This #picturebook by @carriefinison.bsky.social and Brian Biggs is so much fun! With #rhyming that rolls of your tongue it tells the story of Rosie as she builds a road with the help of her crew, but when exhaustion hits, the crew will prove the value of #teamwork! A must read for sure!

Massachusetts friends! Please join us at the Newton Children’s Book Festival - a FREE event on Sunday, 11/16, 11am-3pm at the New Art Center. Meet 60+ children’s book authors and illustrators. Signed books for holiday giving, bookmark craft, & lots of fun. Learn more: newtonchildrensbookfest.com/

Most of my poetry is for young kids, but here's one for YA and teens from Paper Lanterns: "THE SOUND OF YOUR SILENCE" featured in their Autumn 2025 issue. Please to enjoy...

Thank you @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social for inviting me to share WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND with a group of amazing kids in NYC! ❤️ Thanks also to Literacy In Community and @nypl.bsky.social for coming out to support the event as well. 🎉

大昔、漢字が入ってくるよりも前の時代の日本語では、「感謝」を表現するとき、何と言ったのでしょう？知っているひと、おしえてください。 In the ancient Japanese language before the introduction of Kanji(Chinese characters, han characters), how did people express "thank you"? If anyone knows, please tell me. #langsky #日本語 #Japanese #古文

Happy Halloween! Here’s a short comic for a fnaf au I’ve had. #digitalart #fnaf #fnafau #fnafpuppet

My debut Picture Book, "My Someone" is now available for Pre-Order on Amazon and Barnes & Nobles! The book will be out on March 3rd, 2026.

Happy Meow-loween!

Demons and snakes and scary roosters! Illustration created for musician, Deviant Folk.

Happy Halloween!

Coming soon: new projects from @laborofloaf.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @aimeeleewrites.bsky.social + more buff.ly/lqTWNB7

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS! Illus Highlight: @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social zbasterplume @shihopate.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social @gelakalaitzidis.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Lisa Johnston Hancock, John Ledda @lucianaillustra.bsky.social K. Stock, C. Dittmann mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

PS Happy Birthday @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Happy Halloween! #halloween🎃 #happyhalloween🎃 #witchandcat

Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught. So it’s important that you create things. It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share. It’ll do your brain & the world good.

It’s HERE!!!! I sweated BLOOD over this one! But I persevered and the click was a GREAT THING… that’s what the AI bros don’t get. Learning how to do it yourself IS the point… you don’t GET the big epiphanies without the BIG PROBLEMS AND STRUGGLES :)

Cover reveal (& kitten reveal 🐱)! Touch a Truck Day, illus. by Viola Wang, releases 3/17/26 from @chroniclebooks.bsky.social! This lift-the-flap board book invites readers into the driver's seats of 8 trucks to discover their unique features. More info: carriefinison.com/books/touch-a-truck-day/

Wow! Thanks for including DINOS THAT DRIVE, Evanston Public Library! 🦖🦖🦖

My daughter drew Drew.😁👍 #kidlitart #illustration

Every Tuesday, including this very one, there's a #kidlitchat here on Bluesky at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific. It's an hour of chatting with #kidlit folk (many of whom are also dessert folk, too, I must add), and this week it's gonna be more exciting than the World Series! Err. Or at least fun. Join us!

Looking to connect with others in the #kidlit space? Set aside Tuesdays at 9pm eastern and join #kidlitchat

Ghost & Moon #ghost #casparin #moon

One down, 7 to go! Cobb EMC/Gas South are energy companies that host a yearly literacy week for schools in their Marietta, GA area. I was asked to be a speaker and we agreed to host virtually. Kindergartners asked: My favorite animal, color, food, and where do my grandparents live?

Prunella Scales, 22 June 1932 - 28 October 2025. One of the great talents, over a career spanning more than 70 years. Unforgettable in Fawlty Towers, of course, but so, so much more than that. We will miss you, dear Prunella.

After reading an article on NPR about a new book vending machine concept, I went to that company’s website, and found a familiar name front and center on their page— @helenzax.bsky.social . I ❤️ having writing friends. #kidlit #picturebooks

NEW YORKERS! Please join me THIS THURSDAY 10/30 for a storytime event w/ @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social! 🎉 🥰 Hope to see you there!

The first review is in for EVEN STEVEN: A BOOK ABOUT SHARING, and it’s a STAR from School Library Journal! "This book is everything children need in a book: smart, funny, relevant, and surprising—and highly recommended." Read here: tinyurl.com/4pr4kfnz More about the book: tinyurl.com/2rak4867

I am. Monthly. We’ve posted videos on the as part of The KidLit Deconstruction Zone podcast. We have actual reels but switched to audio which is much easier to produce! We’re working on a #kidlit #writing craft Halloween episode this month! @kdzpodcast.bsky.social

I was just looking at what sort of interaction I got on #kidlitartpostcard day on Instagram vs. here on Bluesky. It wasn’t even close. 145 vs 34. #kidlitchat

Here’s another

2026 can't come soon enough!#kidlit #publishermarketplace

Hi Bluesky! I've finally switched over and am excited to reconnect with my kidlit community here.

Welcome new #kidlit friends! Here's a massive thread of #kidlit starter packs focusing on writers. Feel free to add any I miss! go.bsky.app/3EhKVqU

Hey Brian, here's a snap of a current WIP: Have just started to paint my Shy Ghost character in between other things. #kidlitart #kidlit #artshare #WIP

Human Artists, Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

Breakfast #breakfast #ghost #ghostfamily

Tree Cat House on Placita de las Banderas, Tepalo, Ajijic Couple local boys came over and pointed out that there is no cats on the treehouse. So I added a cat who was sleeping under a car nearby, on left bottom. #usk #urbansketching #tepalo #ajijic #cattreehouse

Don’t you just hate it when you’re trying to question your ex about a recent murder and she starts trying to flirt with you? #digitalart #oc #ocart #horrorart #bodyhorror #ocsky

It's Monday #KidLit check-in time. I have a quiet week with a list of more forward tasks (writing and promotions) and putting new stickers up in my Etsy shop. PLUS! My freshman daughter is shadowing me on Thursday as a school assignment. How about you?

It's a COVER REVEAL! Please help me celebrate my next #picturebook, I WISH THAT YOU KNEW, illustrated by the fabulous @alyssarussell.bsky.social ! Coming 8/25/26 from Little Bee Books!🥰 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social

Eureka! It’s official. TORRIBLE PUNS is an award winning book! #eurekaawards #awardwinning #bookawards #picturebook #childrenspoetry

Nancy Drew from one of my favorite games - ghost dogs of moon lake #nancydrew #digitalart

Weird guy at the store #digitalart #fnaf #puppetfnaf #fnafau

Are you a #kidlit reader, writer, or educator new to Bluesky? There are many great kidlit starter packs out there to get you going, but may I humbly suggest you start with my own Kidlit Creators? You can click to follow everyone on the list. go.bsky.app/JMsbRr4

New to Bluesky? I have info on getting connected here that will help, it is geared toward those with #kidkit and #publishing interests, but could be useful for anyone looking to jump in and find their community! briankirbystudio.com/why-join-me-...

Hi, Brian! Here's a sneak peek at a picture book that I've written and illustrated. The dummy is in the hands of my agent at Martin Literary Management! #picturebook #author #illustrator #birds #hope #extinct #magic #book

Hamlet is not mad and never once pretends to be mad. The only one who claims Hamlet is mad is Polonius, the idiot. Hamlet doesn't "hesitate." He acts rashly and stupidly throughout the play. How anyone who's actually read the play can say otherwise is beyond me. #Shakespeare

Hello! some news: I'm writing & drawing a comic chapter book series for young readers! it's published by First Second, a long-running comics imprint for kids at Macmillan. Thanks to Robyn Chapman, editor, & Susan Hawk, agent, & YOU, friends who see my sketches. rachelelliott.me/2025/09/26/i...

Happy Spooky #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I am an author/illustrator and love drawing expressive animals. Agent: Kendra Marcus / BookStop Literary Portfolio: abicushman.com #kidlit #kidlitart