My resolution to be the coziest person in every room is going very well

Drink some water. Go for a walk. Put your phone down. No amount of doom scrolling is going to make things better. If you want to do something, make a plan to protest and call your representatives. Dont run your nervous system ragged on socials rn

Goodnight. ‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson

Hyvää uutta vuotta, Happy New Year 2026! (Kuva Tove Jansson, taikatalvi)

Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson. #December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍

Linen jacket by Agnes Richter, a seamstress who was incarcerated in an Austrian asylum during the late 1800′s and who embroidered her life story onto the jacket as an attempt to express her identity #WomensArt

Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray, 18thc French midwife who designed various innovative textile models to teach midwife trainees about delivering babies, saving the lives of thousands of mothers & infants #Womensart Find out more re women's weird/wonderful textile arts in bookshop.org/beta-search?...

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity... It’s as simple as that.” -Tove Jansson

it is a little disconcerting that none of the people in charge of anything right now seem to know how to do it. like, if you were on a bus and the driver started whipping around all crazy and yelling about how buses don’t need wheels you’d probably be like, hey. this guy shouldn’t be driving the bus

'Patched Dutch barn' in snow by contemporary painter Kate Evans #Womensart

NEXT THURSDAY 1/8: a SPECIAL & super-fun episode: Game ‘n’ Doodle: Goofy drawing games with 3 guests: Luke Flowers, Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social & Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social + me, hosted by my wife @mrshoffy.bsky.social! Join us! We need you, the viewers, to score the rounds #kidlitart

Some good news to start our new year: pandas and green sea turtles have been saved from near-extinction 🥰

'Australia's annual Duck Fashion Show.' www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/austral...

A Tree Is a Community words by David L Harrison, art by me, pub by Holiday House has been translated into Portuguese for the Brazilian market!! a.co/d/cbYCqav Photo credit: Chris Baker of Broadening The Bookshelf #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #NYTbestseller #portuguese #STEAM

My daughter asked me to print this for her.

I really want to share this, always love when this kind of thing happens: you design an outfit and someone instantly does a cosplay out of it ❤️ by @krissi.q ->>> thank you so much 😘

The news is out! I'm starting a new book blog called PICTURE BOOK POSTCARDS. If you have a recently published or soon-to-be-published picture book, please consider featuring your book on my new blog. More details: aprilberrybooks.com/send-me-a-po...

Walter doesn’t care about the extremely heavy rain… he wants out & he wants it NOW. #goldendoodle

LLMs have been created to replace humans in as many roles as possible. There is no way to use them that does not harm humans or the environment. Those who argue otherwise are really good at lying to themselves.

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Maybe it's because it's Christmas, but I'm suddenly thinking about the football team from Beetlejuice and the survivor's guilt their coach must have felt.

[me, an intelligent person] yeah but the bear would know my intentions and befriend me

A #kidlit rec: Jashar Awan's "Every Monday Mabel." A perfect picture book about Mabel, and what she waits for every Monday... Reminds me of "The Carrot Seed" (Kraus/Johnson). bookshop.org/a/3703/97816...

We’re hiring a Commissioning Editor in the Faber Children’s team. You’ll have experience working with authors across all age groups, picture books to Young Adult, and a track record in commercial acquiring. Closing date Sunday 4th January 2026. www.faber.co.uk/careers/comm...

Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.

Walter being judgmental about my sofa hogging. #goldendoodle #wrappinggifts

“Kill two birds with one stone” from five languages… 5. Roast two pieces of meat on one fire (Polish) 4. Shoot two rabbits with one shot (Romanian) 3. Hit two flies with one swatter (German) 2. Catch two pigeons with one fava bean (Italian) 1. She both picked mulberries and saw her lover (Korean)

There’s a Turkish phrase about the upside of hitting rock bottom being that things can’t get any worse. It goes göte giren şemsiye açılmaz and it means “an umbrella up one’s ass cannot be opened.”

I drew this rabbit last night instead of going to a party ©2025 Cosgrove. #kidlit #kidlitart #introvert #rabbit #pagancircus #illustration #handdrawn #noai #humanartist #childrensbooks

Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways

Thread on why even using AI as a way to brainstorm a project is a horrible idea.

There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”

VERY EXCITED about this big bangy book written by the amazing @karanewhousebooks / art by me / published by @holidayhousepeachtree To be continued…. #bigbang #steam #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #scienceforkids #evolution #dinosaurbooks #asteroids #childrensbooks #newdeal

My festive eye twitch has started.

Good News! mailchi.mp/eastwestlite... BkBdays/ Deals @k8cosgrove.bsky.social @zombietardis.bsky.social @meganefreeman.bsky.social @staciawrites.bsky.social Kudos @kellycrull.bsky.social @stacysjensen.bsky.social @laurenkerstein.bsky.social @jeannewharvey.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social

for sale baby shoes never worn BECAUSE THE BABY CAN FLY! EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT THE END

If you see this listing pop up on Amazon, just know that it is NOT the comic by @stephwilliams.bsky.social and @ignitionpress.bsky.social It's an author who had the cover copied to sell his own book. Ignition is on it, but this is brazen theft.

Our 2026 E/W wish:zbasterplume,K. Stock @shihopate.bsky.social Gela Kalaitzidis,C. Dittmann @lucianaillustra.bsky.social John Ledda,Nora Hilb,Tammy Do @lisajhancock.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Gianna Marino. mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

I'm not running out of good ideas. Who is this "we" you're talking about exactly?

Big Bird & Bear 🌈©2025 Cosgrove... New Art Print in my Etsy shop!! My homage to Big Bird & Bear🌈 #bigbird #sesameestreet #fanart #muppets #kidlit #80skid #illustration #artprint #kidlit #kidlitart : link for my Etsy Shop in bio / Linktree @eastwestlit @hownowbooking

my thirst for thrifting is fueled solely by my desire to bring home a haunted artifact

Getting caught up with the #LittlePeopleBigDreams #AdventCalendar. 🐕Noodle is silly and dumb 😆 This one’s illustrated by @ariadelsole.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Fireplace sounds like a caveman named it

"You have to use AI." ...why?

Hey there, I, ROCK: A Geology Tale fans. 😁🪨 Guess who's teaming up again??? This time, we aren't Earthbound... Steph Stilwell and I are back at it, taking on ASTRONOMY!!! 😃⭐🌌🔭 I am so beyond excited to announce this new #BookDeal!!!! Ahhhh!!!! 😃😃🤩 #KidLit #STEMLit #PictureBooks

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New print!! #kidlit #kidlitart #muppet #sesamestreet #bigbird www.etsy.com/listing/4420...