Today and tomorrow we are celebrating Dia De los Muertos or Day of the Dead, with THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT written by @writerjolene.bsky.social and Shaian Gutierrez with art by @gabbyzapata.bsky.social. This holiday honors the lives of the deceased. #DiaDeLosMuertos #dayofthedead #picturebook

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! — Happy Day of the Dead!🕯️🏵️ Let's celebrate today with The Ofrenda That We Built, written by @writerjolene.bsky.social & Shaian Gutiérrez, with illustrations by @gabbyzapata.bsky.social🧡 Available here: smarturl.it/TheOfrendaThatWeBuilt

So much joy seeing mom have fun making these. It has helped so much with keeping her brain & motor skills healthy and she’s happy again! All sales in this collection goes towards her future dementia care shopgabbyzapata.com if you happen to buy, share a pic! I’d love to create a collage & show her!

I haven’t been up to date on here. But I open my shop at 10am for nonsubscribers (free yes!) new goodies and a new collection to help my mom’s future dementia care ♡ Shopgabbyzapata.Com

@gabbyzapata.bsky.social shop is now open for newsletter subscribers (free). 10 AM PST for general public. Mini art prints, stickers, and "blind bag" bag charms! shopgabbyzapata.com/collections/...

My Barrio Sings in Spanglish illustrated by @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Patriots of Color at Lexington and Concord by Ray Anthony Shepard Baby Truck @ericasirotich.bsky.social Harry the Hairiest Laurenne Sala @isabellakung.bsky.social

The amount of hours of time wasted dealing with health insurance is so incomprehensible to me. I shouldn’t have to jump through so many hoops in order to get something authorized that’s medically necessary 🙃

Congratulations to @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, whose book THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT won an award for Excellence in Picture Book Artistry from the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California.

I'm so excited to announce that I will be bringing another Spanglish book baby into the world! If you liked How to Speak in Spanglish, then you will love MY BARRIO SINGS IN SPANGLISH. So excited that @gabbyzapata.bsky.social will be illustrating this book of my ❤️, a love letter to L.A. #kidlit

My next picture book illustration is announced! I'm so excited to share I'll be illustrating "MY BARRIO SPEAKS IN SPANGLISH" by the amazing @monicamancillas.bsky.social !! Born in Los Angeles, I'm so excited to share this love letter to LA. Coming to a bookstore near you in 2027! ❤️ #kidlitart

I’ve been working on reopening my shop for holidays. And I finally found a fun activity for my mom and she has been helping me make these purse charms. She has early onset Alzheimer’s and seeing her find joy in this makes me extremely happy. The funds from these will go towards her future care 💕

Oops it’s #kidlitartpostcard tag. Missed a word! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! I’ve illustrated 3 books so far and I’m open to more books! Info below 😊!

In honor of Grief Awareness Day, we recommend two of our @kidlitcollective.bsky.social books...DANCE LIKE A LEAF by @ajirving.bsky.social and Claudia Navarro and THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by @writerjolene.bsky.social, Shaian Gutiérrez and @gabbyzapata.bsky.social. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

I forget to add hashtags here 😅 #disney #latinxsky #characterdesign #disneyland #pixar #coco

I was asked to do a couple of pieces for Disney Parks Wonderground gallery 😊Ernesto De La Cruz original painting sold, but there are prints in both California and Orlando Disney parks! The original painting of Up I think is still available. Hope you get a chance to visit and see them in person!💕

Spotted on the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators blog: The SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winners, including The Ofrenda That We Built by Shaian Gutiérrez, @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and me! Thanks to Justin Campbell and Holly Thompson for blogging! 🥰🎉 scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

🌹 Happy National Latina Day 🌹 Today we celebrate the strength, brilliance, and vibrant culture of Latinas everywhere. From breaking barriers to building communities, your contributions inspire and empower.

I wish someday studios would change the narrative to make dogs the villains and not the cats. Every single movie that features both, aaaaalways the cats end up being the villains lol. 😆 Nothing against it, but change it up!

I know this may not be everyone's favorite thing from me to do, but it's something very special to me that I've been working on that I'd like to keep under wraps until the final product is out :) open.substack.com/pub/gabbyzap... If you'd like to support, pls feel free to subscribe to follow along!

🎨 Spotlight on @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Gabby is represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social and is interested in illustrating picture books and black & white interiors. Gabby's Illustrator Page

Woah! Gosh time flies!! 🤩🤩🤩

Happy FIRST Book Birthday to THE OFFRENDA THAT WE BUILT written by @writerjolene.bsky.social and Shaian Gutiérrez with #illustrations by @gabbyzapata.bsky.social. What a year it has been! So many awards and recognitions! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #booksky #EduSky

What an honor! I’m incredibly grateful for this award! @writerjolene.bsky.social 🙏🏼💕💕💕

There’s a lot of new faces around here so I thought I’d share a lil about-me on my Substack! gabbyzapata.substack.com/p/introducti... 🤗 #latinsky #characterdesigner #artist

There’s a lot of new faces around here so I thought I’d share a lil about-me on my Substack! gabbyzapata.substack.com/p/introducti... 🤗 #latinsky #characterdesigner #artist

I'm honored that THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by Shaian, @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, & me won the Crystal Kite Award for the SW Division! I'm grateful to my SCBWI friends for supporting this book of our hearts and so happy to see so many other friends' books on the awards list! Congratulations to all!

Over the moon for this award!! Honored to share it with Jolene & Shaian!🫶🏽🫶🏽🩷🩷🩷 (Sry for repost! Had a spelling error) #kidlit

👀All Smurf artwork on my website! 😊🩵 #smurfs gabbyzapata.com/paramount-an...

Watched it with my family in Spanish so my mom could understand. And I’m extremely grateful there was that option to watch. I really loved the Spanish translation! They matched the characters so so well. And the jokes landed just as funny as in English. Go support our film opening weekend! #smurfs

Happy Smurfs release day!! Lots to talk about, so head on over to my blog for a full detailed breakdown of our girl, Smurfette! Go watch in theaters now! 💙🩵 Gabbyzapata.blogspot.com 🩵💙 #smurfs #smurfs2025 #rihanna #ririnavy #smurfette #characterdesign #visdev #latinxsky

Everyone go watch the new Smurfs movie coming out tomorrow! The team and I worked hard on this film and it was a delight to have been able to focus most of my time with Smurfette and more! 🩵 Art to be shared in the coming days! 🥰 #smurfs #characterdesign #art #latinsky #paramountanimation #smurfette

I haven’t shopped at Target since they scaled back on DEI initiatives and it’s wild to see how much I’ve saved since! Bummed to see some ppl still shopping there but I get it- some things you can’t find elsewhere, close location etc. But it’s good to see there’s been significant $ loss on their end

My friends who are @scbwi.bsky.social members, it's time to vote for the Crystal Kite Award finalists in any/all regions! Voting ends on July 18. THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by Shaian, @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and me is a SW division finalist: Learn more/vote here: www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite...

Bird experts! Haha, are these two boys?? Not a boy/girl right? They’re about a year old. My Mom has had em since Aug 2024. If we wanted a girl, what can I do? I can put 2 girls in same cage, right? It would be so cute to see babies! 😆💕 #birds #parakeets

Learn more about The Ofrenda That We Built, the book that Shaian, @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and I created on Kathy Temean's blog today! There's a #giveaway! kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/b... #kidlit #picturebooks #author #writer #teachers #librarian #libraries #teacherlife

Hi, all! If you're an SCBWI member, it's time to vote for the Crystal Kite awards! THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by Shaian, @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and me is included in the Southwest Division www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite... We would appreciate your vote for this book of our hearts! 💖🎉

Last night was our Smurfs crew wrap party! It was so fun to see all our hard work on the big screen 💙🩵 Pls go see it on box office weekend July 18th in theaters!!! #smurfs

Dear future kids looking to get into medical field: please become a neurologist. The world needs more of you! 🙏🏼😩 It’s always so dang hard to book one that isn’t half a year away!

When u get the secret without even trying ‼️👀 #labubu

You know when companies offer like, “win a trip to xyz!” Or, “win $x on giftcard for this store!” From a promo or cereal box etc. Or a car for example. Has anyone ever actually won those ??? Only curious 😂

Imagine finding out 4 days before your mom’s neuro appt that you booked HALF A YEAR AGO is now being handled by a NP cuz Neuro moved all patients to a NP 😭Nothing against NPs, but itll be confusing for mom due to her condition and I’ll have to explain her condition to someone that doesn’t know her 😫

⭐️I’m having a book giveaway!⭐️ I’ll be giving away one of my illustrator copies to one lucky winner! Enter here: www.instagram.com/reel/DJaiaWe... #kidlit #picturebooks #giveaway #bookbirthday #youbeteacher #illustrator

I think we're all agreed that teachers deserve the world ❤️ Join us in celebrating the hardworking individuals that take care of our kiddos every day this Teacher Appreciation Week 🍎 #TeacherAppreciationWeek #Edusky @karlaclark.bsky.social @supriyakelkar.bsky.social @gabbyzapata.bsky.social

Shoutout to Once Upon a Time Bookstore for having our book, “You Be Teacher” written by @karlaclark.bsky.social on release today! Happy Book Birthday to this new book dedicated to all the hardworking educators! 📚🍎 Out now in a bookstore near you! #kidlit #YouBeTeacher #illustration #childrensbook

Today’s our book birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳 Together, @karlaclark.bsky.social and I, have made this very special book dedicated to our hard working teachers! 📚🍎 pickup in a bookstore near you! bit.ly/3GH0Kbt #kidlit #childrensbook #illustrator #YouBeTeacher

Also! My 3rd illustrated book releases TOMORROW! 🥳 A book dedicated to the amazing hard working teachers! 🍎📚 Find them at a bookstore near u or preorder here! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... Preorders help make books more visible. Thank u for ur support! 🫶🏽 #kidlit #latinskyartist #illustrator

The show I worked on as a lead character design has a release date and cast announcement! Tune in on Netflix Aug 22! deadline.com/2025/05/long... #characterdesigner #latinskyartist #animation #netflix #longstoryshort

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! It’s so fun to see everyone’s cards 🥰 I’m Gabby! I love textures and colors! My 3rd illustrated book, “You Be Teacher”, releases in 6 days! I’m currently available for new projects. Rep’d by: Kelly Sonnack @ ABL Site: Gabbyzapata.com Pre-order: shorturl.at/3WDMD

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! It’s so fun to see everyone’s cards 🥰 I’m Gabby! I love textures and colors! My 3rd illustrated book, “You Be Teacher”, releases in 6 days! I’m currently available for new projects. Rep’d by: Kelly Sonnack @ ABL Site: Gabbyzapata.com Pre-order: shorturl.at/3WDMD