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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy K.Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Karen Bender Linda Bendorf Maudy Benz Venise Berry Bruce Bond David Bouchier Michael Dennis Browne Maggie Conroy Mary Cross Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Jill Esbaum Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Katie Ford Geoffrey Forsyth Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Peter Markus Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Diana Ossana Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Leslie Carol Roberts Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Robert Anthony Siegel Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Jill Esbaum Writing a Rhyming Picture Book That Works Weekend Workshop July 11–12 Biography Writing a Rhyming Picture Book That Works Weekend Workshop July 11–12 Ask an editor how she feels about the rhyming stories in her towering slush pile, and she’ll likely cringe. But what if your picture book story idea begs to be written in verse? Is it hopeless? Of course not! A large number of rhyming picture books are published each year. And you can improve the odds of getting your book added to that list by understanding the components of a good rhyming story. In this weekend course for aspiring rhymers, we’ll examine recently published rhyming picture books and discuss character, originality, pattern, rhyme, rhythm, story, and structure. Handouts will help you hone your revision skills and provide creative exercises in selecting “just right” words. Finally, we’ll put what we’ve learned into practice by brainstorming ideas and beginning our own rhyming masterpieces. Participants may bring a work in progress, but doing so is not required. Do bring a favorite rhyming picture book and a sense of humor. Biography Jill Esbaum is the author of Stink Soup (illustrated by Roger Roth; Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin’! (illustrated by Adam Rex; Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Estelle Takes a Bath (illustrated by Mary Newell DePalma; Henry Holt), and To the Big Top (illustrated by David Gordon; Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Another picture book, Stanza, is forthcoming in 2009 from Houghton Mifflin. Jill is an instructor for The Institute of Children’s Literature and is the Quad Cities Network Chair for the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

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