Simmons College at The Carle
Simmons College and The Carle are delighted to announce the expansion of our partnership offering graduate programs in children's literature at The Carle. We operate on a rolling admissions schedule and are currently recruiting students to begin their coursework in the spring or fall of 2010. Program offerings include:

MFA in Writing for Children
A 32-credit MFA program taught at The Carle
This program consists of four academic courses and four writing courses, including a two-course sequence in which a student develops a manuscript from conception to submission.

MA in Children's Literature
A 36-credit MA program taught at The Carle
This program consists of four electives and the following five required courses: Criticism of Literature for Children, The Picture Book, Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and a historical literature course.

MFA/MA in Children's Literature
Students who wish to pursue both degrees may combine both master's programs in a 56-credit course of study that includes core requirements for both programs.


Attend an upcoming informational session at the Museum to learn about the program, how to apply, and to meet representatives from Simmons and the Museum.

Sunday, July 18, 2010, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Sunday, August 1, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
To register, click here. For more information please contact Megan Lambert, Instructor at The Center for the Study of Children's Literature, Simmons College at megan.lambert@simmons.edu.

To visit the Simmons College Web site about the program, click here.

Illustrator Mordicai Gerstein to Teach Creating the Picture Book
Simmons College and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announce a new course offering in their children’s literature graduate degree programs, Creating the Picture Book, which will be taught during the fall 2010 semester by Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein www.mordicaigerstein.com. The course will be studio-based and will guide the student through the consideration, exploration and experience of every aspect of making a picture book. Each student will have finished, by the end of the course, at least one picture book dummy, along with several finished illustrations and many exercises on each aspect of the process along the way.

Enrollment will be granted by permission of the Director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College, Dr. Cathryn Mercier, and prospective students will submit portfolios of their work for consideration.
Fall 2010 Course Offerings
• Creating the Picture Book , taught by Mordicai Gerstein, Mondays 5:00-7:50
• The Picture Book, co-taught by Megan Lambert and Michael Patrick Hearn, Tuesdays 5:00-7:50
• Criticism of Children’s Literature taught by Megan Lambert, Wednesdays 5:00-7:50
• Writing I, taught by Jo Knowles www.joknowles.com , Thursdays 4:00-6:50
• Mentorship I, conducted remotely and open only to second year students

Spring 2010 Course Offerings

• A new genre course offering (likely Science Fiction and Fantasy or YA Realism, to be announced in the fall), instructor TBA, Tuesday evenings
• History of Children’s Book Publishing, taught by Anita Silvey, Wednesdays 4:00-6:50
• Writing II, taught by Anna Stanisszewski www.annastan.com , Thursdays 4:00-6:50
• Mentorship II, conducted remotely and open only to second year students

Please contact Instructor Megan Lambert at megan.lambert@simmons.edu with any questions about this new course offering or about applying to the Simmons College degree programs at The Carle. Write to Megan to ask about an upcoming mock class to be held for all prospective students on June 20 at The Carle.