Luscious Layers with Valerie Bolling
Nov 11, 2025
Online event
Join Valerie Bolling to learn how your stories can benefit from having multiple layers to attract the attention of agents and editors.
In today’s competitive picture book market, your stories can benefit from having multiple layers to attract the attention of agents and editors. Using a variety of picture books, Valerie will identify different types of layers that you might consider as you write and revise your picture books. The webinar will be recorded, and a replay will be available for 30 days after the live event.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Virtual
7pm-8:15pm Eastern Standard Time
$30/$15 for premium members
Learn more about your speaker
Valerie Bolling is passionate about creating stories in which all children can see themselves and feel seen and heard, valued and validated. She is the author of five picture books: LET’S DANCE! (SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner), TOGETHER WE RIDE, TOGETHER WE SWIM (2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist), RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN!, and BING, BOP, BAM: TIME TO JAM!) and RAINBOW DAYS, a Scholastic Acorn early reader series. A graduate of Tufts University and Teachers College, Columbia University, Valerie has been an educator for 30 years and is an active member of the kidlit community – teaching picture book classes (independently and for the Highlights Foundation), serving as a mentor, and presenting at conferences. Valerie lives in Connecticut with her husband where they enjoy traveling, hiking, reading, going to the theater, and dancing.