Welcome to the Picture Book Academy

Would you like to write a children’s picture book?
Do you have one started that needs help?
Or are you an artist at heart interested in learning how to make  art with different techniques, how to illustrate picture books, or perhaps how to write stories to go with your pictures?

If you said yes, then you’ve come to the right place.

Check out our current offerings by clicking on the images or links below.
The Craft and Business of Illustrating Children's Picture Books is SOLD OUT!! This course is unlike any other course that you will ever take with five fabulous weeks of mentoring, critiquing, learning, growing, and opening all sorts of career doors and opportunities. Click here for details.
We have a NEW date!!! Starting August 26th - Nov 7th 2013 for 5 fabulous weeks!!
Get mentored, critiqued, and revise and submit your story for publication in this highly interactive e-Course.
This Course Always Sells Out! Click here for more information and to see 2 super short videos from recent students!!!
We have a date!! Starting October 14th
The Hero's Art Journey
An interactive e-course for very beginning to accomplished artists and illustrators and writers wanting to learn process-oriented art skills.
Click here for more information.
and sign up here if you are interested in taking this course and for special offers.
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It's here, it's Self-Paced, and it's Awesome
Picture Book writers and lovers are hearing over and over again how editors are looking for great character-driven picture books – but what are they, why are they important, and how do you write them? Find out in this home study e-course with Marsha Diane Arnold! Click here for more information!!
And we have all sorts of other goodies coming:

A fabulous home-study course from the Grammar Queen herself, Miranda Paul of Rate Your Story fame.

A Chapter Book Writing course from Hillary Homzie, the Chapter Book Alchemist.

AND a live Webinar followed by a  self-paced course with the fabulous Emma Dryden!!!
Click here to find out more about these power-packed sessions!!

In the Picture Book Academy you will...

Learn all things picture book related in innovative courses that include videos, interviews, lessons, demonstrations, and activities that will help you write and/or illustrate extraordinary picture books. Courses feature expert guests, tons of inspiration and examples, and time flexible formats. You will also have access to our ongoing Picture Book Academy Graduates and Friends Facebook page and at the end of each course, you will also receive a comprehensive keep forever e-Book of all course content.

We have 3 types of offerings.
  • In-depth interactive 5 week e-Courses (with an additional 3 weeks of access) featuring tons of juicy individual critiques, your own private Facebook group, and access to your instructor.
  • We also have shorter self-paced courses e-Courses that you have access to for a whole year on focused topics that are extremely helpful for children's book writers and illustrators that also include videos, essays, activities and a pdf.
  • And finally one-on-one critiques with me, Dr. Mira Reisberg (AKA the PIcture Book Whisperer) via Skype, email, or telephone.

And just to inspire you, here's a marching song from the wonderful  Tim McCanna, one of my talented students who will be very successful one day!!!

Be prepared to smile when you listen to his song.
* and if you are curious about the delightful Tim McCanna, he has a nifty blog where he wrote about winning a Skype critique with me here

All of Mira Reisberg's content on this website is copyrighted 2013.

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Just some of the many wonderful books published by former students. Click the image for a slide show