Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books: pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are helping to boost them, but also shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky

"The instinct toward #creativity in difficult moments is not incidental. It is the brain’s attempt to restore coherence, & may be one of the most human things about us." @psychologytoday.com In the pb Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings, #ART "feels like a quiet hug." @lucianaillustra.bsky.social #kidlit

Last week I shared that I’m hiring a junior designer, but, also, our trade art department as a whole has a total of 5 open roles right now. All new seats, not from turnover. 💙❤️ scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External

BTW I put up a very small selection of small paintings for sale. It's partly to test a new art market platform in Canada (not affiliated with Ko-Fi). Unfortunately I can only ship within Canada, coz reasons 🙄 ko-fi.com/charlenedraw...

I just realized I should have shared some of my recent books for #worldbookday with links 😆(✨Behold my marketing abilities😂) Lucky Duck www.harpercollins.com/products/luc... The Great Mouse Escape www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james... How Deep is Your Love www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/how-...

This is Koyuki. Please do not disturb her. She's in ice cream scoop mode right now. Needs to focus. 12/10 (IG: fuji_bull)

Iwao Takamoto was one of the Disney greats. Films like Sleeping Beauty owe a lot to his meticulous lines. The studio was a kind of home for him -- it was a big change. Just before, he'd been in the camps. We explore the story: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/takamoto-a...

Happy Lunar New Year! Make your very own Lucky banner for the classrooms or home to bring in the New Year! #yearofthehorse #lunarnewyear #luckybanner bensonshum.com/activities/

Happy Year of the Horse!

Day 47 #365PictureBooks WE ARE LION DANCERS @bshum79.bsky.social Happy Lunar New Year! Excited to read this after watching our awesome local Lion Dance team, The Noble Eight! Shum’s story captures the joy, energy and excitement for early readers, plus loaded with information. #kidlit

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! #lunarnewyear www.mamababymandarin.com/picture-book...

Last day to enter our Lunar New Year giveaway! 🧧 Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6 #kidlit #LunarNewYear #books Benson Shum

Concept art for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Walt Disney Feature Animation Art by Andy Harkness and Craig Grasso

ICYMI - we have a 3 book giveaway happening! 👇 #kidlit #lunarnewyear

Invaluable for 3d animators as well, walks are simultaneously the most important thing to be able to do, and the hardest thing to master for sure

Lunar New Year #giveaway ! Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )! 1 US & 1 Canadian winner! To Enter: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6 #kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse

🧧Lunar New Year #giveaway ! Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )! 1 US & 1 Canadian winner! Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6 #kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway

Happy #NationalHugDay - hugs for all who need one & want one 🫂 (As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!) #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #nationalhugday Join Little Seed as he learns and explores all different kinds of hugs non hug with new friends! #kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks

It was a day of the unexpected. A three month delay of sentence on the college kid’s surgery, and we only made it to one bookstore. However, we met @bshum79.bsky.social at CHLA. He even read us HI, JUICE BOX! And signed one to add to Jaxon’s Child Life tool kit! 🙂 #Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitart

Wonderpets Art Show! A portion of sales will benefit our charity Better Together Forever - a North Central Animal Shelter that provide pet food donations and vet care to the local community 💖 #artshow #charity #hedgehog #illustration leannalinswonderland.com/search?q=Ben...

A little nap for a little pig. #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit

New Year reminder that Public Libraries are COOL and FREE and you should go to yours and get yourself a card. They have all kinds of stuff! Books, wifi, dvds, games and even pots and pans!!

Just got my copies of WHO'S BUILDING? Book 2 in the series. Written by Katrina Moore and illustrated by me. Out March 10th 2026! 💛 #kidlit #boardbook

A selection of shots animated by Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec for Ernest & Celestine (2012), dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, La Parti Productions

DISNEY Studio Christmas cards throughout the years! Here's the one given out in 1949. Front of card by a studio artist (no mention), with the interior calendar design & roughs by John Hench and final art by Mary Blair. #wardsmorguefile

Fab #kidlit 2/ @laurenkerstein.bsky.social @suefliess.bsky.social @amstephens.bsky.social @fuse8.bsky.social @hellonathanc.bsky.social @bshum79.bsky.social @nadinepresley.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social @senickel.bsky.social erindealey.com/authors-and-...

Character design work by Tom Oreb for Disney's TV commercial division (c. 1955)

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Concept art by Kevin Dart for Big Hero 6 (2014), dir. Don Hall and Chris Williams, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Our shipment was delayed, so @bshum79.bsky.social’s “Mooncakes Mean Family” didn’t make it time for Mid-Autumn Festival, but his “We Are Lion Dancers” made it for New Year! A kid already tried to steal it off my desk before I cataloged it 🤣 it’s going to be popular! #BookSky #LibrarySky #TLsky

Happy #KidlitArtPostcard day✨ I'm Shiho Pate, represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social . Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work. #kidlitart #illustration

I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛 #LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com

I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛 #LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com

Heyyyy my sister is here! She's also just rebooted her blog, which is about dragons 🐉!

Hello, I am Benson Shum. I write & illustrate books for kids and also an Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Look forward to connecting here! 💛 #kidlitart #kidlit

Hi! I'm Charlene, I draw cute stuff for kids & children's books!

ARTISTS! Let’s do an art share! There are now more than 39.3 MILLION Bluesky accounts! Let’s find each other! Spread the post to reach the most! 💙

Excited to share I'm working on a book with Cynthia Rylant called SMALL PETS! 💛🐇🐦🐕🐾 #kidlit

Quote with your yellow art 💛 #kidlitart #anzuthegreatkaiju

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #kidkit

Spongebob 🧽 Squarepants has stamps!

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #kidlit

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #kidlit

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #kidkit

Got the opportunity to design our #zootopia2 animation crew shirt! Can't wait to share more!

Coming soon: new projects from @bshum79.bsky.social @melissacmarquez.bsky.social @karalareau.bsky.social @tzippymfa.bsky.social + more buff.ly/P2CIlp8

Zootopia art is being put around at the studio! Can't wait to share more of our film #zootopia2

Somehow I missed this post lol... anyway, I'll be presenting at PYI! #PYI2025 #kidlit #kidlitart