It's a little early, but I wanted to let #kidlit know that our first #KidLitArtPostcard event of 2026 will be Thursday, January 8th. www.ginaperry.com/postcard

🚨TODAY/TONIGHT: #kidlit superstar Nicola Slater will join me for live art-making and a fun chat. 🗣️Ask us anything! 🕕 6pm EST on Instagram Live #kidlitart #illustration #illustrators #art #artists #liveart @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social

Thinking about #amquerying in 2026? Gift yourself one of these last few spaces to help with any last minute polishing needs & to help strategize how to best position your work. #scbwi #KidLit #KidLitArt #amwriting #amillustrating #PB #MG #YA #illustration #WriterSky www.scbwi.org/events/easte...

Sending all my love this week to my Jewish friends and family and beyond. Wishing you peace, strength, and a happy Hanukkah. 🕎 #happyhanukkah #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #hanukkah #kidlit #kidlitart

Aw, look at this little cutie ✨

Hi all. Another weekend is here, which means another quick sketch! Speak soon 🩷 🌲 ⭐️ P.s. I have just sent the last “Flying Post” newsletter of 2025. See bio for sign up link ⭐️ • #kidlitart #december #sketchbook #winter

Announcement! I'm closing to queries for January, so get them in now! #queries #agenting

#MSWL I would really love to see some picture books in my inbox right now from authors and author/illustrators. Send me your fresh concepts please. I love humor with BIG heart, dark humor, superb informational fiction, and lyrical stories that tug on my heart. #kidlit

Another #kidlitpostcard day is here and I get to admire all the talent on Bluesky once more!

#Illustrators! Enter the #JollyCon logo contest! Your design could become the official logo for our winter children’s writers conference. Winner gets FREE Dec 17 admission + recordings. Show your art to #kidlit creatives and boost your portfolio. #kidlitartist #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard

Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Thank you for believing in Canadian stories and believing in the CCBC. With your support we raised $14,370, making it our biggest #GivingTuesday ever! These funds will help us continue our mission to bring Canadian books and young readers together.

📗❤️The Little People Big Dreams Advent Calendar is filled with full-length teeny books! Who is the subject of the first book? 🗓️Come back every day to see the next one! #littlepeoplebigdreams #adventcalendar2025 #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy December! ❄️ It’s my first time joining and it might be the only entry for #theimaginedbookcover2025? Thanks to all the hosts for this fab challenge: • #kidlitart #theimaginedbookcover2025a #illustration #bookcover #challenge

Thank you to author-illustrator @jannieho.bsky.social for sharing her awesome school visit flyer with us and giving me the inspiration to make my own! Read the full post on Kidlit Survival Guide, the Substack I write w/ @christinenevans.bsky.social. kidlitsurvivalguide.substack.com/p/author-vis...

As you we head into gift-getting season, Black Friday right around the corner, please try to shop small where you can. It literally means the world to small business owners when you do so. #shopsmall #supporthumanartists

Authors, mark your calendars! #booksky #writing

@askylitocean.bsky.social For you....

#BookSky #WriterLife ✍️ #Thanksgiving 🍗🥧

My Brain: "Psst, here's a great idea for your book." Me: "I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it." Morgan Freeman: "But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made." #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025). On November 26, 1922, cartoonist Charles Schulz was born in Minneapolis, MN. Scott # 5726- issued 2022 #philately #thisstampinhistory #stampcollecting #stamps

Reminder for anyone looking at their calendar + trying to figure out how to hit those writing / creative goals you made for 2025: It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work. Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️

Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists. These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.

This is an excellent opportunity! Catarina is intelligent, insightful, warm, and generous.

A timelapse from yesterday's inks. 3 more days and I finish those. I wanted to sketch them loosely and faster, but my dear neurodiverse brain won't let me.

I'm reading queries for the next few hours. Anyone have #askagent questions about querying, writing, or publishing? Happy to answer questions for a bit.

A lovely event for your holiday shopping. I’m pleased to be participating with fellow creatives. #yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts 🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚

The last #KidLitArtPostcard day is 2 weeks away. December 4th! #kidlit www.ginaperry.com/postcard

If you are in the lower Vancouver Island area on Saturday, November 21 consider coming to the Cedar Hill Holiday Market. I will be there with other local picture book makers and other artsy people! @booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents

The "hard angle" is definitely a challenge, but it helps to have some experience as a hand drawn animator. We had to draw character poses and expressions from every conceivable angle - hard or otherwise - to make sure we got the character down. This is Dash from Space Case: The Graphic Novel.

Happy Tuesday. Nothing really happens during an autumn storm… Speak soon 🧡 🧣 • #kidlitart #autumnweather #stormseason #illustration #picturebook

Hey illustrators! The #scbwidrawthis prompt for November is buttons! Can’t wait to see what you all dream up.

Although i love the mild winters of the westcoast, i sometimes miss listening to the snow quietly falling. The stillness under the trees. A childhood memory that resurfaces with every winter. ❄️ ✨ To shop holiday cards, link in bio! #illustration #holidaycard #smallbusinesscanada #kidlitart

If you’re in Victoria on November 22, I will be at Cedar Hill Rec Centre from 10 am to 3 pm. I’m with a group of Vancouver Island Picture Book Creators so if you have gifts to buy for children on your list, this is a wonderful way to shop local and support literacy! 🇨🇦 📚 #yyj #gifts #shoplocal

Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social

#kidlitpostcard #kidlit #illustration Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.

#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100

Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...

The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me." Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No. Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.

#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration A collab for day 56/100 with 3 of my grandkids

#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration Day 55/100 6 more sleeps!

#Agents, #editors & #publishers you still have time to find your next amazing GN client amongst the 181 pitches on the #KidLitGN website: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... The pitch event ends Oct. 31 #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels

Check out all the amazing prizes for the upcoming Halloweensie contest through Susanna Leonard Hill. #kidlit #canscaip #SCBWI

Even in the middle of the woods, readers need to know. #library #kidlitcommunity

🧸"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your HEART!"🧸 ~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926 #AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift

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#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration #barbie #gingham #vintage Quick! My day’s almost done - day 54