🌸🌷💛

Pair this with a detailed assessment of the current state of the industry from @hunderdown.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/hund... for an honest appraisal that's not entirely without hope.

Katherine is an amazing storyteller 💚

Yay! 🎉

We have 2 #AuthorSignings coming your way at #TXLA26 at Booth 625! Sunday 3pm Robyn McGrath signs WIDE OPEN SPACES from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social & Monday at 10am Amy Moore signs HUMPTY’S GREAT FALL from #TwoLions

My Cassandra joke was great, but no one listened.

One Little Squiggle got at award! SCBWI 2025 Spark Honor Award for excellence in independent publishing for children 🥳 Yay! So proud of this little book!

First snow this season in Seattle! ❄️ I’m happy for the snow pack in the mountains, but poor trees in the neighborhood are really struggling with additional burden.

My illustrator copies are almost here! I’m going to show them off tomorrow! 💛🚗🌵🏔️🏝️

Day 5 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features JELLYFISH SCIENTIST: MAUDE DELAP AND HER MESMERIZING MEDUSAS by @mcusolito.bsky.social ; illus. by Ellen Rooney ( @charlesbridge.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #InternationalWomensDay

Happy International Women’s Day! To strong, kind, whip-smart, creative women in our lives 💛 May we be them, may we know them, may we raise them 💛💪 #internationalwomensday Another cute spring #dtiys from @yana_kozak_illustrator on IG #yanakozakdtiys 💛

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek A KNOT IS NOT A TANGLE by Daniel Nayeri + Vesper Stamper (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "In this tender story, creating a rug becomes not just a moment when traditions can be passed down from one generation to the next..." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Hello #kidlitartpostcard, we are in a rainy slump here in Seattle. But I’m excited to announce I’m now represented by Michelle Jackson with Jackson Literary! I’m open to picture books, check out my portfolio www.amyeversonart.com

Hi #kidlitartpostcard I'm Amanda I love illustrating imaginative and engaging stories! I would love to illustrate more stories about whimsical girlhood, mental health, & family dynamics! ✨Rep’d by by @bright-emilyf.bsky.social ✨amandamorrowart.com #kidlit #kidlitart

March #kidlitartpostcard day was just begging for a frog illo, so i drew a rather stressed out bell “hop”. 🐸 😁 I hope your day is going better than his! Open to PB and MG projects. Portfolio kirstenmcgonigal.com rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit

Five more days until my illustrator copies arrive 🥰

Today’s warm-up is a cute dreamy #DTIYS from @lanalotthings on IG 💙 Feisty rambunctious girls are always my favorite to draw! #kidlitart

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

I heard from my publisher today that the books are on their way 🚚📦📚 So excited!

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

The thing no one tells you about pursuing art professionally is that no matter how good you get, you will look at other artists and go "wow, I wish I was good like they are..." every day of your whole life😹

Happy Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎! #kidlitart #lny #LunarNewYear #cny #YearOfTheHorse

Vibrating!!!!! The cozy card game "My Book Nook" I illustrated is now at Barnes & Noble and other stores that stock Kingdom of Threads merch!!!! Screammnms with excite! Designed by Carl & Doug who were awesome to work with!

If you're a book creator and people in your life don't understand why book bans are such a sore point for you then by god show them this film. It really gets people fired up.

Zinaida Serebriakova's 'Self-Portrait at the Dressing-Table', 1909, reflects a candid depiction of daily life, highlighting a modern, confident, autonomous young woman #WomensArt

Hi #kidlitartpostcard !! 👋 I’m Amanda, I love illustrating both picture books and board books! Something I would love to illustrate is a book focusing on historical figures in the arts! Which is why I am sharing my new portfolio pieces on the amazing Jane Austen.

Our world needs more love. Let’s all do our part to spread as much as possible! Oh, and if you’re an art director and have a “lovely” project for me, I’d like that too. 😉 Portfolio kirstenmcgonigal.com rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social #kidlitartpostcard #kidlit

2025 Outstanding Comics Award for Children: Fiction www.ala.org/gncrt/awards...

2025 Outstanding Comics Award for Children: Nonfiction www.ala.org/gncrt/awards...

I have noticed a few friends struggling with getting their scripts out faster, so I wanted to share one of the ways I get a script out FAST without overthinking it, then go back and tweak and tighten later: (1/10)

A "Certified Visibility Specialist"--yes, that sounds legit.

#kidlitartpostcard day! As much as enjoy drawing dramatic scenes, I also love to capture soft emotional moments in my work. I'm currently open for picturebooks, Graphic novels, middle grade interiors and covers. Website - www.srinidhidraws.com #kidlitart #kidlit #horseillustration

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Shiho Pate and I love illustrating children's books. My author illustrator book is out on submission too. 🌐 shihopate.com 📖 Rep’d by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social ✉️ [email protected] #illustration #kidlitart

Happy New Year! I’m welcoming in the new year with this very cool bear. His only downfall is Pizza.🍕😎 Get in touch if you need someone to bring humor, heart, and whimsy to a project. Portfolio kirstenmcgonigal.com rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social #kidlitartpostcard

I’ll take it.

Honestly, I love bsky precisely because it IS so slow. I'm not here to perform. I'm here to dwell on the little wierd micro thoughts of people in my industry that tend to get buried under the more popular art and video posts elsewhere, stuff people post not for ❤️s or follows, but just because.

Finished up revised sketches for Many Little Squiggles this week! Now I can finally reward myself by prepping my book journal for the next year! 📚 #illustratorlife

Merry December! It’s the last #kidlitartpostcard of the year, so I thought I’d send the year out in style with this posh little caroling quartet. I’m on the lookout for new projects in both PB and MG. Portfolio kirstenmcgonigal.com rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social

Hi #kidlitartpostcard I’m Amanda, I have a love illustrating adorable children and stylized animals, I pour heart and imagination to story-driven illustrations and thrive when I can play with color and texture in my work. #illustration #childrensbook

Last #KidLitArtPostcard of the year! 🎄 Hello Art Directors, I’m DeAndra and I’m looking for work in picture books, chapter books, YA covers and general illustration projects! Find more of my work at www.deandrahodge.com Rep’d by Christy Tugeau Ewers at The CAT Agency, Inc.

THIS.

‪Hello #kidlitartpostcard! ❄️If you have a story for me, I'd love to work with you! ❄️I’m repped by Lynnette Novak at @seymouragency.bsky.social View more of my work here www.gortmanillustration.com Happy holidays!

Yay! 🎉

Your friendly neighborhood reminder: Shop small, shop local and family-owned, support human artists and creators. 🤍

We invited you to share acts of kindness. The topics include new shoes, a basket of berries that aren't very tasty and an unexpected twist for someone treating the person behind them in line. n.pr/4iqqWWw

I've always tried to be very honest and transparent with my $ and safety situation. My partner pays our monthly bills EXCEPT for my business purchases. I also pay for kiddo's necessaries, household items, AND pay down our mortgage on principal with whatever I have left after taxes each year.

"Plotter" this and "pantser" that, who cares, I want to know if you start writing from character, plot, or place

Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI. With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech. My latest:

Happy book birthday to I DANCE! 🎶 🇵🇭 To have Filipino culture be so easily accessible, mixed with dancing, and a book that’s easy to read over and over - what a gift. So happy our book is finally out in the world. Beautifully written by Diana Rañola, published by Holiday House 📚

COVER REVEAL! WIDE OPEN SPACES (written by Robyn McGrath, illustrated by me) is a sunny celebration of road trips, daydreams, and noticing all the little things along the way. Coming your way May 12, 2026! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks