It was so fun to get to table with @anneappert.bsky.social at the Newton Children’s Book Festival on Sunday! I saw so many people and failed utterly at taking photos… so here are two I managed and one from Victoria. They star the very cool @weyakindesigns.bsky.social and @andrewchacket.bsky.social !

Had so much fun seeing friends, meeting new friends, and looking at and buying SO MANY BOOKS at the Newton Children’s Book Festival today! In photos: @phaeacrede.bsky.social @adriakarlsson.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @andrewchacket.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

#KidLitLaunches BANANA MENORAH celebrates creativity, a two dad family, and Hanukkah... feeling grateful I get to create #kidlit that would have changed my life if I read it as a kiddo!

Hey! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of books for kids. I try to work texture and color into everything I do. I love manuscripts that are quirky, funny, and have a load of heart. I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social. ✨ www.twofishillustration.com

Of all the trees that transform and autumn, ginkgos are my favorite! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 🍂 I am open to illustrating kids books and black-and-white interiors. cindylozito.com [email protected] Happily rep’d by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!" 🌌 julianplum.com 💌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Adria - a queer, trans author/illustrator of books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kiltart #cutpaper #autumnleaves

#ChatsByTheCauldron - This is my fourth prompt for #ABLArtFest… and maybe my favorite?! I really love how the leaves turned out for the background and these characters are some of my favorites. I wonder what they’re all chatting about? 🍂🍁 . #picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Thanks to The Tufts Daily for covering #MassFreedomToRead and An Act Regarding Free Expression! www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025... @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social

3rd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #GhostlyEncounters! Apparently that doesn’t make everyone think of alien encounters… but that’s where my brain went! 👻 👽 🎃 . @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #ghost #alien #oldbarn

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

Got my 2nd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #TheCrystalBallReveals! This started out fun and ended up slightly ominous… what with the approaching rain clouds and all. . @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #itsybitsy #spider #treehouse

My 1st piece for #ABLArtFest - the prompt was #fallfestivities! I adore the sneaky dragon, the determined bunny, and the trying-ever-so-hard robot…. But the mad scientist and dog for sure “steal” the scene (see what I did there?!). #kidlitart #illustration #cutpaper @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

2nd carpal tunnel surgery today! I had my right hand done 4wks ago. So I’ll just be hanging here with my Advil and my bag of peas waiting for ONE OF MY HANDS to feel normal.😩 (ok, I have to teach middle schoolers in 3 hours… but until then, and after that, it’ll be just me and the peas.)🫛 #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Adria - a queer, trans author/illustrator of books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kiltart #cutpaper #linocut

Oh hey #transdayofvisibility. I’m here and trans! It’s hard being trans in this country right now (understatement), but I love being me and hope that the future is still bright. And I hope there are lots of queer books in my future. love to my enby partner in crime @adriakarlsson.bsky.social 🩷🤍🩵

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

April 5 10:30 AM Word on the Street in Marlborough MA Join us!

OK, let's do something fun, something we did a few times on Ye Olde Textcentric Microblogging Social Media Platform, a little distraction called JOSH READS WAYYYY TOO DEEPLY INTO A KID'S BOOK WITH POTENTIALLY ALARMING RESULTS. Today, the absolute work of genius PRINCESS IN BLACK Let's go...

Hello hello, #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Julian, and I'm a queer & trans picture book illustrator painting in traditional gouache 🖌️ The snowdrops will come back soon enough :) 🎨 julianplum.com 🌿 Rep'd by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitart #kakapo #nzbird

Are you a trans or nonbinary writer? Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:

Every time I go to a conference I get to meet new, cool people - this year’s #scbwiny25 was no exception! Thanks for being a new friend, @caitdarfler.com !!

Look at those red feet! @adriakarlsson.bsky.social @heidieys.bsky.social @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social

Dropped off my portfolio, ran into @leewind.bsky.social, and shopped for unnecessary art supplies at the Kikokuniya bookstore. The conference is off to a good start! Maybe I’ll see some of you tonight at the hotel bar? #scbwiny25 (apologies in advance for the face blindness! Please say hi!!)

Made it to NYC! #scbwiny25 starts tomorrow… but for tonight I’m going to the @joyoladokun.bsky.social concert and I’M SO EXCITED!! 🥰😊😁

The puppy will be staying behind, but the portfolio and dummy are ready for the @scbwi conference this weekend! Who all is going to be there this year? I feel very out of the loop with everything else that’s been going on…. . #scbwiny25 #kidlit #nescbwi #picturebookauthor

Teacher gifts are ready to go! I hit on this idea a few years ago and it’s definitely become a yearly expectation and fan favorite. 🥰 I’m so stinkin’ grateful for the adults that make up my kids’ extended world! 💕 . #teachersrock #glögg #swedishamerican #teachergifts

The blobby monsters in blobby hats turned into a thing. And now are on sale at Chartreuse Microbus in Cafe Zing in Porter Square! #notecards #portersquare #cambridgema #somervillema #kidlitart

Day 11: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Message / SEL Books for Kids. SO many picture books with a message are terrible or (far more likely) meh. Here are the legitimately great ones. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/11/3...

Spent an evening blobbing blobby hats on blobby monsters. I’m pretty happy with how cute they ended up being. ☺️ #kidlitart #watercolor

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitart

1. In a major development, the first national consensus guidelines for trans youth have been released in France. They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see." They refute much of the Cass Review. Subscribe to support my journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...

25% of kids in the US are Latinx, so here’s your Latinx KidLit starter pack and make sure to read, boost, and support Latinx stories all year long! go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz

Thanks for adding even more info, Maria! Can’t wait to see you there. :)

I’ll be at this event, too! I’m so excited it’s happening!! Come meet so many cool local authors and illustrators. 💕- December 14th! #newtonma #cambridgema #kidlit #nescbwi #parenting

I've given this piece of advice to students more than any other.

I feel like putting together a Starter Pack of South-East Asian #KidLit illustrators. Anyone wants to be added? You can be of SE Asian descent (see comment for countries) but live outside of SE Asia; you have to do children’s illustration.

Firstly, writing isn't something we choose to do...it's something that chooses us. If you're reading this thinking, 'Maybe I should be an author for a living' but have no great fire, passion, or need to write then don't bother. Choose something else. It's a headfuck you don't need in your life.

So I’m going to do what I can to help the fight against book bans and keep writing and illustrating my own queer stories. And I hope we all will keep doing what we can too. Because #BooksMatter (5/end of my somewhat rambling thoughts and emotional processing 😊💛)

An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

Got to do a school visit with some cool teens at Manhattan Star Academy today thanks to @behindthebook.bsky.social ! Thanks for bringing me into town. :) #kidlit #authorvisit #schoolvisit #newyorkcity

This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America. — Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%) — Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%) — Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)

TONIGHT!!! #KidLitArt chat 🎂🥧

All set up at the Chartreuse Microbus market inside of Cafe Zing in Porter Square! Come shop my stuff, or all the other very cool art and vintage stuff in the old porter square books location. #cambridgema #somervillema #market

“Quote post with a picture of yourself and show the newbies who they’re dealing with.” #kidlit This is me and my crew. Having them seemed like an excellent form of chaos; life has mostly confirmed that. Generally, I’m a half step behind my intention to do ALL THE THINGS but love what we have built.

Someone let me know my art was being stolen (again), this time on Temu. She reported it & the listing seems to be removed now. But it’s a reminder to pls not shop on Temu, esp art stuff. Even at a glance, so much of it is obviously stolen from independent artists 😢.

There are many things I enjoy about my #13yearold cooking dinner - the dogs’ also enjoy it, but I suspect for different reasons. 😂 #raisethemright #spoilthedogs #goodkid #gooddogs #parenting

See a cat, post a cat. If I must! :) #kidlitart #kidlit