Hello November #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Marie Hermansson, I illustrate children's picture books with a narrative style. Storytelling through pictures and capturing special moments within the larger story. Reach out directly to me, I'd enjoy hearing about your picture book projects! #kidlitart #kidlit

So excited that it’s #worldjellyfishday ! 🪼Visit an aquarium and learn all about them. Perfect time to preorder THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES, out from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social on 4/21/26. Art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social . Edited by @naomikirsten.bsky.social . @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Happy Halloween Blue Sky!!! 🎃👻🎃 #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist (greeting card design I hand lettered a couple years back).

I saw a MOOSE outside the kitchen window this am! It ran away so fast so no photo. 🥲 I went outside for a closer look & it stared at me, which I took as "hello human, you look pretty cool" & I said the same back to the moose. Now we're friends. 😄 These are tracks we found from days earlier. #kidlit

Fall Festivities, ArtFest 2025! #ablartfest @andreabrownlit.bsky.social Moose eat fermented apples fallen from apple trees in peoples gardens. The apples contain alcohol and the moose get tipsy from eating them. So watch out for the moose swaggering and swaying around like some drunken sailor. 😄🍎

To aid folks in their ongoing education regarding the nature of book bans and censorship this #BannedBooksWeek (and beyond), we’re giving away a bundle of nonfiction and fiction books about the ongoing fight against book bans! Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️ 📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ

We’re back with #ABLArtFest 2025!  There's a lot going on in the world these days, so this year we're offering weekly prompts this year instead of daily ones. Use the #ABLArtFest hashtag and tag @andreabrownlit so everyone can find you.  We can't wait to see what great pieces you come up with!

Did an interview with Steph Fizer Coleman on her Let's Make Picture Books Blog, go check it out! #kidlitart www.letsmakepicturebooks.com/blog/lmpb-su...

Hi September #kidlitartpostcard 🍂🍂 Time to get outside & explore, forest bath, peer into a pond & see if you can spot a turtle? I'm Marie, #KidLit illustrator. My agent @carynwiseman.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social will enjoy to hear from you!! www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com

Snuggly serpents in this month's Ranger Rick Magazine published by the @nationalwildlife.bsky.social Had fun drawing these African ball pythons in their striped pajamas! #kidlit #kidlitart

Excited to see that Pennsylvania Librarians have chosen The Reindeer Remainders by @kateywrites.bsky.social and I for a Keystone to Reading Books Award. Wonderful news! @carynwiseman.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitnews #kidlit @keystonestate.bsky.social

Cover reveal day! THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES written by yours truly with stunning art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social ! An aquarium exhibit in a picture book! @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social . @naomikirsten.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social lnk.to/Secretsofthe...

The Secrets of the Jellies cover reveal!! So happy for this delightful nonfiction picture book by @karenjameson15.bsky.social pub by @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 🪼 Preorder now! Publishing April 2026. 🪼🧡 Thank you to my agent @carynwiseman.bsky.social and editor @naomikirsten.bsky.social 💕 #kidlit

Congratulations to this overflowing cornucopia of ABLA titles featured on the Bank Street 'The Best Children's Books of the Year' list! See the full list here

New design out in stores!! Let me know if you find one... there's a lot of fish in the sea. 🎏

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "The Reindeer Remaineders" by @kateywrites.bsky.social and @mariehermansson.bsky.social. A hopeful story of overcoming division. #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #stem #heart #inclusion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Recorded the call of the endangered Red-Cockade Woodpecker in the longleaf pine forest yesterday w/ my Merlin app @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social I saw one flying moments later. There are around 15k of these birds in the wild. They live in family units almost exclusively in longleaf pine trees. 💚💚💚💚

Party for the Pine 2025! Hugged the 477 yr old longleaf pine subject of The Birthday Tree by Christine Iverson pub'd by @holidayhouse.bsky.social The book covers the history of the longleaf pine forest that once covered 920 million acres from the South East to Texas. 5.3 million remain. #kidlit

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! My name is Marie, an illustrator bringing all kinds of nature stories to life for amazing authors & their equally amazing publishers! Get in touch w/ your book project! 💚 📚 Rep'd by @CarynWiseman @AndreaBrownLit 📚 www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com #kidlit #kidlitart

🎉 BIG NEWS! 🎉 Kelly Sonnack has been announced as the new owner and president of Andrea Brown Literary Agency The full press release can be found here. Congratulations to Kelly, Andrea, and the whole agency on this new chapter!

A gopher tortoise, native to the long leaf pine ecosystem of North America. Along with some carnivorous pitcher plants! A value study for an upcoming nonfiction book about the long leaf pine forest. #kidlit #kidlitart

Interview with Debbie Levy about lessons from history www.slj.com/story/Histor... @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 10: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Math Books for Kids. Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for everyone. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/10/3...

A moon jellyfish bloom, one of my fav spreads from the upcoming nonfiction picture book by author Karen Jameson @karenjameson15.bsky.social THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES illos by me published by @chroniclebooks.bsky.social Can't wait for it to be out in the world soon. 🪼🪼🪼 #kidlitart #kidlit

🎉Everyone please join us with hearty congratulations and many rounds of applause for ABLA's newest associate agent, the wonderful @analiacabello.bsky.social!🎉 She is now OPEN to queries, and you can find her full agent page here

A warm & tropical holiday greeting to you #kidlit community. It's the first Thurs. of the month which means #kidlitartpostcard day for #illustrators. I'm Marie rep'd by @carynwiseman.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social lately I've been working on ocean topics but I 💙 to draw all the habitats.

'Tis the season to be jolly... a new Christmas greeting card I designed for our family's favorite grocer. I love seeing these cards being enjoyed by people around the country. I have had dozens of card designs at this store over the years but this is my first Christmas design. 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 #kidlit

What is that creature? It's an upside-down jellyfish of course! Soaking up the sun on the seafloor. This is a little sneak peek of an illo from a current nonfiction picture book project I'm working on and really loving. 🪼 #kidlit #kidlitillustration #jellyfish @karenjameson15.bsky.social

All of the picture books published this year by the Picture Book Parade 2024 group of authors and illustrators. It was such a pleasure to be a part of this talented group of women and to read all of these stories. So much love and effort poured into every page!! #kidlit

Quite the fishicianado. Obviously not #kidlit art. 🙃 But hi!

It’s #BacktoSchool time! Kick off the year with THE REINDEER REMAINDERS by @kateywrites.bsky.social (illos by Marie Hermansson), a rhyming, math picture book that highlights the importance of working together and including others. #EduSky #teachers #librarians #kidlit #STEAM #math

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard !! 🧡 I am Marie, an illustrator with a growth mindset...currently growing tangerines. 🍊 I make STEAM topics accessible for children through illustration. Books about forests, oceans, farms, math. Rep'd by @carynwiseman.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit

📚 Our bookshelf pages are newly updated and looking nice and ✨shiny ✨ Check them out here: Children's Bookshelf Adult Bookshelf

An illustrator in a garden by the sea. 🇸🇪

A bit of a map I'm illustrating for a wonderful picture book about farms. This book has so much diversity in terms of locations being depicted. It's made for quite interesting research! #kidlit #kidlitart

A wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for The Reindeer Remainders! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

There are 170 reindeer in The Reindeer Remainders. To track them I created a chart w/ antler styles (female antlers are shorter w/ fewer points) along w/ respective bandana colors. I did anatomy studies & a method to draw their heads, a big square, medium square, & small square at the end! 😀 #kidlit

A couple awesome books I picked up this week by @kateywrites.bsky.social (💜) , @mariehermansson.bsky.social, Justin Colón, & Pablo Pino.

Happy BOOK Birthday to The Reindeer Remainders written by Katey Howes @kateywrites.bsky.social pics by me! 🎉🥳 I'm very proud of this book. I know Katey was too. It is a bittersweet celebration without her here but a celebration nonetheless bc it is a book that will bring JOY to many!! #kidlit

Today, I'm celebrating the launch of @kateywrites.bsky.social newest book REINDEER REMAINDERS with art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social Of course this posting doesn't come without a great deal of mixed emotions. I wish Katey could be here to celebrate with us. I miss her so much. #kidlit #STEM #SEL

A very special box arrived this week!! #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitcommunity

Just opened my package from my local indie bookstore to find this picture book gem! Great rhymer presenting math and SEL topics with lovely illustrations by @mariehermansson.bsky.social!

The Reindeer Remainders is now the #1 New Release in Children's Math Fiction on Amazon! Plus #19 for the Kindle edition. Releasing July 16th, pre-order your copy today! #kidlit

4 Fabulous creatives from @steamteambooks.bsky.social share their amazing nonfiction picture books releasing in July. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @katiefurze.bsky.social @kateywrites.bsky.social @mariehermansson.bsky.social @lisavperron.bsky.social #interview #nonfiction #kidlit

THE REINDEER REMAINDERS is out today! @mariehermansson.bsky.social

Author Erin Dealey is featuring THE REINDEER REMAINDERS on her blog today. She kindly invited me to answer some questions about the making of Katey's wonderful new book. Hope you get a chance to read it! #kidlit erindealey.com/book-birthda...

📚👍It's #WildAboutWildlifeMonth and @kateywrites.bsky.social & @mariehermansson.bsky.social 's #PB, REINDEER REMAINDERS, is the perfect read. Here's my review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #WhatToRead #bookreview

#TheReindeerRemainders cleverly teaches maths concepts. Division, remainders & prime numbers are explained in an easily understandable, child friendly way as 13 reindeer try & make sure none of them are left out 🦌 storysnug.com/2024/06/the-... @kateywrites.bsky.social @mariehermansson.bsky.social

Plein air sketching at Jolly Hall Beach, Exuma, Bahamas. By far our favorite beach. ⛱️ #kidlitartist #pleinair

Stingray + Hooman encounter. Magnificent. #bahamas