Listen Back: Charise Harper and Anna Raff share A Big Surprise for Little Card and talk about thinking with pictures. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/cha... 📚👍🏽 #kidit #ChildrensBkPod @annaraff.bsky.social

Here are a few of my favorite details from @eljurimusic.bsky.social 's CAMBIO. #animation #illustration #motionillustration #newmusic #musicvideo Full video here ––>> tinyurl.com/mr44h9xa

I animated a music video for @eljurimusic.bsky.social's CAMBIO—the focus track on their new album. Cambio is an anthem for anyone who feels their voice is too small, burdens too great, the world too heavy. Somos el eco/We are the echo.tinyurl.com/mr44h9xa #animation #motionillustration #illustration

Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today! #MagicStoriesAreForEveryone #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/28/p...

If you're a #teacher or #librarian looking for a fun, visual storytelling challenge for students, this might be just the ticket. Now booking for the 2025-26 school year. #skybrarians #TLsky #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart For more information...👉 www.annaraff.com/the-zine-wor...

Hey, Brooklyn! Know any young scientists who are learning to read Traditional Chinese? Several copies of each book in my series with author David A. Adler are now available at the Brooklyn Book Bodega. #scienceforkids

Hello #Teachers and #Librarians! I wrote a little something about my Zine Workshop, which I'd love to bring to your school and share w/ students. tinyurl.com/yc44xvja

On #EarthDay, we stand and raise our voices for change. 🎶 🌍 Eljuri’s powerful anthem “Salva La Tierra” reminds us that protecting the Earth is up to us all. 💚🌿 🎥 youtu.be/d8wTLrVyPpQ?... #salvalatierra #EcoMusic #ClimateAction #latinmusic #AwardWinningVideo @annaraff.bsky.social

Last week, I set out on a mini, impromptu book-signing jaunt in NJ and NYC, and wrote a little something about it. www.annaraff.com/blog/2025/4/...

It’s #WorldRatDay! When real life rats abound we've reason to curse worse than "RATS!" Here’s Horace from PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social & the gang from WORLD RAT DAY by J. Patrick Lewis. Wishing you best wishes avoiding—as Pat would say, “the wrong-doer in the soer.” #KidLitArtPostcard

Happy We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever. #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/03/p...

Come see me in conversation with @joannhnyc.bsky.social on April 6th!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀💚 Here's one from the Ornithblogical archives, aptly named "What the Duck?"...something I find myself saying lately on a daily basis.🤬

Helloooo New Jersey! 🎉📚Come join us tomorrow at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair…✨ watchungbooksellers.com/events/45161

Woohoo, 3-minute videos! Previous limit was 1-minute. Plus more improvements. I'll be updating my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky (see my pinned post) soon. #BlueSkyTips

It’s PARTY ANIMALS book birthday! 🥳📚 Gotta say, I’m pretty proud of this one. A hilarious, sweet tale of friendship and empathy by @taralazar.bsky.social and published by Disney-Hyperion; I hope readers have as much fun with it as I did! tinyurl.com/5ek7a8ax

Hey, New Jersey and resident Party Animals! @taralazar.bsky.social and I are having a storytime event this Sunday, 3/16 at 2pm @ Watchung Booksellers in Montclair to celebrate our new picture book, PARTY ANIMALS! 🥳📚 Come join the party…and have a cookie! 👉 watchungbooksellers.com/events/45161

This AM, I’m making my way to Milltown, NJ for a school visit to share PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social and me for the first time!🥳📚 Thankfully, my route is a little more direct than Horace here. (And yet I’m a day late for #kidlitartpostcard.)

It’s pretty cool that PARTY ANIMALS is in this stack! Thanks, Melissa!😍

It’s almost party time! PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social and me from Disney-Hyperion is out in the world a week from tomorrow!🥳 Here’s a goofy little thing I put together to mark the occasion.📚🎉 #kidlit #childrensbooks #illustration #animation #oartyanimals

Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking my “Zine Workshop” to the Society of Illustrators as part of their Winter Art Academy, and helped a great group of NYC kids build their own 8-page, illustrated stories. So. Much. Fun! Thanks, @soi128.bsky.social! 😍📚

Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

Looking forward to my favorite NY State book festivals this year and thrilled to participate again. See you in Hudson on May 3rd, and Chappaqua September 27th, sharing the love of books and illustration.📚

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

Working with this new crew. #WIP #kidlitart #KidLitArtPostcard

Next up, my first ever reading of Party Animals by @taralazar.bsky.social and me—in a sneak peek preview with a classroom in New Mexico.#WorldReadAloudDay 🥳📚

But! This is a fun day. Taking a few breaths in between zooms, to say Happy #WorldReadAloudDay!

Zoom updates are annoying, but they are particularly rage-inducing on World Read Aloud Day. #amirite?

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

Thank you for the very kind comments about my piece for @taralazar.bsky.social’s #Storystorm blog yesterday. (Also, thanks for the new follows.😊) I hope the month is ending with all of your goals met and you jazzed to forge on. #kidlit 📚

Heads up, NYC!

As today's guest blogger for @taralazar.bsky.social's #Storystorm today, I give a behind-the-scenes peek at my character-building brainstorming for our picture book collaboration, PARTY ANIMALS. taralazar.com/2025/01/30/s...

Happy Lunar New Year! I hope you get to spend it doing things that you love. #happynewyear

…And my adorable dad who is 84 today.❤️

How I arrived on BlueSky

Question for the NYC/ broader #kidlit community: I have a bunch of foreign editions of my science picture books (all brand new, mostly traditional Chinese). Am looking for a library/school in need accepting donations. Suggestions? Connections? Thanks in advance.🙌📚 #schoollibraries #scienceforkids

HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

Amazing. I’ve watched this like five times.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

Mondayest of all Mondays.💩

Starting my day with some @bobshea.bsky.social books because I needed a laugh. These two always do it for me. Thanks, Bob! 😂💖

It’s a book! A bunch of books! In a box! #PartyAnimals

Horace says, “Happy New Year!” #PartyAnimals www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...

Nothing like starting the new year by uncovering last year’s Winter Break to-do list!😅

Join me for brainstorming at its best! Thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social, all the wonderful bloggers, and those offering the prizes for making #Storystorm 2025 possible. Love the art, @annaraff.bsky.social! Read more and register here: taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s... #ideas #story #stories #kidlit

Merry Christmas! I wrote a behind-the-scenes post about the making of my holiday animation. www.annaraff.com/blog/2024/12...

Happy 2025 from me, with a little help from all the coffee sleeves, stickers, felt and styrofoam scraps, and googly eyes I've collected in my studio. I knew I saved them for a reason. #kidlit #Illustration #animation #stopmotion #aftereffects #happyholidays

#Storystorm is coming! Stay tuned to @taralazar.bsky.social's blog for details, and snag your journal with adorable #kidlit cover art by @annaraff.bsky.social here: taralazar.com/2024/12/19/s...

“The epitome of jubilance…Merriment and empathy can coexist—a fact that’s well worth celebrating.” Thanks Publishers Weekly for the lovely review of PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social and me. 🎈🎉📚✨Out in the wild March 11th, from Disney-Hyperion.🥳

Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🔪🧡