10:50am-12:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

12:00pm-1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm  Lesson 2: Tom Birdseye
The Writer's Radar: Eavesdropping for Fun and Profit — An exploration of the role and importance of observation, including putting it into practice.

2:00pm-3:30pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

3:00pm-3:30pm  First Page Critiques

3:30pm-4:15pm  Lesson 3: Eric Kimmel
Writing In Small Spaces — Picture book texts are short. So are sonnets. The challenge is to create an engaging story in eight pages or less, to be illustrated by a person you don't know and whom you may never meet. Eric A. Kimmel shows how it's done, using three recent books as examples.

6:30pm  Potluck Dinner  In classroom. Bring anything you like, food or drink, nibbly, main course, dessert.

Tuesday

8:00am-9:00am  Informal Discussion David Greenberg and other instructors available for informal discussion.

9:00am-9:45am  Lesson 4: Jill Dembowski
No, David! Yes, Virginia: Dont's and Do's of Children's Publishing — Learn how to stand out in a highly-competitive, burgeoning industry and how to tell if you're sabotaging your efforts.

9:45am-10:15am  First Page Critiques

10:15am-12:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

12:00pm-1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm  Lesson 5: Margaret Anderson
Captivating your Readers: The Creative Side of Nonfiction — Sometimes you get the impression that to be really creative, you need to write poetry or fiction. But writing nonfiction, especially for children, is an equally creative challenge. The creativity lies in the writing itself — in discovering your own unique voice and the best way to present your subject.

2:00pm-2:15pm  First Page Critiques

2:15pm-3:15pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

3:15pm-4:15pm  Guest Lecture One: Steven Engelfried,* Children's Librarian
Flying Off the Shelves: Popular Children's Books from a Librarian's Point of View — Many elements can contribute to the popularity of a children's book in a public library setting. High quality writing helps, but other key factors can include school assignments, trends and fads, and even book covers. Library staff alsohave several tools that may widen the audience for a title, including book talks, programs, and plain old one-on-one recommendations. With limited budgets and thousands of books to choose from, library book selectors can't afford to purchase "shelf sitters." What do children's librarians consider as they add new books to their collections? And once a book makes it to the library shelves, how does it grab the attention of the right young reader and make it all the way to the check out desk? Steven Engelfried of Multnomah County Library discusses what makes a successful children's book from the perspective of a youth librarian.

Wednesday

	Manuscript Consult

8:00am-9:00am  Informal Discussion David Greenberg and other instructors available for informal discussion.

9:00am-9:45am  Lesson 6: Tom Birdseye
Sew What You Reap — A workshop on using the raw material we gather to inform and create our writing.

9:45am-10:15am  First Page Critiques

10:15am-12:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

12:00pm-1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm  Lesson 7: Susan Cohen
Believe it or Not, True Tales of Agenting — David Greenberg discusses: people who misunderstand my job, baffling editorial responses and contract issues, things I've learned from and about authors, my most brilliant and satisfying moments, the Indignities I've suffered, and "the Starfish Principle".

2:00pm-3:15pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

3:15pm-4:15pm  Guest Lecture Two: Margriet Ruurs,**
From Heart Strings to Funny Bones: the Anatomy of a Children's Writer — Should I write poetry of nonfiction? How do I find an illustrator? What if they reject the story I have worked on for so long? These questions and many more haunt all writers. To share some of the answers and to demonstrate her own research, writing and editing process Margriet draws on more than twenty years of experience as the writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, novels and magazine pieces. The market for children's writing is versatile and writers can tap into an endless source of ideas. Find out how to reach into your own brain for a never ending supply of ideas and how to draw on life experiences in your writing.

8:00pm  David Greenberg Presentation (Optional, of course)
The Story behind his First Novel, A Tugging String (Dutton) — This book describes the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March of 1965 led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an event to which he is very personally connected. He describes the times, events, personalities, and the powerful connection that impelled him to write this book.

Thursday

8:00am-9:00am  Informal Discussion David Greenberg and other instructors available for informal discussion.

9:00am-9:45am  Lesson 8: Molly O'Neill, children's book editor
Why Do Editors Fall In Love? — Thousands of manuscripts cross an editor's desk each year, but only a few become published books. So what makes an editor swoon, and decide that a manuscript is a must-have acquisition? What key things does an editor ponder as she considers a project? And what tools can a writer use to shape a story that will fully capture — and keep — an editor's attention? Prepare yourself for a revealing glimpse at the kind of writing that editors spend their whole career waiting for — and at the careful craft behind truly irresistible writing.

9:45am-10:15am  First Page Critiques

10:15am-12:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

12:00pm-1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm  Lesson 9: David Greenberg
From Poem to Published Poetry Book — Greenberg will share the evolution of a poem, which by itself was unpublishable, to a poetry book that's received superb reviews.

2:00pm-3:15pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

3:15pm-4:15pm  Guest Lecture Three: Jill Saginario,*** retailer of children's books, Powell's Books
From Potty Humor in Picture Books to Sparkly Vampires in Young Adult: What Works and What Doesn't on the Retail Floor — Take a virtual tour of Powell's Books as seen through a bookseller's eyes and explore the (sometimes) challenging world of connecting the right book with a thoroughly overwhelmed customer drowning in children's book choices.

6:30pm  Dinner at David Greenberg's house, 5715 Norwester (a healthy walk from the classroom; I'll give directions), 503-842-1290
All food provided. However, no objections will be made if you bring a beverage of any sort.

Friday

8:00am-9:00am  Informal Discussion David Greenberg and other instructors available for informal discussion.

9:00am-9:45am  Lesson 10: Pamela Smith Hill
So Many Things to Say: Vivid Writing for Yas — This discussion will focus on that well known adage, "Show Don't Tell." But it will go beyond the basics to reveal why this concept is essential to writing successfully for young adult readers, and how to strike the balance between too much or too little detail.

Manuscript Consult

9:45am-10:15am  First Page Critiques

10:15am-12:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

12:00pm-1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm  Writing Time and Individual Consults Optional sharing with other students.

2:00pm-2:45pm  Lesson 11:
Question-Answer — Question and answer session with Instructors about all aspects of course including marketing and technical details of manuscript submission.

2:30pm-End of Day  Final Sharing of all Writing and Group Discussion

*Steven Engelfried has been a Youth Librarian for 23 years and currently works for the Multnomah County Library as a Raising A Reader Coordinator. He also writes book reviews and articles for School Library Journal, has taught courses in children's literature at Oregon State University, and is currently serving on the 2010 Newbery Award Committee.

**Margriet Ruurs is the author of 27 books for children. With a Master of Education degree from Simon Fraser University, she teaches writing workshops across North America and has served as guest lecturer at many universities, including Iowa Writing Project at the University of Northern Iowa. She has conducted writing workshops in Lahore, Pakistan and author visits to International Schools around the world. Margriet writes a regular column on writing, as well as freelance articles, for Reading Today, the magazine of the International Reading Association.

Her children's books have won awards, including the Storytellers World Award Honor Title for Emma's Eggs, short listings for the Mr. Christie Award of Excellence, the Shining Willow and the Chocolate Lily, Blue Spruce, Utah Information Book Award and National Crown Award. My Librarian is a Camel was awarded Teacher's Choice Award and named IRA's Notable Book for Global Awareness.

Many of Margriet's books reflect her love for the environment. She and her Park Ranger husband have lived in many beautiful places including Oregon State Parks. Currently she makes her home on Salt Spring Island, B.C. where she runs Between The Covers, a booklovers' B & B.

***Jill Saginario has been a children's bookseller since she was, well, a kid herself. In the past decade, she has worked for independent bookstores in Boston and Portland, OR and currently works for Powell's Books. She specializes in young adult literature.