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Cracking the Picture Book Query

How to write a perfect query le9er every ;me… with NO fear of ge@ng it wrong, so you can submit with confidence!

You’re in the right place if…

• You haven’t begun submi1ng because you

don’t know how

• You’ve been submi1ng, but haven’t seen

results

• You fear making embarrassing mistakes
• You’re afraid of ge1ng rejected
• You’ve go<en some responses to queries, but

haven’t “sealed the deal”

AND if…

• You want to be in the 1% of queries that

rise out of the slush pile

Why Should You Listen to Us?

Julie

• Award-winning picture book author
• Founder of 12 x 12 Picture Book WriKng Challenge
• Regular presenter at children’s wriKng conferences
• Secured her agent using the query formula we’re providing today

Emma

• NYT-Bestselling author of 30+ books with her mother, Julie Andrews
• Freelance editor and professor of Children’s Literature
• “The Query Whisperer”
• Published by 3 large houses & served as Editorial Director of imprint

Here’s What You’ll Learn

• A FOOLPROOF method for wriKng your query

le<er

• The four components you need in your query,

with specific examples

• Formulas for wriKng that elusive “hook

sentence/logline”

• Two complete query le<er templates you can

begin using TODAY!

Make sure you stay to the end!

We’re going to give you…

• All our templates for wriKng

hook sentences

• Slides from this video

presentaKon

• Query le<er templates
• An opportunity to catapult

your submissions out of the slush pile

Julie’s True Story

Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse... It Does!

EVENTUALLY, I Got It Right...

Emma’s True Story

YOU HAVE 2 SECONDS

To make an impression with an agent or editor with your picture book submission!