ONE DAY LEFT TO ENTER! Picture Book Summit is offering 3 scholarships to unagented BIPOC children’s authors and illustrators to this year’s Summit on October 3, 2026. Please share: picturebooksummit.co... #amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Studio snapshot this evening for #KidLitArt chat

Working on mine today! Have you started yet?

It's been a little while since I got to play with traditional media. Fun fact the oil pastels were given to me as a thank you gift by a classmate I tutored in HS nearly two decades ago, but they still work just fine!

CALL YOUR REPS NOW! SPREAD THE WORD! HR 2616 was snuck onto the calendar for a vote TOMORROW. This is a pro book banning bill which seeks to ban ALL books by or about trans individuals.

We are delighted to announce that applications for our third CAG Mini Grant are live! It's hard to make the comics YOU want to make when the cost of living keeps rising. So this Mini Grant is here to offer a little breathing room: groceries, childcare, whatever you need. forms.gle/J7V7frhTZvH7...

9 more PBs on my very long list of masterful contributions to the lives of readers. I don't create for critics. I create in solidarity and community w/ other marginalized+allied creators bc that's the world we need to build. We don't need more critics. We need more access and care. #BeAnAmbassador

🔔 Bidding for WNDB’s Let’s Diversify Publishing Auction is NOW OPEN! Check out all the details and listings at our auction site below (🔗 also in bio) 💻 diversifypub.givesma... 📅 Thursday, May 7th - Monday, May 11th (closes at 9 PM Eastern)

Ok. We all had our day to talk shit and be angry. But it's Wednesday now and I'd love to encourage the kidlit community to focus on our real fight. There are now 2 book banning bills introduced on the federal level. 7661, which we largely know about but now 2616, too. It's call your reps o'clock!

I love this idea!!! I'm in. #BeAnAmbassador

The 2025 Nat Ambassador for Young People’s Lit estimated that “94.7 percent of kids' books are crud.” So I am responding to @katemessner.com call to turn this into a positive opportunity to share books we 🩷 A small sampling of some great #KidLit I’ve read recently. #BeAnAmbassador #NonCrudKidLit

Just nine out of the hundreds and hundreds of picture books I could list that blow me away with their level of quality, craftsmanship, cleverness, power, and voice. Fellow creators: Thank you for your work, grit, and passion. Our books are not the problem, the systems are. #BeAnAmbassador

Hey writer and artists friends who are pissed off at sickening treatment of humans by ICE like I am: I have an action for you today! Children's Rights is collecting mother's day messages of support to moms at Dilley. You can type a message or draw and send an image. www.childrensrights.org/l/formoms

Hmmmm 🤔 Maybe it’s time for my first kidlit art postcard.

Why was six afraid of seven? Because if they were seen together everyone would start shouting their names for no reason whatsoever. #DadJoke #SixSeven

The ND Kidlit auction is up 🎉 Some interesting options this year: book bundles, AMAs, lots of cool stuff! www.32auctions.com/organization... #KidLit

My goal in life is to make picture books that Millennial parents who spent too much time on Tumblr as youths read to their children and then instinctively mutter, "Welcome... to Night Vale" as they close the cover. #LateNightThoughts

Hi friends! this is still moving through the US Congress. It’s basically an anti-trans censorship bill disguised as “protecting children” (and its worded so vague, a corgi butt could be “obscene”) You wanna do something for #TDOV ? Call your reps. Call for all your trans friends 🤍🩵🩷

Was anyone else obsessed with pattern blocks in elementary school? Entry for this months SCBWI challenge: KALEIDOSCOPE #scbwiDrawThis #scbwi #scbwiIllustrators

Today’s sign :) We love our neighbors. #NoKings Be safe there y’all ♥️ Let’s show ‘em what love looks like.

If you’re looking for an accessible way to attend No Kings 3.0:

Sometimes I get a bit impatient waiting for the shorebirds to return and channel my inner Andy Goldsworthy.

Working on some #KidLitArt character sketches.

I grew up in a world where I never saw people like me in the media. Probably why it took nearly 40 years for me to figure out who I am. Under this bill, books like mine would be banned from schools nationwide. Act NOW. Representation saves lives. #transkidsareourkids #fbookbans

Based on true events y'all. 🤯

I'm a polar bear who lives for winter ❄️ , but I know some of y'all are already excited for summer ☀️. Are you a winter person or a summer person? If you feel like it, repost with summer or winter art to vote. #KidLitArt #KidLit #Illustration (detail from a WIP)

Last chance to apply, but you still can! Hop over into the Discord if you've been unsure about anything and have questions or just need some encouragement from other applicants, it's a very friendly place! Good luck everyone!

Still a few more days to apply! Check if you meet Charles' expanded requirements because they just changed!

Such an incredible opportunity! Still time to get in your apps!

Needed another doodle break! (Plus a blank version waiting for your doodles if you do too!)

Amplifying this for anyone who's rep is on the committee, but also hey why not call your rep anyway and ask them to speak out against this bill right now? Book Bans are wildly, cartoonishly unpopular and multiple states have passed Freedom to Read Acts. Lean on your rep to condemn these weirdos.

How to procrastinate when you should be filling out paperwork, a four page essay.

Okayyy, I’ve been influenced 😆 I had to try some blob monsters too!

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 #valentine #valentinesday #love #kidlitart

Hello #comics and #kidlit fam! Today’s the day that my 2nd graphic novel for kids, ZEB AND BEL: A CASE OF BIRD PROBLEMS flies to the shelves. Pick up your copy here, and thanks for your support! @harperkids.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/zeb-...

If you're looking for ways to help, the organizations at the site below are helping in all kinds of ways. Find one that speaks to you and donate if you can: www.standwithminnesota.com

#iceoutminneapolis #iceoutmpis #melArt🔥 I jumped on the #iceoutcomics trend. Here’s what’s on my mind these days…

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

Some of my favorite books from my 2025 reads 📚💖🌈 Books read: 369 Pages read: 85,806

Happy solstice + Chanukah! Since the Jewish calendar is lunisolar, months following the lunar cycle + years adjusted to follow the solar cycle, it is a special year when we get to light every candle on the menorah in the center of our winter solstice village. I believe the next time will be 2044!

It's been such a year! 🤯 I've learned so much, still have SO much more to learn, and am loving every minute of it. (Well, at least most of 'em! 😅) Off to peruse other people's art v artist posts! 💖🌈🎨 #ArtVArtist #ArtVsArtist #ArtVArtist2025 #KidLitArt

This Chanukah may your laughter be playful, may your love be filling, may your branches be curious, may your roots be grounding, may your darkness be nourishing, may your flames be strengthening, may your oil be plentiful, and may your dedication be meaningful. חנוכה שמח Chanukah Sameach

Tonight we light the 1st candle as an act of hope. Tomorrow, we light 2, and each night consumes a bit more darkness as light is passed, generation to generation. The 1st candle is not alone- we have the Shamas. We have each other. #chanukah #hannukah #kidlit #kidlitart #jewishart

❄️ Happy snowy Chanukah y’all ❄️

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m thrilled to announce that I am now represented by the incredible Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties! I’m an author/illustrator open to PBs, early readers, and graphic novels. I love off-the-wall humor and oddballs characters! brookebaum.com #kidlit #kidlitart

New PChats coming this Friday! Booking will open soon (check Owen Davey's IG). And if you would like to be a mentor, we are always looking for more volunteers; to my #kidlitart colleagues, we need to help improve diversity & equity in the industry! Lmk if you have Qs. instagram.com/owendaveydraws

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

If you're working on something meaningful to you even though you're worried about being able to publish it or be compensated for it amidst the book bans and "soft" censorship, I appreciate you, thank you. And so does Freya—she offers you the cutest toe beans in Beantown in gratitude.

Detail from a work in progress 🌊 I've been wanting to combine traditional and digital illustration for so long and I'm finally learning how! Thank you to the fabulous @priscillaalpaugh.bsky.social for all the wisdom and encouragement! #KidLitArt

I like this one a little better. #notoai #antiartificialintelligence #aintnothingliketherealthing #kidlitillustration #kidlitart