Author & Illustrator Resources
New to creating picture books? So were we not that long ago. Here are the resources we've found most helpful on our journey.
Co-Marketing Groups
- Soaring '20s Getting Started Guide (free download with newsletter sign-up)
Books
- WRITING PICTURE BOOKS by Ann Whitford Paul
Online Courses and Communities
- Storyteller Academy (Paid Resource)
- The Art of the Picture Book (Paid Resource)
- Making Picture Book Magic (Paid Resource)
- Lyrical Language Lab (Paid Resource)
- Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling (FREE)
- Rate Your Story (Paid Resource)
- The Illustration Department (Paid Resource)
- 12x12 Picture Book Writing Challenge (Paid resource)
General Web Resources and Links
- 24 Carrot Writing: Exploring the Craft and Carrots of Writing for Children
- Candlewick Press YouTube Channel
- Celebrate Science: Melissa Stewart’s Nonfiction Blog
- Cynsations: Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's and YA Lit Blog
- Debbie Ohi’s PB Creation
- How to Write a Nonfiction Picture Book
- Icing the Cake: Writing Stories in Rhythm and Rhyme
- KidLit411
- Kid Lit Frenzy
- KidLit TV
- Manuscript Wishlist
- Mile High Reading
- Nerdy Book Club
- No Water River: The Children’s Poetry Place
- Picture Book Builders
- Reading for Research
- Reading With Your Kids Podcast
- Rhymer.com Free Rhyming Dictionary
- RhymeWeaver For Writing Better Rhyme and Meter
- RhymeZone
- SCBWI - Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (Note: Membership fee, but you can access the Blueboards for free.)
- Sub It Club
- The Surprisingly Complex Principles of a Successful Picture Book
- Susanna Leonard Hill's blog
- Tara Lazar’s Writing for Kids While Raising Them (home of Storystorm)
- Teachers Write by Kate Messner
- Watch. Connect. Read: Blog of John Schu, Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic
- Writing and Illustrating by Kathy Temean