back porch garden! Two moms and their lil pride & joy- plus some ripe tomatoes! #kidlitart #illustration

Join me next Saturday at Porter Square Books @porter_square_books at 11am for storytime. I’ll be reading, drawing, showing originals, and of course signing books for my newest release PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY #booksigning #bookrelease #portersquarebooks #childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart

Daily Hank: Everybody Scream Edition #pug

To all of my St. Louis friends and my librarian friends who will be in on Wednesday for AASL, I want to invite you to a talk with my amazing friend Amanda Jones where she’ll share the story behind the story of her bestselling book That Librarian. RSVP here: www.left-bank.com/event/amanda...

If you found that Jimmy Kimmel getting pulled due to FCC coercion was a heinous attack on free speech (& it sure as hell is!) wait till you hear about the 10,000 books that have been banned in schools & libraries! If you're an author, join the fight @authorsabb.bsky.social We're stronger together!

Friday #kidlit recap: All the things got done! Even a smidge of writing. 🥳 The museum event was lovely and a welcome break from all the bad. How about you?

Had a fun time at the Currier Museum of Art Art Off the Walls exhibit & sketchoff with kidlit creators Chuck Dillon, Emily Drouin, Jennifer E. Morris, Mark Parisi, Gina Perry! Thanks for having us! #curriermuseum #markparisi @jemorrisbooks.bsky.social @ginaperry.bsky.social @chuckdillon.bsky.social

My new business cards arrived today and they are super buggy! #kidlit

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Tonight! From 5-8pm #kidlit

Not everyone can always cancel things during a boycott, but if you can, today is a perfect day to terrorize the shit out of Disney. Do it for a week. Or be like me (the person described in the follow up post) and cancel b/c you forgot you were subscribed. Then make sure to tell them why. I did.

Also this, and I say this as a person who, in the past, has had the job of growing a mailing list like the one for these events. Yes, it's nice for organizers to be able to reach you later for event updates, reminders, follow-up, associated actions, fundraising, etc., but it carries risk

The address to target is: Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521-3515

So long Hulu!

Seattle area folks, please keep an eye out. Our beloved local game store owner Maitreya (Game Gurus) has been missing since 12am. He is the one on the left in the photo, with the eyepatch.

Encourage your new reader by bringing them to the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival! We've got early readers, chapter books, and early graphic novels galore. It's all happening Saturday, Oct 11th from 10am - 4pm at the Redmond Senior & Community Center. Free admission!

Feeling fully smashed in a sandwich generation week. IYKYK.

Shrimps Shrimps 🦐 #gouache

ugh @loyaltybooks.bsky.social is amazing, one of my fav shops -- take a look at their site and pick up a few books if you've got some spare cash loyaltybookstores.com

Clumpws enjoys curling up in a wet, leafy mound with a good book and a family-sized bag of mulch or a chippy tea (“ wood chips, that is!”). Be careful when clearing out that woodpile. Clumpws might be in there absorbed in a Ken Follett.

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! #TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW. Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

Halfway through submission month, have you done yours yet? 👀

As we bid farewell to these last hot summer days, I remember childhood, when I used to sing into the fan and hear a warbly alien voice sing back. Did you ever do that? Daily dose of #positivity, including #peace, #hope, #love, or #wonder to bring smiles to your faces. Feel free to share the love.

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

FYI to the teachers and school librarians out there! #edusky #booksky #skybrarian

I'm excited to be a part of this fun evening event with 5 #kidlit artists at the Currier Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire. September 18th from 5-8pm. I'll be around to chat before the drawing "sketch-off" event, and I'll have books and stickers for sale. www.currier.org /1

@brianmcl.com @stephlaubooks.com The museum event is a night of 5 kidlit artists tabling, talking, then a draw-off. It's a free admission night for the community and a Tomie dePaola exhibit just opened. Should be fun! I need to do promo today across socials.

Heads up, illustrators! #kidlit This will be a well-needed boost to start the week.

Monday #kidlit check-in: I'm mucking through some email/marketing today, then working on final magazine cover art, and prepping for a fun museum event on Thursday night! Plus making time for writing (it shouldn't always be the last thing on my list, but yeah...) How about you?

Stop #2 on the Gnome Sweet Gnome Tour! ✨ Shared There’s No Place Like Gnomes @anunlikelystory with a warm crowd—reading, digital drawing demo, & fan art! Thanks Maddie & Lynda + meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social & Krystal for photos. Next up: G. Willikers & Silver Unicorn! 🍄💛 @penguinkids.bsky.social

If you're a #KidLit author who would like feedback from a kid about your first 5 pages and their ability to pull in a reader and keep their attention, my daughter would love to read for you. She's saving for her orchestra trip! So you'd also be supporting a young musician. #writingCommunity #author

it's absolutely critical to understand in this moment that people aren't largely reacting to who Charlie Kirk was as a person, but who they knew him as because of what tiny pieces of him got clipped out and stuck in their newsfeeds.

By some stroke of luck, I am NOT laid up for 24-36 hrs after my Covid (Pfizer) shot as has always been the case.

Guess whose worm art is going to be on a @theyetee.com tee tomorrow?? 👀

Friday #kidlit recap: I did not get back to working on book ideas - but I crushed all that other stuff, took one day to help my parents, and just got my Covid and flu shots. How about you? (This week was so hard, I know)

Weston, MA: Joy Meng Teaches Kids How to Write Their Own Books! Children's Book Writing Class FOR KIDS! buff.ly/Ue5Ju2Z via @pragmaticmom #WestonMA #NewtonMA #kidswritingclass #JoyMeng

Hey friends, lots of comicsgate / anti-trans / general bad actor types joining bluesky over the past 24 hours, seemingly to harass anyone supporting gretchen felker-martin. keep an eye on your new follows and block on sight

It's time for Doodle Mail newsletter AND to announce the winners of my THE KING OF BOOKS giveaway! Congrats to @alistaps.bsky.social and @mrshoffy.bsky.social and a big thank you to all who entered and shared!!! #kidlit ginaperry.beehiiv.com/p/september-...

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

Shameful to see a creator fired off a book and the whole series immediately cancelled on the same day because she was glib about the murder of someone who famously said that people like her should be stoned to death.

I really wish all these FB friends popping up talking about this 'weird and sad time in America' were referring to like, the rise of fascism, book bans, turning the military on our own cities, and kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps.

Little Medusa, her not so chatty snakes and her sidekick Mr. Mozzarella 🧀🐍 #kidlitart #kidlit #medusa

Ticket sales for tonight's event with Saeed Jones, Maggie Smith, and many more will close at 4PM!

FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL DIRECTOR (by me, writing as Hazel Graves) is out today! 💍 ⚰️ 🥀 If you're after a bonkers romcom full of laughs and magical shenanigans, I have you covered. Happy reading! harpercollins.co.uk/products/fou... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK8L8BHV #booksky

BOOM! Studios is HIRING!!! We're looking for a talented, organized, and detail-oriented Assistant Editor with 1-2 years in editorial or a similar field! You will most likely be working directly with me on a variety of comic titles. Please visit the link to apply! bit.ly/42ooXLq #comicjobs

Sharing my book #giveaway since you have one last day to enter! #kidlit #EduSky #Skybrarians

On the lookout for short term illustration gigs!! I'm a queer disabled illustrator working primarily in kidlit looking for new projects including covers, album covers, editorial, posters, etc! please share if you can 😘 💝 jaymebrodie.com 💌 [email protected]

Once again thinking about Macaulay Culkin walking into the Parisian café where the wifi password was “Macaulay Culkin” and the owner saying “I knew you’d come here someday”

Daily Hank: Pug King Edition Today’s prop and pose provided by Hank’s human sister because Mom (me) was out all day. #pug