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Welcome, welcome! Below you will find all sorts of goodies to learn the Rules To Break To Make Your Picture Book. Watch the 3 part webinar/workshop, follow along with the activities, and utilize the resources below. Then start, work on, or finish that picture book! And if you really want to go for it, consider taking the Academy's annual Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books co-taught live with Random House associate editor Kelly Delaney. Meanwhile...

Start here with Rules To Break Part 1 with
Mira Reisberg

Next up on Rules To Break Part 2, author Miranda Paul shares her rule breaking rules
Finally, in Part 3 of Rules To Break, Chronicle Books editor Ariel Richardson shares her tips and insights
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About Your Fearless Teachers
Miranda Paul: In addition to writing more than 50 short stories for magazines and digital markets, Miranda is the picture book author of award-winning titles, such as: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Lerner/Millbrook, 2015); Water is Water (Macmillan/Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Books, 2015); 10 Little Ninjas (Penguin Random House/Knopf, 2016) and Helping Hands (Lerner/Millbrook, 2016). She is also a team member of We Need Diverse Books™ and the administrator of RateYourStory.org, a site for aspiring writers. Learn more at www.mirandapaul.com

Ariel Richardson is a fearless editor at Chronicle Books, one of the most innovative rule breaking publishing houses out there.

Mira Reisberg has worked in the children's book industry since early 1988. She has helped MANY authors and illustrators get published. Mira has worked as an independent editor, an art director, a literary agent, and a university children's literature professor. She holds a PhD in Education and Cultural Studies with a focus on children's literature and is also an award-winning children's book illustrator and writer.


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  • Home
  • WRITING
    • Craft & Business of Writing Childrens Picture Books
    • The Chapter Book Alchemist
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Books Instant Access
    • The Pleasures of Procreate
    • Fun with Photoshop for Kids Book Creatives
    • Never a Dull Moment Workshop
  • About Us
    • Why Us?
    • Meet the Faculty
    • Testimonials
    • Our Bookshop2
    • As Seen In
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
  • TECH
  • Blogfish
  • MN Course Access
  • Community
    • Our Bookshop
    • 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