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Kidlit Author Growth Academy review

Kidlit Author Growth Academy has grown 12% between 31 Aug 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, by its published member count. It charges $1 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Kidlit Author Growth Academy, and nothing below is a verdict.

Kidlit Author Growth Academy is a Skool community for self-published children's book authors on Amazon KDP, built around a program called the Author Growth Roadmap.[1] The roadmap takes authors through publishing, launching, marketing and scaling a children's book business without relying on paid ads.[1] The group was created in August 2025.[1]

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Members
1,510
Published price
$1
per month
Members, last 29 days
0
5 Oct 2026 to 3 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#1,166
of 6,074 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#283
of 1,230 sellers listed in content and audience building, by published members
Price rank in niche
#335
of 342 priced in Content and audience building listed here, highest first
Check the Course score
92
A, very strong
Niche
Content and audience building
1,308 listed here
Created
17 Aug 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
23
since 31 Aug 2026

About Kidlit Author Growth Academy

Membership includes more than 35 trainings on publishing, marketing and business, a Book Marketing Template Vault and more than 75 Instagram templates for book launches.[1] The founder holds weekly live office hours, and new trainings and resources are added regularly.[1] Members keep the price they joined at for as long as they stay.[1]

The Author Growth Roadmap is also sold as a DIY program on authorharleighrose.com, the site of children's book author and illustrator Harleigh Manske.[2][3] Manske also teaches through a podcast, Children's Book Marketing Made Easy, and a YouTube channel of book marketing advice and self-publishing tutorials.[3][4] The same site sells one-on-one coaching as full or mini calls, a course called Free Traffic Formula on growing an audience and email list without paid ads, and custom activity books based on an author's own book.[2] Manske is also the author and illustrator of the Doppy book series, sold on doppys.com with printable activities and board books such as Doppy Saves the Bees! and Doppy and the Runaway Balloons.[5]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/author-growth-academy, as collected 21 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: authorharleighrose.com/courses-coaching-and-services, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: authorharleighrose.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  4. YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCsDpXyz1ptzfFjPg5TLWLcw, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  5. Official website: doppys.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheContent and audience buildingFormatCommunityIncludesTemplates and resources

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
149
Courses
18
Posts, all time
738
People running it
1

Counts published by Kidlit Author Growth Academy on its own page, read on 30 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by author-harleigh-rose.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 3 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy bbc948b25b67.
Observable monthly ceiling
$1
monthly price
1,510
published members
$1,510
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the content and audience building niche

Percentile among the other 1,307 content and audience building listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size77th
smallestlargest
Price · further right is cheaper98th
most expensivecheapest

Held at $1 per month in each of the 21 readings that published a price, from September 2026 to 3 Nov 2026.

Check the Course Score
92AVery strong

Ahead of 92% of the 13,586 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Kidlit Author Growth Academy published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 87%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 73%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 51%

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  • Top 25% by size in content and audience building. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size in content and audience building. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Members up 12% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 12% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 12% between our first reading, on 31 Aug 2026, and our latest, on 3 Nov 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,510 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
8,820 at its largest8,820 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
31 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
WebsiteYouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
+1+0.1%over 3 daysNo changeover 29 days
Price change
No change confirmed between readings taken the same way

23 observations over 64 days.

Member count
1,3601,3801,4001,4201,4401,4601,4801,5001,51031 Aug 20263 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$1$130 Sept 20263 Nov 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
3 Nov 20261,510+1$1 per month$1,510
31 Oct 20261,5090$1 per month$1,509
30 Oct 20261,5090$1 per month$1,509
29 Oct 20261,5090$1 per month$1,509
29 Oct 20261,509+1$1 per month$1,509
27 Oct 20261,508-2$1 per month$1,508
24 Oct 20261,510-2$1 per month$1,510
23 Oct 20261,512+3$1 per month$1,512
19 Oct 20261,5090$1 per month$1,509
18 Oct 20261,509-2$1 per month$1,509
16 Oct 20261,511+2$1 per month$1,511
14 Oct 20261,5090$1 per month$1,509
13 Oct 20261,509+2$1 per month$1,509
11 Oct 20261,5070$1 per month$1,507
10 Oct 20261,507-5$1 per month$1,507
9 Oct 20261,512+2$1 per month$1,512
5 Oct 20261,510+1$1 per month$1,510
4 Oct 20261,509+1$1 per month$1,509
3 Oct 20261,508+2$1 per month$1,508
1 Oct 20261,506+2$1 per month$1,506
30 Sept 20261,504+43$1 per month$1,504
21 Sept 20261,461+113Free + paid tiersNot calculated
31 Aug 20261,348Free + paid tiersNot calculated
Average per week, last 29 days5 Oct 2026 to 3 Nov 20260
Average per week, since first reading31 Aug 2026 to 3 Nov 2026+18

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
9 Oct 20268,820+8,580
9 Sept 2026240

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
30 Sept 2026738+45149+218
9 Sept 202669314718
Added per week9 Sept 2026 to 30 Sept 2026+15+0.70

Common questions about Kidlit Author Growth Academy

What is Kidlit Author Growth Academy?
Kidlit Author Growth Academy is a Skool community for self-published children's book authors on Amazon KDP, built around a program called the Author Growth Roadmap. The roadmap takes authors through publishing, launching, marketing and scaling a children's book business without relying on paid ads.
How much does Kidlit Author Growth Academy cost?
Kidlit Author Growth Academy charges $1 per month on Skool, read 3 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 98% of the other priced content and audience building listings here.
How many members does Kidlit Author Growth Academy have?
Kidlit Author Growth Academy lists 1,510 members, read 3 Nov 2026.
How has Kidlit Author Growth Academy's membership changed?
From 1,348 members on 31 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 1,510 on 3 Nov 2026: up 162, or 12%.
How does Kidlit Author Growth Academy compare with other content and audience building communities?
At $1 a month, Kidlit Author Growth Academy sits below the $27 median of the 341 priced content and audience building listings here. The niche median is 541 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Kidlit Author Growth Academy?
Kidlit Author Growth Academy publishes 149 course modules, 18 courses, 738 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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