Picture Book Interior Design Starter Pack
If you’re creating picture books, illustrated books, or any project that depends on visual storytelling, layout matters. This bonus page brings together five practical trainings…
Picture Book Secrets
This page hosts a collection of children’s book specific trainings, articles, and bonuses for your convenience. They are organized in reverse chronological order for when each was published.
Training #591 – Author’s Guide to Art & Video in MidJourney
MidJourney is an AI-powered image generation tool that helps anyone turn their ideas into compelling visuals using simple text prompts. In this training, we cover…
Creating Fixed Layout Books with Apple Pages
If you create children’s books, you may feel as though you are stuck with selling digital versions of your books on Amazon, because there wasn’t…
Creating Fixed Layout Books with Kindle Create
On March 18, 2025, Amazon finally killed the MOBI file. They haven’t allowed reflowable books in MOBI format for over 3 years, but now fixed…
Visual Storytelling: Preparing Picture Books with PowerPoint
Are you looking to create engaging children’s picture books but feel overwhelmed by the software options? In this training, we show you how to layout…
Consistent A.I. Characters in MidJourney
About a month ago (as I write this) I was able to find a method to generate a relatively consistent character in MidJourney for a…
A 90-Day Launch Plan for Children’s Books
Some people publish their book and then immediately move on without giving it a second thought. If you have a large audience, then your book…
Training #518 – Understanding Illustrations (and how to purchase them)
If you are writing books for children under the age of nine, you probably already know that illustrations are vital to your projects. The right…
Pitching and Planning School Visits
With over 100,000 schools in the United States alone, there is a lot of opportunity to promote your book by creating educational opportunities around each…
Training #499 – Creating Books in Canva
Canva is an online graphic design program that is simple to use without any technical knowledge. Its primary mission is to simplify creation of marketing…
Training #497 – Story Time Success
We’ve spoken in the past about selling our books into libraries and into schools, as well as how to create book guides and activities, so…
Picture Book Secrets – Building Your eBook
You’ve done your market research, written a compelling children’s story, and obtained beautiful illustrations. Now you want to turn your hard work into an ebook….
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