Home Art Children and Youth Writing The Art of Making Children’s Books with Colter JAckson – G25070206

The Art of Making Children’s Books with Colter JAckson – G25070206

Jul 13 – 19 2025
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Bring your love of storytelling and a sense of adventure.

Do you have a children’s book idea floating around in your head that you’ve never quite gotten down on paper? We’ll grow that seed of an idea and with the help of the class, we’ll create a full-fledged picture book script.

Perhaps you’ve dabbled in art and want to try to illustrate it yourself but are unsure of your artistic abilities? We will discuss the illustration process and storyboarding. By the end of the session, you’ll have the start of your book and a plan of action for how to make the book you’ve been dreaming about.

This course is instructed by author/illustrator Colter Jackson. The class will cover the basics of children’s bookmaking and will include time in the studio with a qualified and enthusiastic instructor that has your back if you want to experiment.

Let’s have some fun and be inspired by the land of enchantment!

Instructor

  • Colter Jackson
    Colter Jackson

    Colter Jackson is the author/illustrator of A Sleuth of Bears, Everyday Brave, The Rhino Suit and Elephants Make Fine Friends. She has written scripts for Tina Fey and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, only one of whom remarked, “This girl is funny.” You can find more of her work in the New York Times, Tin House, The Rumpus and elsewhere. Colter has been a Ledig House International Fellow and a recipient of the Helene Wurlitzer Grant. She has been awarded fellowships for Hedgebrook, MacDowell, UCROSS, VCCA, Millay and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Originally from rural Missouri, she has a soft spot for wide, blue skies, Dolly Parton and tomatoes from a garden. She loves books so much that one day she’ll probably turn into a book. www.colterjackson.com

PRICE

$685.00