Harnessing the Epic Power of Picture Books
In this course, Andrea will teach you:
- How reading, writing, sharing, and publishing picture books expanded her world.
- Four powerful elements specific to the picture book format.
- How to apply these superpowers to your own picture books.
- Plus, Andrea will answer your questions.
Your Instructor
Andrea J Loney received the 2014 Lee & Low New Voices Award for her picture book biography TAKE A PICTURE OF ME, JAMES VAN DERZEE!, a Junior Library Guild Fall 2017 selection with a starred Publishers Weekly review and an NAACP Image Award Nomination, published in July 2017. Her picture book BUNNYBEAR, published Albert Whitman in January of 2017, was chosen for the 2018 ALA Rainbow List, and DOUBLE BASS BLUES will be published by Random House Knopf in 2019. Andrea is a proud member of The Brown Bookshelf, SCBWI, and Picture The Books 2017, as well as a board member of the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California. She volunteers for the We Need Diverse Books campaign, and as a story time reader, a second grade coordinator, and a curriculum development specialist at Reading to Kids. A graduate of New York University with both a BFA and an MFA in Dramatic Writing, she’s currently a computer science professor at a local community college. Andrea lives in Los Angeles with her towering stacks of children’s books, her devoted family, and their incredibly spoiled pets.