WEBINAR: Writing STEM Picture Books with Melissa Stewart

Picture book biographies have been popular for many years, but there’s currently an increased demand for other kinds of nonfiction in the marketplace. One great option is STEM-themed concept picture books with an expository writing style. Kids love these innovative, high-interest titles, and educators find them useful for science lessons as well as informational writing units.

Join author award-winning Melissa Stewart for a lively presentation that digs deep into the expository nonfiction writing process. After explaining the differences between narrative and expository nonfiction, Melissa will share strategies for developing an irresistible hook, selecting a text structure, experimenting with format, and identifying the best voice for a particular manuscript.

Attendees will get a sneak peek at early drafts of an upcoming book and see samples of how it changed over time based on feedback from her critique group, her editor, and, eventually, the illustrator and art director, too. There will be time for questions at various points in the presentation and at the end.

Insight Webinar

WEBINAR: Writing STEM Picture Books with Melissa Stewart ($25.00)
Online: Saturday, July 11th, 2020
Time: 2pm-3:30pm CDT (check your timezone)

Melissa Stewart Faculty

Melissa Stewart has written more than 180 science books for children, including the ALA Notable Feathers: Not Just for Flying, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen; the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor title Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs, illustrated by Stephanie Laberis; and Can an Aardvark Bark?, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Steve Jenkins. She co-authored the upcoming title 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books and edited the anthology Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-winning Authors Reveal the Secret of Engaging Writing. Melissa maintains the award-winning blog Celebrate Science and serves on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators board of advisors. Her highly-regarded website features a rich array of nonfiction writing resources.

ONLINE classes are taught in real time in our virtual Zoom classrooms. This keeps the instruction intimate yet accessible to writers across the country. Click here for online learning instructions.

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