Instructor: Barbara Bottner

Workshop: Passionate About Picture Books – Crafting a Good Story Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:00 a.m. – Noon Topping Room, E.P. Foster Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001 $40 SCBWI members, $50 non-members Print registration form here Followed by a critiquenic at the same location. 1:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Free to SCBWI members, $5 non-members Email Jody Shapiro at: jody@jodyfickesshapiro.com to register. What is a Critiquenic? click here to find out!

This workshop will focus on discovering the sources for strong picture books, using character to develop plot and secrets of pacing your story.

BIOGRAPHY. Barbara Bottner is the author of the New York Times best-selling children’s book Miss Brooks Loves Books!, and Bootsie Barker Bites, in print since 1997. She has published more than 37 books, including picture books, I Can Reads, and middle grade and young adult novels, some of which she has illustrated. She’s also written for feature films and television as well as published short stories in national magazines. She has taught adults to write for children for thirty-five years, with a roster of household names to her credit.

For more information, contact Jody Shapiro at: jody@jodyfickesshapiro.com

Cost: $40 SCBWI members, $50 non-members |Print registration form here.