and illustrating courses as well as teacher ed. She has a PhD in Education and Cultural Studies with a focus on children's literature and has helped MANY writers and illustrators get published. Her job at Spork allows her to help even more people.
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Andrea Miller has designed and/or art-directed many successful children's books for both Sterling Publishing and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt including, "Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast" by Josh Funk, "Mira Forecasts the Future" by Kell Andrews, "Accident!" by Andrea Tsurumi and "Winter Dance" by Marion Diane Baur. Most recently, she co-art directed and designed the #1 national best-selling children's book, John Oliver's "A Day int he Life of Marlon Bundo". Andrea is also a published illustrator, and is co-creating a series of comics with her wife. She is excited and honored to jump in with the Children's Book Academy for a rewarding experience as part of their esteemed faculty while looking for fresh talent in this course. |
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Illustrator Larissa Marantz began working as a Character Designer for Nickelodeon's Rocket Power and Rugrats TV shows. Her picture book illustration career started when she left the animation studio to stay at home with her young children. In between numerous play dates, and hundreds of diaper changes, she illustrated almost a dozen books for Nickelodeon's licensed properties. For 15 years she's taught art classes to thousands of children through her after-school enrichment program, OC Art Studios. When she's not teaching digital painting classes at Laguna College of Art + Design, she jogs to fast beats, yoga stretches to slow beats and spends most of her days sipping coffee while creating illustrations for children's book projects with her husband and creative partner, Keith Marantz.
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Either Mira or Larissa or Andrea will be with you each day to help guide and inspire you on this journey illustrating picture books, board books, chapter books, middle grade or graphic novels or creating portfolio pieces (although the primary focus is on picture books – you will also learn about these other areas)!
Andrea has worked on many wonderful books including these:
Here are some of Larissa's published works:
And here are some of the books Mira has worked on:
THE BONUSES
CBA IS A BUSINESS ON A MISSION DEDICATED TO HELPING OUR STUDENTS CREATE AND PUBLISH FANTASTIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS! For this reason, we also provide a whole bunch of unbeatable START TODAY bonuses (many of which were co-created with former students) to help you succeed and start your creative juices flowing. Plus we want to hit our goal of 500 books published by former students by the end of the year!
CBA IS A BUSINESS ON A MISSION DEDICATED TO HELPING OUR STUDENTS CREATE AND PUBLISH FANTASTIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS! For this reason, we also provide a whole bunch of unbeatable START TODAY bonuses (many of which were co-created with former students) to help you succeed and start your creative juices flowing. Plus we want to hit our goal of 500 books published by former students by the end of the year!
- FREE Fun with Photoshop Course Parts 1 & 2
- FREE Procreate Course
- FREE Fun with Social Media Course
- FREE BRAND NEW WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING BOARD BOOKS COURSE
- BONUS CONTENT The Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Picture Books e-Book
- BONUS CONTENT The Little BIG Book of Children's Book Illustration Techniques & Definitions
- FREE Lesson Plans for teachers and homeschooling parents
- BONUS CONTENT for Creating Your Own Graphic Novels
- FREE Awesome Website Building with Weebly Course
- FREE 5 Ways of Making Dummies!!!
- FREE Hand Lettering & Calligraphy Course
- PLUS An EXCLUSIVE Insider Video Tour Led by Brilliant Chronicle Books Editor Melissa Manlove Who Shows and Tells What Really Goes on in a Major Children's Book Publishing House!
OTHER BONUSES INCLUDE:
- Exclusive Opportunities to Submit to Children's Book Editors, Agents, and Art Directors
- Lots of Worksheets, Handouts, Instructions, and Videos for Learning How to Draw and Make Art Traditionally (Beginners) Develop New Moves for More Experienced Artists, and Save Time and Frustration by Using New Technologies Like Procreate and Photoshop
- Wonderful Technique Demonstrations and Studio Visits From Artists Such as Julie Downing, Ashley Wolff, Yuyi Morales, and Lisa Brown
- Half-Off Our Upcoming Writing and Illustrating Graphic Novels Course
And more, which will be revealed after you register! Wahoo!!
ASK AN ILLUSTRATOR
FIVE former now published students will join each Friday to interact, share their journeys, provide insider tips and give you additional guidance.
FIVE former now published students will join each Friday to interact, share their journeys, provide insider tips and give you additional guidance.
ON-GOING ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
Finally, we have FOUR FAB ASSISTANTS who are multi-published, former students generously helping out to also give guidance and make sure the course runs beautifully! They are beautiful.
Finally, we have FOUR FAB ASSISTANTS who are multi-published, former students generously helping out to also give guidance and make sure the course runs beautifully! They are beautiful.
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With over 18 works in progress and her debut picture book, The Real Farmer in the Dell, which was acquired during this course, available now and another on the way, Sandra Sutter is in charge of our small optional peer critique groups & helps out in MANY other ways. Check Out Sandra's Site, at SDSutter.com
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Melissa Stoller is a CBA grad with two picture books available, Scarlet's Magic Paintbrush and Ready, Set, GOrilla and another two on the way, as well as a published Chapter Book Series! Two of Melissa's illustrators will also be joining us live in the course. Visit Her Online at MelissaStoller.com
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Tina Shepardson is another awesome assistant, a member of SCBWI, and an Admin for the Debut Picture Book Study Group. The 2016 recipient of New York State's Teacher of Excellence Award, she also teaches middle school kids. Her debut book Walkout is available now! Learn more about Tina at TinaShepardson.com
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We want to give a shout out and a . . .
Caldecott Medalist Yuyi Morales
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Caldecott Winner Lane Smith
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Caldecott Medalist Antoinette Portis
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SO WHAT IS CBICB?
The Craft and Business of Illustrating Children's Books is a multi-disciplinary course with
- Daily live interaction in our super fun helpful Facebook community with 24/7 access anytime day or night (if you don’t want a FB presence, sign up with a fake name)
- Daily in-depth lessons in a variety of formats to suit different learning styles
- One-of-a-kind videos and written interviews with award-winning illustrators, author/illustrators, agents, and art directors
- Weekly inspiring and craft-building homework
- Weekly webinars with critiques (everyone is guaranteed at least one) by our outstanding group of LIVES art directors, editors, and agents with Q&A time
- Optional super helpful small critique groups, some of which continue forever
- Clear step-by-step instructions and personal guidance including easy-peasy, made-for-you templates, worksheets, video demonstrations, and feedback in our FB group and webinars.
- An exclusive option for a FULL ONE-HOUR, ONE-ON-ONE LIVE course-within-a-course CRITIQUE with MIRA OR ANDREA!!!
- Plus instructions, insights, publisher submission lists, templates, and worksheets for the business of selling your work and building a lasting career.
- We will also be critiquing to help perfect your submission art and bios. Our last class had a record 56 skip-the-line student work requests from our Golden Ticket judges wanting to see more from our students. In other words . . .
WHEN?
The first training starts August 31st, with Monday-Friday live support, lessons, interaction, and some Saturday or Sunday bonus lessons. Although this comprehensive course is highly interactive, meaning there’s someone there to help or guide you and give input into your work every day including your co-instructors, it is incredibly time flexible, where anything live is also recorded, and where we encourage students to take what they like or need now and come back for more later. You will also receive a keep forever e-book of course materials at the end of the course PLUS you have a whole year of continued access to the materials, the Facebook group continues indefinitely, and we continue helping students whenever we can even after the course is over.
Here's Just Some of What You'll Learn Each Week
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Week One: Book Structures, Portfolio Samples and Dummies; Illustration Prompts and Easy Peasy Drawing with Shapes, Thumbnails; Interviews with Awesome Experts, and Live Critiquing and Q&A Webinar with Follow Up Recording!
Week Two: The Hero image, Getting in Character, Transfer Techniques, Watercolors, Figure Drawing, Body Language, Facial Expressions; Setting up Your Studio, Composition, Easy Peasy light and Shade; Incongruence, Critiques, More Interviews, and Another Live Critiquing and Q&A Webinar with Follow Up Recording!
Week Three: Urban and Nature Settings, World Building Perspective, Tricks for Consistency; Acrylics, Collage, Stamp Making, and Mixed Media; Color Theory, Agents, Reps, Editors, and Art Directors - which one is for me? Writing Your Cover or Query Letter, Critiques, Interviews with Awesome Experts, Live Critiquing and Q&A Webinar with Follow Up Recording!
Week Four: Drawing and Loving Animals; Glorious Black/White Illustration for Chapter and Middle Grade, Anthropomorphism Pros and Cons; 2nd Visual Stories; Beyond Animals - Unusual Protagonists, Great Animal Characters, The Importance of Showing Emotions and Relationships; Interviews with Awesome Experts, Live Critiquing and Q&A Webinar with Follow Up Recording!
Week Five: The Art of Submission, Samples, Tear Sheets and Postcards; Publishing, Contracts, Digital Illustration, Easy Peasy Photoshop, Making Connections; The mechanics of printing - 4 Color Process Printing and Bleeds, What makes a bestseller? Social Media for Illustrators, Interviews with Awesome Experts, Live Q&A Webinar with Follow Up Recording!
Week Six: An extraordinary instant access conference with top illustrators, agents, art directors, and editors
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WHERE?
Here’s the beauty of it. Even though the Craft and Business of Writing Children’s Picture Books has been described as the equivalent of 20 conferences or a prestigious MFA program, you get to do it in the comfort of your own home in your pajamas, or a café (hopefully not in your pajamas) on vacation or anywhere on your computer, laptop, or tablet where there’s internet! No expensive planes, trains, or automobiles.
HOW?
After you register, you'll receive an email to access your Start Today Bonuses to get you primed and well set for success. As we get closer to the start date, you’ll receive access to our Facebook community and optional FREE critique groups where we get to know, help, and love each other and then the day before the course starts, you’ll receive access to the course itself!
In addition, to help make a better world through children’s books, we have SCHOLARSHIPS for people who identify as being of color, low income, having a disability, LGBTQ and we save some for librarians and Aussies as well. Unfortunately the scholarship applications are ended for this course but join our mailing list here http://bit.ly/CBA_tribe to get first dibs for next year.
We've decided to give everyone the FREE Part A & B Photoshop course, a fab free Procreate course and an equally fab free Writing and Illustrating Brilliant Board Books for Babies and Toddlers course!!!
Unfortunately, because participants receive materials upon registration and our course size is limited, we can’t afford to give refunds. Thank you for understanding.
The BIG BONUS comes with EVERYTHING ABOVE, TONS OF HELP IN OUR INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY AND MUCH MORE and Is Available for the Adventure of a Lifetime for $557!
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WHY?
EIGHT REASONS TO JOIN CBA ON THIS CREATIVE JOURNEY
- The best reason to join our Children’s Book Academy community with this course is because of our phenomenal track record of award-winning multi-published students who have studied with us.
- No-one else gives the amount of time, resources, bonuses, personal help, instruction or resources that we do including introductions to editors, art directors, and agents
- Our phenomenal predisposed skip-the-slush-pile submission opportunities that have helped many students publish
- Our courses are size-limited to ensure that everyone gets attention and critiques
- Our courses are taught by acquiring art directors, editors, and agents who love helping our students
- Our courses are tremendous fun
- Our courses are incredibly productive and when you are done, you will have:
- Learned new traditional and contemporary art making techniques
- Learned fantastic time-saving and non-mess making digital art techniques
- Created, Revised and/or Polished your Picture Book Dummy or Portfolio pieces
- Spruced up your Bio and Query
- Amped up your Marketing Skills
- And become part of a wonderful lifelong community
FAQs
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q: What kinds of formats will there be?
A: We will have helpful weekly subject-specific show and tell videos, daily lessons, video interviews with expert course contributors, written lessons, written interviews, step-by-step worksheets, handouts, a highly interactive secret Facebook group, weekly live critiques with extraordinary guest critiquers, and Q&As that are recorded as videos that remain indefinitely available along with the Facebook group, 2 e-books, and optional small critique groups.
Q: Who will benefit from this class?
A: Anyone who has a passion or interest in writing or illustrating children's picture books.
Q: When does the class start?
A: August 31st, and we are incredibly excited!
Q: How much will I be investing in this course and how do I pay?
A: We have fantastic staggered discounts so the sooner you register, the bigger your discount. And of course there are the extra bonuses! The course includes over 30 lessons + tons of bonus materials, 5 weeks of M-F instructor access and lifetime access to your community + a 1 week mini-conference. You’ll register through Infusionsoft, which will automatically convert currency for you and we have nifty payment plans available.
Q: When does registration end?
A: Because our courses generally only happen once a year, and due to the high success rate of our students, usually sell out, we recommend that you register sooner rather than later.
Q: I’m primarily an artist, will this course be relevant for me?
A: While the primary focus of the course is writing children's picture books, you will learn a ton of helpful information and may increase your chances of publication as a much desired author/illustrator.
Q: What will I need?
A: Computer and Internet access, Facebook access, a great attitude and open mind, and a willingness to play with language and ideas.
Q: Are there any specific time requirements?
A: No! The only time sensitive areas are if you want to submit your work for a live webinar critique, there is a specific deadline, and if you join one of the optional critique groups you need to honor your group's critiquing timeline. The weekly webinars also happen at a specific day and time provided in advance, but if you can't make it live, they are also recorded for later viewing.
Q: What do I do if I have further questions?
A: You can call Mira directly CALIFORNIA time at 503.256.0152 or email mira@childrensbookacademy.com with "Children's Picture Book Course Question" in the subject head
Q: How long does the course stay open after it ends?
A: Students have an additional 6 months or more access to the course after it ends. The Facebook group with links to the webinars and extra materials stays open indefinitely
Q: Do you offer refunds?
A: Sorry, there are no refunds. Because we give bonus passwords at the time of purchase, it is impossible to offer refunds. We appreciate your understanding. However, we do offer a 100% learning money back guarantee, that if you read the lessons, participate during the course, and do the work, and at the end of a year, don't feel that you learned a lot, we will refund your money in full.
And if you are still nervous about taking this course, please read the testimonials in the slideshow below. If you need more time to read them, simply hover over the slideshow to bring up the pause button or advance or return buttons at any time.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q: What kinds of formats will there be?
A: We will have helpful weekly subject-specific show and tell videos, daily lessons, video interviews with expert course contributors, written lessons, written interviews, step-by-step worksheets, handouts, a highly interactive secret Facebook group, weekly live critiques with extraordinary guest critiquers, and Q&As that are recorded as videos that remain indefinitely available along with the Facebook group, 2 e-books, and optional small critique groups.
Q: Who will benefit from this class?
A: Anyone who has a passion or interest in writing or illustrating children's picture books.
Q: When does the class start?
A: August 31st, and we are incredibly excited!
Q: How much will I be investing in this course and how do I pay?
A: We have fantastic staggered discounts so the sooner you register, the bigger your discount. And of course there are the extra bonuses! The course includes over 30 lessons + tons of bonus materials, 5 weeks of M-F instructor access and lifetime access to your community + a 1 week mini-conference. You’ll register through Infusionsoft, which will automatically convert currency for you and we have nifty payment plans available.
Q: When does registration end?
A: Because our courses generally only happen once a year, and due to the high success rate of our students, usually sell out, we recommend that you register sooner rather than later.
Q: I’m primarily an artist, will this course be relevant for me?
A: While the primary focus of the course is writing children's picture books, you will learn a ton of helpful information and may increase your chances of publication as a much desired author/illustrator.
Q: What will I need?
A: Computer and Internet access, Facebook access, a great attitude and open mind, and a willingness to play with language and ideas.
Q: Are there any specific time requirements?
A: No! The only time sensitive areas are if you want to submit your work for a live webinar critique, there is a specific deadline, and if you join one of the optional critique groups you need to honor your group's critiquing timeline. The weekly webinars also happen at a specific day and time provided in advance, but if you can't make it live, they are also recorded for later viewing.
Q: What do I do if I have further questions?
A: You can call Mira directly CALIFORNIA time at 503.256.0152 or email mira@childrensbookacademy.com with "Children's Picture Book Course Question" in the subject head
Q: How long does the course stay open after it ends?
A: Students have an additional 6 months or more access to the course after it ends. The Facebook group with links to the webinars and extra materials stays open indefinitely
Q: Do you offer refunds?
A: Sorry, there are no refunds. Because we give bonus passwords at the time of purchase, it is impossible to offer refunds. We appreciate your understanding. However, we do offer a 100% learning money back guarantee, that if you read the lessons, participate during the course, and do the work, and at the end of a year, don't feel that you learned a lot, we will refund your money in full.
And if you are still nervous about taking this course, please read the testimonials in the slideshow below. If you need more time to read them, simply hover over the slideshow to bring up the pause button or advance or return buttons at any time.
But don’t just believe us. Here are some of our lovely testimonials...
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"I wholeheartedly recommend the Craft and Business of Illustrating Children’s Picture Books to beginning illustrators as well as those more advanced. I’d already taken a few online courses for illustrating children’s books (through other schools) before this one, and what stands out for me about this one…is the sheer volume of information you receive, in many different, understandable and helpful formats. Through video, text, live critiques, community, worksheets, homework and more you’ll certainly learn everything you need to know about how to make it as an illustrator in this field. The golden ticket opportunity…at the end of the course, where you get to submit work to industry professionals…is the icing on the cake and is so very valuable. It is absolutely evident what a wonderful teacher and person Mira is, pouring her heart and soul into her courses. She goes above and beyond to ensure the success of her students." Anika A. Wolf (Now Published)
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