Picture Book Summit Podcast

Ideas are everywhere! Today, we explore some of the most unusual places we've found inspiration and a few of our favorite inspiration stories from other authors. 
Resources mentioned in this episode: 
8 Ways to Ruin a Picture Book Biography with Angela Dalton and Julie Hedlund - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Use Your Fear with Jon Klassen - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Lisa Bardot
 
Books mentioned in this episode: 
Over, Bear! Under, Where? by Julie Hedlund and Michael Slack
Waiting in the Wings by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, and EG Keller
Shy by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, and Eva Byrne
The Enchanted Symphony by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, and Elly MacKay
Who Hops? by Katie Davis
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advanced Civil Rights by Angela Dalton and Lauren Semmer
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Vigil by George Saunders
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzman
 
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Kelli Panique started as a strictly behind-the-scenes support person with Picture Book Summit and has grown into our host and producer. In this episode, Kelli shares how she's been inspired to start writing her own picture book manuscripts after listening and learning over the last 12 years. If you're looking for a place to start on your next story, we think you'll find inspiration in today's chat.
Resources mentioned in this episode: 
The Parallel Universe of Authors and Illustrators with Shadra Strickland - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Readers, Relationship, and Revision with Meg Medina - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Our Writing Voice is Also Our Singing Happy Birthday Voice, Our Berating Teenagers Voice, Our Hollering at Ducks Voice, and That's Not a Bad Thing with Sophie Blackall - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Using Your Fear with Jon Klassen - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
 
Books mentioned in this episode: 
Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina and Sonia Sanchez
 
What will we learn at this year's Picture Book Summit? Come find out! Join us for a one-of-a-kind, online writing conference designed for picture book writers and illustrators! 
Time is running out to save $100 with Early Bird Registration. Offer ends 8/27/26. Grab your ticket today!

Our own Emma Walton Hamilton was previously an editor of a children's imprint and even her mind was blown when Little, Brown editor Alvina Ling came to Picture Book Summit and pulled back the curtain on what really goes on in editorial and acquisitions meetings. Proof that no matter where you are on the writing journey, there is always something to learn.
Resources mentioned in this episode: 
Secrets from a Publisher's Editorial and Acquisitions Meetings with Alvina Ling - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
What will we learn at this year's Picture Book Summit? Come find out! Join us for a one-of-a-kind, online writing conference designed for picture book writers and illustrators! 
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In today's podcast, Julie Hedlund gives us an in-depth look at writing a picture book biography and how Lesa Cline-Ransome's presentation, Speak Their Truth: Conveying the Voice of Picture Book Biography Subjects, helped her move her manuscript from not-quite-there to acquired and published. 
Books Mentioned in this episode: 
Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews by Julie Hedlund and Ilaria Urbinati
Resources mentioned in this episode: 
Speak Their Truth Presentation by Lesa Cline-Ransome - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
What will we learn at this year's Picture Book Summit? Come find out! Join us for a one-of-a-kind, online writing conference designed for picture book writers and illustrators! 
Save $100 with Early Bird Registration through 8/27/26. Grab your ticket today!

In today's podcast, Katie Davis dives into rhyming picture books, how listening to Julie Hedlund's workshop Verse Curse changed the way she views rhyme, and what she wants you to know if you're writing in rhyme! Including tons of tips you can use today!  
Books Mentioned in this episode: 
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
 
Resources mentioned in this episode: 
Julie's Verse Curse Workshop- Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Fuse 8 by Betsy Bird at School Library Journal 
Betsy Bird's PBSummit Workshop: Performance on the Page - Use code PODCAST for 30% off! 
Tara Lazar
 
What will we learn at this year's Picture Book Summit? Come find out! Join us for a one-of-a-kind, online writing conference designed for picture book writers and illustrators! 
Save $100 with Early Bird Registration through 8/27/26. Grab your ticket today!