Join author Donna Gephart for a Craft Webinar that’s all about infusing humor into books for kids and teens!
Learn tips and techniquesto create funny children’s books, from picture books through young adult novels. Discover which types of humor work best for various age groups. Tap into your inner child with lively examples, fun exercises and practical advice that will inspire you to write side-splitting humor for the younger set.
Some of Donna’s book reviews:
Welcome to the Woofmore #1 (Amulet Books)
Go Be Wonderful (Holiday House)
“Gephart has created a story that encourages the tiniest children, while also serving as a good guide for older siblings who don’t know what to expect from their newest family member. . . . this offers a great demonstration of positivity in the face of new challenges, wherever children find them.”—School Library Journal
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough (My Mother Is Running for President) (Yearling)
“Laugh-out-loud adventures combined with just the right amount of drama make this a great read.” —Minnesota Parent Magazine
About Writing Barn Craft Webinars:
Industry professionals: authors, agents, editors, etc. facilitate these events. Price points are low and attendance is high, anywhere from 50-200+ attendees. Writing craft and industry engagement are explored. *REPLAYS are made available for all registrants 2 business days after the event and are available for a limited time.*
About the Instructor:
Award-winning author Donna Gephart has published eight middle grade novels
(Penguin Random House; Simon & Schuster), a picture book, GO BE WONDERFUL (Holiday House) and has a new humorous chapter book series collaboration about a posh hotel run by dogs for dogs, WELCOME TO THE WOOFMORE, where the water bowls are always full and every dog is a VIP (Very Important Pooch) (Abrams). Her first book, AS IF BEING 12-3/4 ISN’T BAD ENOUGH, MY MOTHER IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!, won the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Donna has presented at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, SCBWI Annual Conference, ALA, NCTE, book festivals and schools across the country. She was a Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-
Residence and a creative writing teacher at Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches. Learn more at www.donnagephart.com.