Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

Why I thought diving straight out of Bologna into Easter holidays would be a good idea I’ll never know. But finally starting to recover and reflect on what a brilliant week it was. Far too many wonderful people, memories and photos to document here, but I’m so grateful for all of them.

What a great day I had doing my first ever in person school visit! I talked to years 4, 5 and 6 about why being an illustrator is such a cool job and offered some tips on how we can get our characters to show different emotions. When can I do another one??

How To Roller Skate with One Leg, a wonderful, important book I encourage all kids to read. Maya's story is empowering and fun - plus, there's GUINEA PIGS. Ella is so lovely, I’m honoured to be a part of this book. Massive congrats to all the team for a lovely book and brilliant party!

Always lovely to hold the final product in real life 📕 💛 🛼 @hachettechildrens.bsky.social

Trouble at the Farm is the second book in the Famous Five Adventures series that I have illustrated. Written by Sufiya Ahmed and bringing to life Enid Blyton’s much loved characters - George, Julian, Anne, Dick and their dog Timmy, from the Famous 5, will be out in May 2025!

New work on my website! www.jenniferjamieson.com

Sharks 🦈 are older than trees 🌲

This is such welcome news. Spending months of maternity leave visiting the hospital while you're unable to take your baby home, worrying about your baby's health, really is not the dream. Thanks www.bliss.org.uk for always supporting the families of preemie babies x www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's another illustration of my fave two, Jet and Hilary. I'm having fun with some more one-point perspective work. And I'm really looking forward to creating a few more illustrations and adding some more characters once I've developed them. I wonder who the villain should be...?

When you open a lipgloss but turns out it’s a lil pot of glitter 😭✨

Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP If you've not already emailed your mp about the AI consultation, use this. It takes seconds. #kidlituk

Working up this galactic bus stop illustration in black and white right now

Feeling grateful once again that I’ve never had the urge to dance on social media for likes #blessed

It must be tough being a kid today. Growing up knowing your parents can beat you at Mario Kart.

Unpaid carers are under-represented in writing, publishing & the Arts more generally; I'm in a good position to begin to collect data (more on which soon). I also believe that unpaid carers should be protected in law - @carers-uk.bsky.social on The Equality Act here. www.carersuk.org/reports/maki...

What a great idea! I'm definitely in need of some motivation and accountability

Do not engage with trolls. BLOCK them. Certain people thrive on the controversy, the attention. Do not give it to them. Feel free to share with anyone who needs it: How to Block a user on Bluesky (including screenshots of what they'll see, etc): debbieohi.link/how-to-block #BlueSkyTips

I've been spending a bit of time playing around with a character I just can't seem to get out of my head. I'm hoping to spend the next month or so developing a bit more of a concept for Jet and HIlary the Hover Cat. Where do you reckon they live? #characterdesign #middlegrade #alienillustration

Happy book birthday to The Picture Puzzle, written by Sufiya Ahmed and bringing to life Enid Blyton’s much loved characters from the Famous 5! Here's a little flick through to celebrate. The illustrations are brimming with details to help little ones become immersed in the world of Enid Blyton.

Happy 2025 everyone! 🥳 Thanks to all my illo friends that have listened when I moan, offered advice and been there for me. Also thanks to the brilliant publishers that trust me to bring stories to life. It’s an honour I hope will continue for many years. #artvsartist #kidlitart #illustration

It was SUCH a joy to be asked to be involved in this brilliant book by Ella Dove. How To Rollerskate With One Leg follows Maya Bright, a 12 year old amputee navigating a new life after losing her leg. Available to pre-order now! geni.us/1mAVzu

Of course I want to spend my Saturday night searching in the cold damp attic for the 🤬 elves

The @authorfy.bsky.social Xmas party was (kids) LIT!! 🌟🔥✨ MASSIVE thanks to the queen of kidlit Christmas @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social already excited to next year! 🎄

So... maybe we don't have to dance in order to get noticed on social media after all?

Hi! So happy to see so many new faces here. I'm a UK-based children's illustrator working mainly in young fiction and middlegrade. You can see more of my work here: www.jenniferjamieson.com

Hello to our new followers! 👋 📚 We're a children's bookshop with books for babies through to YA, based in Retford, North Notts 📚 We have a tea party on the ceiling 📚 We love COMICS 📚 We believe children's books should be on best of lists in their own right 📚 Children's books are the best!

Miss you already! Thank you to every single exhibitor, visitor, and guest for making Thought Bubble 2024 amazing. Want to be the first to know our 2025 dates and when applications open? Join our mailing list here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/mailinglist

Here’s a starter pack for picture book and young fiction book creators in the UK - please ask to be added 😄 go.bsky.app/Eopnbgm

Sorry you guys are going to have to wait until Jan to read the next Famous Five for younger readers! Written by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social so excited for this one!

Please suggest some good books/graphic novels/ comics for a 11 year old girl.

Getting lost the The World of Tim Burton…

The World of Tim Burton at the Design Museum. There is so much beautiful original artwork on display at this exhibition, it really is one of the most special things I’ve seen in a long time. I really implore you to go take a look if you’re able to.

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but drinking a large glass of water will probably solve 80% of your problems right now xxx

Wow what a day! We had so much fun at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social watching our kids’ passionate about all the creators and their characters and comic gave us all the warm fuzzy feelings. Thanks everyone involved in making it so special.

Who’s at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social today??

I used to do this in the early days of twitter so, before this place becomes feral...got any questions about children's publishing/writing? I won't have all the answers but I worked in publishing for 15 years before going full time as an author, here for all your demystification needs. #Kidlituk

B'bye Twitter 👋

Had a wonderful time celebrating this beautiful new book by @mrtimdraws.bsky.social and Karl Newson

Hello! I am a children's illustrator, specialising in expressive characters and detailed illustrations that kids love! If you like my work and what I'm about, feel free to get in touch, I love to hear from anyone and everyone that shares a love of brilliant literature for children.

Don’t know why it took me so long but the thought of spending even one more second on X gives me the ick. I’m here for picture books, middlegrade, graphic novels and all things children’s publishing. Let’s connect 🙌

Can you guess who I’m dressing up as for Thought Bubble cosplay this weekend??

The Picture Puzzle, written by Sufiya Ahmed and bringing to life Enid Blyton’s much loved characters - George, Julian, Anne, Dick and their dog Timmy, from the Famous 5, out in January 2025! So excited to show you more! #youngfiction #chapterbook #kidlit #illustration @hodderbooks @hachettekids.

Bringing some murky drama to Bluesky #graphicnovel

Meet the cast of my latest graphic novel 👋

Here’s a map I drew for a middlegrade graphic novel all about swamps!

SCBWI British Isles conference: my POV open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Just to make sure absolutely everyone on the entire planet sees how cool our costumes were for the SCBWI British Isles conference last weekend, I'm posting here too. #wildthings

🌟✨💫⭐COVER REVEAL!⭐💫✨🌟 I'm so excited to reveal the cover of @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social's latest MG sci-fi novel, illustrated by me! Astra FireStar and the Ripples of Time is a tale of a young boy from 1990's Glasgow, who runs off with a time fugitive to bring back his dead brother. Preorder now!