Get instant access right now to the recordings, handouts, and worksheets
of the fabulous 2020 Picture Book Palooza
and contribute to our diversity+ scholarships by registering.
It's over 40 fantastic presenters--authors, illustrators, editors, and agents, 8 panels, fun, & so much more
Donate $59 or more to support our scholarships and your own creative goals!!!
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This year, we reinvented ourselves, going bigger and better for our 3rd Picture Book Palooza with... The Panels. And you guessed it - we have recordings of individual presentations from 4 panelists per session under a unifying theme!!! Also the Palooza is a really inexpensive but feature rich and fun fundraiser for our scholarships, including worksheets and wonderful recordings with over 40 phenomenal presenters.
For the past 8 years, we've been funding our own scholarships to the tune of over 180 scholarships with over 28 scholarship students (that we know of) having been published or contracted. Because we limit the size of the interactive courses to ensure everyone who joins a class gets plenty of individual attention as well as individual feedback from an editor, agent, or art director, this means we make a lot less money to pay our many expenses or save for a much needed future retirement in the hopefully not too distant future.
For only $59, you'll learn from a whole bunch of amazing writers, agents, and editors, receive tons of learning, and have gobs of fun in this fab children's book extravaganza. We want to give more scholarships to bring more diversity into kidlit and also help those who might not otherwise be able to afford our courses. Just register here and for a rootin', tootin', good time learning all sorts of wonderful and helpful things!
We racked our collectively creative brains to come up with some panel offerings that would be the most timely, inspiring, and useful for kids book creatives. And this is what we came up with with these AMAZING panelists. If you'd like to check out their bios, click here.
For the past 8 years, we've been funding our own scholarships to the tune of over 180 scholarships with over 28 scholarship students (that we know of) having been published or contracted. Because we limit the size of the interactive courses to ensure everyone who joins a class gets plenty of individual attention as well as individual feedback from an editor, agent, or art director, this means we make a lot less money to pay our many expenses or save for a much needed future retirement in the hopefully not too distant future.
For only $59, you'll learn from a whole bunch of amazing writers, agents, and editors, receive tons of learning, and have gobs of fun in this fab children's book extravaganza. We want to give more scholarships to bring more diversity into kidlit and also help those who might not otherwise be able to afford our courses. Just register here and for a rootin', tootin', good time learning all sorts of wonderful and helpful things!
We racked our collectively creative brains to come up with some panel offerings that would be the most timely, inspiring, and useful for kids book creatives. And this is what we came up with with these AMAZING panelists. If you'd like to check out their bios, click here.
• Vivian Kirkfield - Innovating in Nonfiction Cross-Cultural Biographies • Alice Faye Duncan - Biography as Social Justice • Nancy Churnin - Finding the Kernel in Your Subject • Sue Heavenrich - Making Nonfiction Fun
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Carol Kim and Roxie Munro
Click here to see bios
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Carol Kim and Roxie Munro
Click here to see bios
• Melissa Stoller - Writing Fiction from Family Traditions • Claire Annette Nolan - Turning Childhood Disappointments into Picture Book Magic • Bryan Patrick Avery - Life = History • Sandra Sutter - Making Magic from Memories
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Moni Hadley and Masha Sapron
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Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Moni Hadley and Masha Sapron
Click here to see bios
• Tina Shepardson - Teaching Democracy • Jolene Gutiérrez - Writing about Neurodiversity and Disability • Vincent X. Kirsch - Great Things About Being Gay • Mindy Yuksel - Fighting Racism with Muslim KidLit
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Shirin Shamsi and Doris Imahiyerobo
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Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Shirin Shamsi and Doris Imahiyerobo
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• Karen Yin - Why Using Conscious Language Matters • Patricia Newman - Learning About STEM Kidlit as Community Service • Kimba Kasch - SCBWI: The Mother of KidLit Resource • Mira Reisberg - The Wonderful World of Web Resources
Our fantastic moderator is Natasha Yim
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Our fantastic moderator is Natasha Yim
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• Maggie Lauren Brown - Writing Funny Personal Stories as Metaphors • Lynne Marie - Be Funny No Matter What You Write • Jen Buchet - Mythology Through Humor • Shannon Stocker - Words, Sounds, and Combinations That Make Kids Laugh
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Sue Ganz-Schmitt and Megan and Jorge Lacera and their super smart kid Kai
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Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Sue Ganz-Schmitt and Megan and Jorge Lacera and their super smart kid Kai
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• Miri Leshem-Pelly - Stories About Stories in Plot Driven Concept Books • Danielle Dufayet - What Makes Writing Concept Books Wonderful • Shannon Anderson - Letting Your Imagination Run Wild • Kathryn Otoshi - Standing up, Reaching Out and Effecting Change with Concept Books
Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Alexandria Giardino and Jenna Grodzicki
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Our fantastic moderator and breakout session hosts are respectively: Alexandria Giardino and Jenna Grodzicki
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• Callie Metler Smith, Agent - What I Acquire and Why • Mira Reisberg, Editor/AD - My Sweet Spots • Rosie Ahmed, Editor - Stories That Speak to Me • Kaitlyn Sanchez, Agent - What I Love and Why
Our fantastic moderator is Sharon Giltrow
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Our fantastic moderator is Sharon Giltrow
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• Lisa Goldberg - Doing Research for Illustration • Chantelle & Burgen Thorne - Working in Different Styles • Larissa Marantz - Writing and Illustrating a PB Series • Fia Kilbourne - The Pros and Cons of Digital Illustration
Our fantastic moderator is Mira Reisberg
Our fantastic moderator is Mira Reisberg
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