The quiet magic of Goodnight Moon grows into the zaniness of Dr. Seuss and widens into the dazzlement of Harry Potter then matures into the straight talk of Judy Blume and the gritty reality of The Outsiders. Such is the amazing journey children take through books. These stories are a treasured part of childhood and they linger for a lifetime.
To captivate young readers, you must balance a youthful imagination with an adult professionalism. Here you will learn about the various types of children’s books and their special requirements, as well as fiction craft and how to market your work.
Whatever type of children’s book you seek to write—picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade, young adult—we’ll show you how to write stories that entrance.
Our Children’s Book courses cover the full spectrum of children’s books, from picture books to YA novels. Many children’s books authors write books for various age levels. The focus is mostly on fiction, but writers are welcome to work on nonfiction children’s books.
If you want to work on a YA novel, you may do so in our Children’s Book courses, or in our Fiction/Novel courses or our genre courses: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery. The difference: In a Children’s Book course, you will be learning about and reading works for various age levels; in the other courses, you will be learning about and reading works for adults. This is fine because YA novels are very close to adult novels.
10-week Workshop
NYC Tuition: $435 (returning students: $405)
Online Tuition: $409 (returning students: $379)
Zoom info, tuition: $409 (returning students: $379)
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
One-on-One tuition: $1745 Request consultation
This course gives you a firm grounding in the basics of writing children's books and gets you writing a book. Course components:
Children's Book Writing I is for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals. Students must be 18 years or older.
10-week Workshop
NYC Tuition: $435 (returning students: $405)
Online Tuition: $409 (returning students: $379)
Zoom info, tuition: $409 (returning students: $379)
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
One-on-One tuition: $1745 Request consultation
This course helps you sharpen your skills at writing children's books and work toward completion of a book. Writers often repeat Fiction II to continue their projects. Course components:
Prerequisite: Children's Book Writing I (10-week), or the equivalent. Students must be 18 years or older.
Intensives are fun, fast crash courses.
Two-day Zoom Intensive
Two three-hour sessions on separate days.
Zoom info, tuition: $165
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
The Zoom Intensives are taught via the Zoom videoconference platform.
Children’s Book Intensive topics include: overview of the field, character, plot, description, getting published.
Course components: lectures, writing exercises
Intensives are open for writers of any level. Students must be 18 years or older.
Students may reschedule a Zoom Intensive one time.
One-day Intensive
Seven hours in one day (with lunch break).
NYC Tuition: $165
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
One-on-One tuition: $300 Request consultation
The NYC One-day Intensives are taught in-person.
Children’s Book Intensive topics include: overview of the field, character, plot, description, getting published.
Course components: lectures, writing exercises
Intensives are open for writers of any level. Students must be 18 years or older.
Students may reschedule a One-day Intensive one time.
