Thank you to maistorybooklibrary over on Insta for including Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social in her NEW Books about Big Feelings #kidlit recommendations! 🌟📚🌟 www.instagram.com/reel/DYN0MUm...

Thank you @patricianewman.bsky.social for having us in your blog and connect Language Arts and STEM in the newest title of the #bigblueearth series! @amicuspublishing.bsky.social @thecreativecompany.bsky.social ! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Guess what? Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social is my FOURTH #kidlit book with the amazing @lucianaillustra.bsky.social #maythefourthbewithyou 🌟 The other three are with @kanemillerbooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

April was a month of SQUIRREL PARTIES! 1/🐿️ I mean, when your book is called: Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social —that’s what you do! 📚🐿️📚Right?

Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay 🌟📚🌟Thank you to ALL the Indies who create welcoming spaces for BookLovers + #kidlit everywhere. 🌟📚🌟 I’ll be at The Bookery today w/ SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social Story + ART at NOON

Fabulous! Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @erindealey.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social Just Flowers @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear #kidlitmegafeed #skybrarians

Hot off the Press — April @cbcbooks.bsky.social Were so thrilled to see Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings included! cbcbooks.org/cbc_book/squ... Releases April 7th @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

🌟Thank you so much @mrschureads.bsky.social for helping us celebrate our #BookBirthday today! 🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟 Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social “Like Art and Libraries, Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings is for all of us.”

It's a BIG day here at Beaming! Happy pub day to the creators of The Boy With Big, Big Energy and Squirrel Draws Big Feelings! (Including @jacobsouva.bsky.social, @erindealey.bsky.social, and @lucianaillustra.bsky.social!) www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc... www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...

Friends, check out this great post by @erindealey.bsky.social at Lit Links! Thank you @patricianewman.bsky.social !

E/W March news: Deals, Bestsellers @meganefreeman.bsky.social Book Bdays: Ernesto Cisneros,Gianna Marino Antoinette Portis,Patty Cisneros Prevo,Shannon Hitchcock @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sarah Scheerger, Susan Katz mailchi.mp/eastwestlite... =GOOD #kidlit news!

Sometimes when Squirrel felt BIG feelings, he couldn’t stop racing around! Art lovers everywhere need to preorder Squirrel Draws Big Feelings, on sale next month! www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc... erindealey.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social

Thank you so much Erin for the wonderful questions about "A Speedy Little Cheetah on the Big Blue Earth"! Happy Birthday to the 4th title of Big Blue Earth! @eastwestlit.bsky.social @thecreativecompany.bsky.social ! #earthday #stemforkids #librarians #teachers #nonfictionforkids

"The instinct toward #creativity in difficult moments is not incidental. It is the brain’s attempt to restore coherence, & may be one of the most human things about us." @psychologytoday.com In the pb Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings, #ART "feels like a quiet hug." @lucianaillustra.bsky.social #kidlit

Thank you Book Worm for Kids for this wonderful review of "Squirrel Draws Big Feelings" which will be out in less than a month! Pre-order now!

“Unboxing & holding our book will never cease to be a highlight for me, no matter how many books I illustrate.” @lucianaillustra.bsky.social the amazing Illus of SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @erindealey.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social Yayyy! It’s here!

❤️ #ReadAcrossAmerica WEEK #WorldBookDay with kids from TK to 8th—California to Maryland & Virginia! DEAR EARTH @lupencita.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social JUST FLOWERS @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

Thank you for this interview, Lauren! Happy Monday, friends.

Zeebwa Liu shines and nails the single Lutz, she dedicates her gold medal to her good friend Lynx E. Vonn who suffered a crash a few days earlier. #winterolympics2026 #alysaliu #figureskating #childrensbookillustration

Happy Friday, friends! the Official Book Trailer is here! "Squirrel Draws Big Feelings" written by @erindealey.bsky.social illustrated by @lucianaillustra.bsky.social for @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social will be out April 7th but you can PRE-ORDER now! @eastwestlit.bsky.social #librarians #teachers

We heARTyou! mailchi.mp/eastwestlite... Ledda, ZBAsterplume @shihopate.bsky.social Arndt Stock,Kalaitzidis @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Dittmann @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social @kellycrull.bsky.social Hilb, Wood, Toledano

Is it April yet? SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @eastwestlit.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #ArtSky #LibrarianSky We ❤️ PreOrders: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/squirrel-d...

Official trailer drop! "A Speedy Little Cheetah on the Big Blue Earth" is the 4th title in the #nonfictionpicturebook series Big Blue Earth and will publish March 10th. Pre-Order now! #stemforkids #librarians @eastwestlit.bsky.social @amicuspublishing.bsky.social @thecreativecompany.bsky.social

After years of grueling training, overcoming multiple injuries and 3 knee surgeries, Tania is poised to be the first hippo to land a first Single Lutz at #milanocortina2026 ! She will dedicate her victory to her good friend Lynx E. Von who crashed days before the games started. Good luck, Tania!

Woo-hooo! Happy #WRAD @eastwestlit.bsky.social @litworld.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @lupencita.bsky.social So much FUN! #WorldReadAloudDay

Interviews with Elly Berke and Luciana Navarro Powell, the gifted author and illustrator duo of LISTEN, WONDER, ASK ... and a giveaway, too!! writersrumpus.com/2026/01/20/i...

“My 4-yr-old loved it that the characters used art to work through emotions. I think she found it super relatable & it made her ask to get the sidewalk chalk out…” ❤️📚 Early review from a 4-yr-old via @hellonathanc.bsky.social Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings 4.7.26 Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social

thank you for reviewing "A Speedy Little Cheetah on the Big Blue Earth", Kirkus Reviews! Publishing on March 10, available for pre-order now! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Season's Readings 3/3 @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social @zombietardis.bsky.social @arielvanece.bsky.social @meganhoytwrites.bsky.social @meganefreeman.bsky.social @almafullerton.bsky.social erindealey.com/authors-and-...

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...

#theimaginedbookcovers2025 @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Congrats @asiqueira.bsky.social Can’t wait to read this (and pair it with our upcoming Squirrel Draws #BigFeelings — @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

The 4th title on the "Big Blue Earth" series written by Tory Christie illustrated by me for @amicuspublishing.bsky.social publishes March 10th, 2026!Young readers will explore the African continent through the lens of the Great Migration in this #nonfiction #picturebook @eastwestlit.bsky.social

The 4th title on the "Big Blue Earth" series written by Tory Christie illustrated by me for @amicuspublishing.bsky.social publishes March 10th, 2026! Young readers will explore the African continent through the lens of the Great Migration in this #nonfiction #picturebook ! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"Squirrel Draws Big Feelings" coming up next spring! ERin and I can't wait to share this story of big emotions and BIG ART - miles and miles long! - with you! written by @erindealey.bsky.social illustrated by me @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #picturebookillustrator

"Listen, Wonder, Ask" written by Elly Berke published by Tilbury House is a finalist in the International Latino Book Awards for my illustration work, I'm so pleased! What an honor to be a finalist among these stellar Latino book creators! #childrenbooks #childrenbooksillustrators #kidlit

A few days late but EVERY DAY is a good day to cherish and love GRANDPARENTS! AND.... I know why, Erin 😍!!!

oh hello, #kidlitpostcard day! A flight of macaws over the Amazon River towards Belem do Para for you! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Spring ‘26 East West Literary titles via @publisherswkly.bsky.social +1 🌟📚 Congrats @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @lisajhancock.bsky.social Ernesto Cisneros, Shannon Hitchcock, ZBAsterplume, @kbiddle.bsky.social Susan B. Katz @patricianewman.bsky.social Gianna Marino @erindealey.bsky.social

Wow! Saw the almost final pass of our upcoming (4.7.26) #SEL #picturebook SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS & omg @lucianaillustra.bsky.social's #art is so perfect! BeamingBooksMN No spoilers, but it's based on Lu's actual #chalkart. Look! @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed

#teachers #librarians #educators! #coverreveal for"Squirrel Draws Big Feelings"! It comes out April 7th, by @erindealey.bsky.social illustrated by @lucianaillustra.bsky.social for @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social !Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com to get a 25% discount! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

From BookListOnline: Promising PBs LISTEN, WONDER, ASK by Elly Berke/ Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social Luciana Navarro Powell /Tilbury youtube.com/watch?v=eYXvFN…

Happy May Flowers, friends! #KidLitArtPostcard

Do you know something AI will never be able to do? This. To paint plein-air - and show the work, in situ. #pleinairpainter

So happy to be included on this stellar list alongside so many fabulous #picturebook creators! Thank you Erin for hosting writer Elly Berke "Listen, Wonder, Ask" and writer Tory Christie "One Small Koala on the Big Blue Earth" to talk about these books that I illustrated!

Join author Elly Berke and I this Sunday at 3-4pm for this wonderful line up of Western Washington kid lit creators! We will be sharing behind-the-scene stories of how we created "Listen, Wonder, Ask" ! Free but you must register www.scbwi.org/events/insid...

Educator friends! Check out Patricia Newman's blog on how to connect STEM and Language Arts! Author Tory Christie and I posted a lesson plan to teach Spacial Awareness using "One Small Koala on the Big Blue Earth"! #stemforkids #nonfictionpicturebooks #childrensbookillustration

Hello #kidlitpostcardday ! Represented by Deborah Warren at East West Literary. #nonfiction and #multicultural themes are subjects I have illustrated recently, but my interests and skills are broad. Stop by at lucianaillustration.com and check out these 2 #picturebooks out now!👇

Hi #kidlitartpostcard ✨ I am Shiho Pate and I love illustrating kids, food, monsters, funny, heartwarming stories! Portfolio: shihopate.com Rep'd by: Deborah Warren at East West Literary Agency #kidlirtart