2024 Picture Book Writing Challenge

Fable Retellings

• Fable Retellings Picture Books with Susan Claus

• Ten Favorite Fable Picture Books

Movement Picture Books

• Movement Picture Books with Kelly Conroy

• Ten Favorite Movement Picture Books

• Movement Picture Books with Rachelle Burk

• Movement Picture Books with Kara Navolio

Mindfulness Picture Books

• Mindfulness Picture Books with Gaylene Wilson

• Ten Favorite Mindfulness Picture Books

• Mindfulness, Empowerment, and Picture Books with Joy Givens

Environmental Picture Books

• Environmental Picture Books with Sam Smith

• Ten Favorite Environmental Picture Books

• Writing Picture Books to Appreciate and Inspire Nature by Bridgitte Rodguez

• Environmental Picture Books with Frank Murphy

Community Picture Books

• Picture Books that Expand a Child Reader’s Concept of Community with Christy Chase

• Ten Favorite Community Picture Books

• Community Picture Books with Rina Singh

Identity Picture Books

• You are What you Read: Exploring Identity Through Picture Books with Amy Ellerman

• Ten Favorite Identity Picture Books

• Identity Picture Books with Laura Obuobi

Picture Books about Milestones

• Milestone Picture Books with Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan

• Ten Favorite Milestone Picture Books

• Writing on Important Moments and Milestones for Children with Mariam Gates

Picture Books for Older Kids

• Connecting to Older Readers Through Nonfiction Picture Books with Amanda Elend

• Ten Favorite Picture Books for Older Readers

Scary Picture Books

• Why You Should Try Writing Scary Picture Books with Bree Despain

• Ten Favorite Scary Picture Books

• The Secret to Writing Scary Stories for Children.......Humor with Ashlee Ridlon

Religious Picture Books

• Religious Picture Books Are For All Children with Maria Oka

• Ten Favorite Religious Picture Books

• Religious Picture Books with Sidura Ludwig

• Learning from a Christmas Classic by Maria Antonia

2023 Picture Book Writing Challenge

Social Emotional Learning Picture Books

• Social Emotional Learning Picture Books with Jamie Robyn Wood

• Ten Favorite Social Emotional Learning Picture Books

• Social Emotional Learning Picture Books with Gabi Snyder

Expository Nonfiction Picture Books

• Expository Nonfiction Picture Books with Susan Claus

• Ten Favorite Expository Nonfiction Picture Books

• Creating Expository Nonfiction Picture Books that Sing with Melissa Stewart

• Expository “Extras” with Katy S. Duffield

Journey Picture Books

• Take Me There: Journey Picture Books with Maria Oka

• Ten Favorite Journey Picture Books

• Where to From Here? Traveling Without a Template with Liz Garton Scanlon

Memoiristic Picture Books

• Memoiristic Picture Books with Michelle Vattula

• Ten Favorite Memoiristic Picture Books

Global Historical Fiction Picture Books

• Global Historical Fiction Picture Books with Jen Kraar

• Ten Favorite Global Historical Fiction Picture Books

• Global Historical Picture Books with Meg Wiviott

Mystery Picture Books

• The Hows and Whys of Writing Picture Book Mystery with Meghan Voss

• Ten Favorite Mystery Picture Books

• Mystery Picture Books with Elaine Bickell

Chronological Picture Books

• Time After Time: Chronological Picture Books That Can Be Read Again and Again with Christy Chase

• Ten Favorite Chronological Picture Books

• Chronological Picture Books with Joyce Hesselberth

Family Tradition Picture Books

• Picture Books about Family Traditions with Stefanie Hohl

• Ten Favorite Family Tradition Picture Books

• Family Tradition Picture Books with Sidura Ludwig

• Picture Books about Family Traditions with Michael Genhart

Activism Picture Books

• Activism Picture Books with Jennifer Kraar

• 10 Favorite Activism Picture Books

• Activism Picture Books with Robin Hall

Holiday Picture Books

• Holiday Picture Books with Kelly Conroy

• 10 Favorite Holiday Picture Books

• Jewish Holiday Picture Books with Alan Silberberg

2022 Picture Book Writing Challenge

Concept Picture Books

• Concept Books and Cake with Maria Oka

• Ten Favorite Concept Books

• Using the Alphabet to Structure Your Concept Book with Shannon Anderson

Cumulative Picture books

• Cumulative Stories with Kelly Conroy

• Ten Favorite Cumulative Picture Books

• Constructing a Cumulative Story with Sandy Asher

Wordless Picture Books

• Wordless Picture Books with Laura Obuobi

• Ten Favorite Wordless Picture Books

• Wordless Picture Books with Stephanie Graegin

Picture Books with Surprise Endings

• Picture Books with Surprise Endings with Caroline Kusin Pritchard

• Ten Favorite Picture Books with Surprise Endings

• Surprise Endings: My Favorite Writing Trick Elanna Allen

• Surprise Endings with Stephen W. Martin

Dual Narrative Picture books

• Dual Narratives: Two Sides of the Same Coin by Sidura Ludwig

• Ten Favorite Dual Narrative Picture Books

• Dual Narrative Picture Books with Nancy Churnin

Historical Fiction Picture Books

• Historical Fiction Picture Books with Susan Claus

• Ten Favorite Historical Fiction Picture Books

• Historical Fiction Picture Books with Kristy Dempsey

Picture Books with Refrains

• Picture Books with Refrains with Kelly Conroy

• Ten Favorite Picture Books with Repetitive Refrains

• Picture Books with Refrains with Stella Partheniou Grasso

Nonfiction Science Picture Books

• These Ain’t Your Memory’s Nonfiction Science Picture Books with Meghan Voss

• Ten Favorite Nonfiction Science Picture Books

• Nonfiction Science Picture Books with Jane Kurtz

Board Books

• Consider the Humble Board Book by Susan Claus

• Ten Favorite Board Books

• Board Books with Jill McDonald

Epistolary Picture Books

• Finding Picture Book Power in the ‘Lost’ Art of Letter Writing with Rebecca Randall

• Ten Favorite Epistolary Picture Books

• Epistolary Picture Books with Julie Falatko

2021 Picture Book Writing Challenge

Fractured Fairy Tales

• Fractured Fairy Tales by Stefanie Hohl

• Natasha Yim’s Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim

• Fracturing Fairy Tales is Twisted Fun by Sue Fliess

Biographies

• Picture Book Biographies by Mandy Yokim

• Picture Book Biography Journey by Meghan Browne

• Top Ten Picture Book Biographies about Men

• Top Ten Picture Book Biographies about Women

Picture Book Poetry Collections

• The Joy of Writing (and Reading) Picture Book Poetry Collections by Sam Smith

• Poetry with Allan Wolf

• From Inkling to Inked: Crafting a Haiku Collection by Betsy Snyder

• Top Ten Picture Book Poetry Collections

Novelty Books

• Children’s Novelty Books by Susan Claus

• Creating Novelty and Board Books with Nina Laden

• Novelty Books with Jennifer Preston Chushcoff

Lyrical Picture Books

• Writing Lyrical Picture Books with Michelle Vatulla

• Writing Lyrical Picture Books with Lisa Wheeler

• Why I Love Lyrical Picture Books with Pat Zietlow Miller

Circle Stories

• ‘Round and ‘Round We Go: Circle Stories with Meghan Hardt

• Circular Stories with Dan Yaccarino

Metafictional Picture Books

• Metafictional Picture Books with Mandy Yokim

• Top Ten Metafictive Picture Books

• Metafictive Picture Books and the Process of Writing Them with Claudia Rueda

Narrative Nonfiction

• Narrative Nonfiction with Samantha Smith

• Narrative Nonfiction with Julie Yeung

Grief Picture Books

• Picture Books about Grief and Death by Susan Claus

• Grief Picture Books with Patrice Karst

Humor Picture Books

• Humorous Picture Books with Michelle Vattula

• Humorous Picture Books with Cindy Derby