Welcome home little buddy! And a PSA 🔥 (no I didn’t paint eyes on it! Smoke detectors should never be painted!)

🎨 Spotlight on @breannacarzoo.bsky.social Breanna's Illustrator Page Breanna is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social. She is open to picture books and board books.

Talk about MAILBOX JOY! My picture book made into earrings with scrabble tiles?!?! THANK YOU @kazwindness.bsky.social 🤩

Lawn-Mowing Day cover reveal! This is the first book in my Little Landscaper board book series publishing with Little Simon! Let’s snip snip, rumble rumble and vroom vroom! 💚

Recs please! Got a favorite brand of pen that doesn’t act like it’s out of ink when it’s not?! 😤

At a school visit today a 3rd grader asked if I were a YouTuber and he seemed quite bummed when I said - nope, just an author-illustrator! 😅

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm open to PB and BB illustration work and I'm repped by @jenrofe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social www.BreannaCarzoo.com

Definitely on purpose! 🤩

Huge congrats to @studiohoffmann.bsky.social on 3 years of his Gab ‘n’ Doodle series! Can’t wait to binge watch more episodes on YouTube when I jump into final art making here soon! 🤩

📬 Do I need to buy more stamps? No... but do I want these new Goodnight Moon forever stamps? YES! 😍

SPRING DELIGHTS! 🌼 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm open to PB and BB illustration work, I make with cut paper collage, and I'm repped by @jenrofe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social www.BreannaCarzoo.com

I made a friend from the way too many dandelions that suddenly appeared in my yard 🌼

Need a delightful escape? Two Point Museum is sooooo good! Can't stop playing! Their description: "Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits"

✨Author presentation tip!✨Have 'extras' for shy audiences who might not have come up with questions yet! (This really never happens for me, but I like being prepared for the possible silence, and I often jump to the extra slides to answer commonly asked questions with visuals!)

!NEWS! I am opening back up to picture-book TEXT queries, but with limitations: * I will accept them on ONLY the 1st of each month. * You must query with 3 completed texts. * I cannot guarantee a personal response. See the ABLA website for more: www.andreabrownlit.com/Team/jennife... #amquerying

Going back on break, see ya all in a week! ✨

Happy Monday! Taking it one spread at a time! ✏️🎨📚

Putting a little joy & playfulness in the world for #kidlitartpostcard day 💛Editors: I'm open to PB and BB work! Artists: never underestimate the value of sharing joy and delight. It's not frivolous, it's essential! Rep: @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Can I make you a latte? I'm pretty proud of my latte art skills...

Did you know most beetles only live a year? For us humans, it's week 6 of 52 of 2025. I’ve been using this framing to help me realize the power and potential of each week—and to not let the week go by with just the same old/same old. 💛🪲

Me and my art supplies are on break. See ya in 2025 friends!

Everything about this Lou tree is perfect - but that yellow garland?! Comedic genius!!!

📚⁉️ looking for picture books about a friend moving away for my nephew. Have any favorites?!

Is 2pm too late for this espresso?! Guess we’ll find out tonight 🤪

What do you wish people would gift you for Christmas, but never do? 👀🎄

It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! It brings me joy to design and illustrate fall-in-loveable characters like these in cut paper✂️! I would truly LOVE to see the PB and BB projects you think I’d be a great fit for! More here: Breannacarzoo.com Rep: @jenrofe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Reminding myself this week that I don’t sit down to write because I feel inspired. I sit down to write so I’ll be there, working & ready to go when inspiration shows up.

Our indie bookstore friends rely on their sales during the holiday season to support them through the year 💛 Let’s show them love and support so they stay in our communities for years to come! 📚

No one said that a 49 year old man can't enter a children's coloring contest.

Who's working today? 🎨💛

Procrasti-crafting? Who, me? 🫣

I asked over on IG if there would be interest in an expanded version of my Friday MG Book Recs with book pairings and teacher resources. It got a big positive response so here’s the newsletter sign up! eepurl.com/i4OpR2 First one will go out at the end of December. #kidlit #middlegrade

❓🤔💭 I’m wondering… how long do you sit on a project before you share it with your agent?

Hi. Making picture books is hard. That is all.

Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school: Hi, I'm Breanna, I hope to one day learn the art of finess instead of the art of BS...

Here’s a little lion if you happen to need one 🧡

🤝 DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🤝 LITTLE LANDSCAPERS series by @breannacarzoo.bsky.social, , featuring three animal friends who love the sensory delights of landscaping, beginning with Lawn-Mowing Day. @jenrofe.bsky.social

Authors & illustrators! If you'd like to volunteer for Zoom read-alouds with schools & libraries on World Read Aloud Day 2/5/25, here's the link to sign up! forms.gle/H8QNw9rL1qdh... (This one is for traditionally published folks - look for another form for self-pubbed authors & illustrators soon!)

Officially sent off a new manuscript to my brilliant critique partners! 🎉 This one has taken what feels like ages to crack! Now I’m officially ready to spend all weekend Texas Book Festival-ing! 📚

Okay so I’ve been stuck on this all day… what’s an onomatopoeia for a vacuum suction noise?! 😅

Are you coming to Texas Book Festival? Here’s our forecast! ☀️⛅️☁️ (and also you can make crafts like this with Rachel Más Davidson and I on Sunday at 11am ✂️)

Playing Curious Cargo on this gorgeous Austin day ☀️🕶️ this two player strategy game melts my brain but it’s puzzley and delightful. 🚛📦

Teacher & librarian friends! I'm working on this year's list of author volunteers who'll be offering Zoom read-alouds for World Read Aloud Day on 2/5/25! It should be ready in a couple of weeks - be sure to follow if you'd like access to the list & please share this post to let your colleagues know!

Loved this so adding mine! Some of my off-hours enthusiasms: 🗑️Trash pick up ♟️Strategy board games 🏕️Camping 📺Current fav tv show: Shrinking 👩‍🍳cooking new vegetarian/vegan recipes 🪐 star/planet identification with the star chart app 🤩

Did you know many libraries have free access to digital newspaper subscriptions like The New York Times?

Putting a little joy and coziness in the world with this bear and their honey buns for #kidlitartpostcard day 💛 Artists: never underestimate the value of sharing joy and delight. It matters, it’s what many reach for when things feel difficult. Rep: @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

The morning after. 🩸☕️🩸 #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #coffee

My favorite part of halloween is my 79 year old neighbor who insists she doesn't celebrate, but for the 3rd year in a row has hung out with us to pass out candy. We even supply her with her own stash of almond joys 🎃🧡 It's the little things in life!

Perpetually reminding myself that joy and delight matter and *that* can be the purpose of my work