I can't wait to hear more about it!
#Kidlit #poet from the PNW. Words in LADYBUG, BABYBUG, THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS HELLO. #SCBWI. #80s kid. Member of The Poets' Garage. http://briangeneolson.weebly.com https://willowcroft.blog/2021/04/09/five-things-friday-mini-interview-with-author
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I can't wait to hear more about it!
Happy September to our fantastic, inspiring #kidlit community! 💛 #KidLitArtPostcard #authorillustrators #SCBWI #joy #cutpaperart #seekingrepresentation
Happy KidLitArtPostcard Day! This month, I'm extra happy to reveal the Cover of my debut Picture Book, "My Someone". The book is scheduled to be out in summer 2026. #kidlitart #KidLitArtPostcard #KidLitArtPostcardDay #cbignyc #cbigmember #cbigartshare
Hey #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Hollie, an author & illustrator living in New England. I love to work on whimsical, character driven humorous stories for pb, chapter books, mg and early gn projects. Hollie.kidlit@gmail.com www.holliemichaels.com #kidlit #kidlitart *Seeking Rep*
Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors and Editors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #covers Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com Agent: mona@greatdogliterary.com @mskanin.bsky.social #kidLitArt Thank you @ginaperry.bsky.social for creating this place for us all to connect!
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Alina, I enjoy creating narrative illustrations. Lately I've been drawn into the world of mystery, expanding my portfolio to include B&W illustrations. Seeking #kidlit illustration projects: #picturebooks #earlyreader #mg #chapterbooks www.alpacasbookshelf.com
Yay it's #KidLitArtPostcard day! I hope you're all feeling okay? Some days you need to just collapse. I'm an author/illustrator looking for fun new children's book projects. Repped by @swekstein.bsky.social See more: www.tracivanwagoner.com #kidlitart #kidlit #authorillustrator #childrensbooks
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m still looking for work/representation ❤️
You're very welcome! It's an honor to be able to decorate my feed with your artwork.😁👍
I love #KidLitArtPostcard day. It's the only day my feed looks good.
Carnicería (butcher) in San Juan Cosalá #pleinair #urbansketchers #usk #sanjuancosalá #carniceria #butcher @urbansketchers.bsky.social
An enlightening interview of me in Voyage Denver! voyagedenver.com/int...
Happy September #kidlitartpostcard day! So begins the season of moody skies & mysteries, initiated here by whispering barn owls. It’s no secret that I seek agent, editor, AD connections & PB, chapter book & MG projects. I’m also pitching a PB dummy with nocturnal animals soon! SadeeSchilling.com
Art Directors, Editors, Designers: Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Portfolio: dianadelosh.com Represented by @lynnettenovak.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency. #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #illustrator #illustration #kidlit
I just signed a contract!!!! I can’t talk about the details yet, but let me say writing &illustrating about such inspirational topic has been a beacon of light for me in these dark days. I’m so grateful for my agent @allielevick, my editor & my crit buddies. #oncloudnine #kidlit #debutauthor
Congrats! Writing and illustrating you say?😁👍
Happy #kidlitartpostcard for September! I create collaged illustrations using paper I paint and cut by hand. Looking for representation and interested in PBs and covers. www.withoutaladder.com
Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm an illustrator/author who has loved drawing horses since I was little :)
A sneak peek at what’s on the drawing board—another scene with my owls from today’s #kidlitartpostcard. I’m really enjoying the mysterious vibe of this PB dummy!
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard ! 🦊👻 I'm Andrea, an author and illustrator #seekingrepresentation I'd love to work on picturebooks, board books, and spot illustrations 💼 : www.ferragottiart.com #kidlitart #kidlit
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day. I'm Monica,an italian illustrator. I love to illustrate children's books , MG and covers. #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebooks
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day I’m srinidhi, a #kidlit illustrator who enjoys drawing kids on their day to day emotions and adventures. I’m currently open to #picturebooks #middlegrade Interiors and covers! View my work at www.srinidhidraws.com #kidlitart #picturebookart “Food is memory”
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day. My name is Mark Hoffmann and I’m a kidlit author/illustrator. I am rep’d by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social with @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #cuteanimals #animalillustration
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an author/illustrator and current #PBRisingStars mentee about to dive into the #amquerying trenches. I enjoy creating lovable oddball characters who are definitely, probably, never evil. Check out more of my work at: brookebaum.com #kidlit #kidlitart
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, a New England author and illustrator of children's books. I'm looking for that next cute and colorful book project: from picture book to early readers and chapter books. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy Lit. More at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit
Congratulations!👍
But even more for that, editors and art directors are scanning the feed as well, so listing your agent's name lets them know who to contact to discuss a potential illustration deal. Also good to list it in your bio. It just makes the process go faster. #kidlitchat
I hope so. It's time to decorate my feed with reposts.
Most of you already do this, but as an agent it's super helpful when illustrators put on their #kidlitartpostcard if they have an agent. I often go through the feed and like postcards from illustrators I want to see queries from. That way I can avoid accidentally trying to poach someone. #kidlitchat
Hmmm... "Pie! / Pie! / My word, / I love pie. / I've loved it since birth..." I see what's happening! #kidlitchat
It's the least I can do to repay you and other artists for my being able to decorate my feed with all the great art.😁👍
I've enjoyed your work since I first found you back on Ye Old Tweet-Tweet Machine, Traci, and this piece is one of my favs of the year.😁 bsky.app/profile/trac...
Oh, hi! #KidLitArtPostcard is next Thursday. Notice how I put Bluesky at the top of my ‘post online’ list? It’s because you all are my favorite.
Oh, and I'm very much looking forward to decorating my feed with this Thursday's #KidLitArtPostcard!
What a great birthday gift!
"Some days I'm the wind, a cyclone, a whirl, dizzy, giddy, wild." What natural element are you like? #KidLit #PictureBook #Interviews #bookblogger
Started my day with some disappointing art-related news, so I'm chasing away the "Monday Mehs" by working on a calming crane watercolor and pen piece. We all have our ways of coping, right? 🙃 Have a safe and healthy Labor Day, all. 💕
Very nice!
Working on a MG novel outline, working on a few critiques with my kidlit poetry group, trying not to read the news to keep my brain sane, and listening to a little John Coltrane to keep my soul soothed.
Monday #kidlit check-in: this week I'm working on a new piece for #KidLitArtPostcard day (this Thursday!), another new magazine assignment sketch, hopefully a little writing time, making business cards, and other marketing tasks. How about you?
#NatureArt #EphemeralArt
A huge institutional problem that I’ll bet none of us realized was any such thing, exposed in real time
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No More Flyer! #lostdog #reunited
Happy #Kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Fiona, a children’s book illustrator and author. I love creating stories for fun, silly characters of all shapes and sizes. I’m also currently looking for representation. You can see more work here: fionarossillustration.co.uk Many thanks!
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Hello there, I’m Fiona, an illustrator and author of children’s picture books. I especially enjoy creating funny characters and exciting spaces for them to inhabit. Currently seeking representation. You can see more work here: fionarossillustration.co.uk Many thanks!
Welcome back #colour_collective Here's a quick hedgehog for #CCStrawYellow He's testing a leaf blanket for his winter slumber. #kidlitart #Colour_collective #illustration
In 1967, John Coltrane left the world. But A Love Supreme still plays in the quiet corners of our lives. It isn’t just jazz. It’s a prayer, a moment of stillness, a breath you didn’t know you were holding. If you’ve ever needed peace without words... #jazz #art
I interviewed the fabulous @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social on the Writers’ Rumpus blog. Be sure to read to the end for a giveaway. 🍂 bit.ly/47ggwoR
#vashon #pnw #troll #photography #washington
If only!
Hey, that's me again!
I love tBotNS, but this passage makes me think of this movie scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u61F...
#vashon #troll #photography #washington
Kidlit Love is one of my favorite children's book podcasts and I'm so honored to have been asked to be a guest on today's episode! Check it out at tinyurl.com/4x9j9huf or search for "Kidlit Love" wheveever you listen!🥰
Cover reveal! Even Steven, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman, releases 4/14/2026 from @penguinkids.bsky.social! We hope it will spark conversations about the best ways to share things, from a bedroom to a best friend...or a whole lot of pickles. Find out more: www.carriefinison.com/books/even-s...
Senko Hanabi (incense-stick firework) My childhood memory in Japan, the humid summer night, always brings me back the color and smell of senko hanabi. Ephemeral, beautiful, utterly nostalgic. #hanabi #senkohanabi #firework #summerinjapan
Whether a story is to be marketed for grownups or for children, the writer writes for himself, out of his own need, otherwise the story will lack reality...if it is totally honest and unself-pitying, then it will have the valid ring of truth. Walking on Water
*Cough* #rustylake @rustylake.com
Very cool! #kidlit
Fantastic. Congrats, Buffy! #kidlit
I'm thrilled that STARLIGHT SYMPHONY was nominated for the Charter Oak Children's Book Award! @lernerbooks.bsky.social
Congrats, Myrna!
I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed with Tasneem Motala @belcastroagency.bsky.social. I don't think I could ask for a literary agent more aligned with my values, goals, challenges, and sense of humor. I'm looking forward to working with her. @seraphecda.bsky.social
Happy 5️⃣th Book Birthday to DANCE LIKE A LEAF, one of our first @kidlitcollective.bsky.social debut #picturebooks. We are so proud of this heart-warming story written by @ajirving.bsky.social and illustrated by Claudia Narvarro which celebrates generational love. #kidlit #kiditart #grief #booksky
When I saw Mahler 5 in 2023, the trumpeter blew the opening notes of the solo. I thought, well, it can only go up from here.
I used to feel the same way. The last movement felt a little inauthentic to me, like a big payoff we hadn't yet earned through the other bizarre movements. I love the piece now, but I get it.
I've only heard a few Horenstein recordings, but I've found his Mahler to be totally unlistenable. The rigid-at-all-cost tempos just kill it for me, even if the orchestra is playing really well (Mahler 4). Just my opinion, though. No doubt some of the Mahler I like would raise an eyebrow or two.
Author @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social discusses her new #picturebook Finding Forgiveness (w/ @dianamayoillo.bsky.social art) sharing tips for picture book writers about rhyming + more in an interview w/ @janalyssa.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #fsg #kidlit #authorsofbsky wp.me/p3X25n-bhT
Thank you so much for having me!!!
I recently found out that TORRIBLE PUNS is in a library in New Zealand! I might just have to visit so I can check it out :). #kidspoetry #libraries #puns
Chailly's is quite good as well, but I usually can't resist the call of the Sony Bernstein Mahler 7.
Totally incidentally, my cousins and I started a boy band in the summer of '87. We were called The Four Storms. 😂 We were supposed to be a regular band who played instruments, but we just weren't very good. #kidlitchat
And the there was a long wait for the books to arrive at school. By that time, I sometimes forgot what I'd ordered. #kidlitchat
It probably doesn't help either that librarians these days are being persecuted by a section of our populace. #kidlitchat
I'm trying to think who the boy bands would have been back then. Menudo? #kidlitchat
I was a quota-kid, lol. #kidlitchat
More that I am, it seems. I don't know what that term means and I'm certainly not going to google it. #kidlitchat
It's in your blood and bones. Awesome!
The lack of any pretentiousness whatsoever makes kid table discussions the best. #kidlitchat
So that's when you got the kidlit bug! #kidlitchat
Haha, I was 11 and loooooooved 1987. #kidlitchat
That's the best reason of all. #kidlitchat
It's always a great when you can find that spark and reading once again evokes a sense of discovery. I'm getting that same sense right now with Rob Harrell's WINK. #kidlitchat
Absolutely. Also, I wish "sweet" and "sing-song" didn't carry negative connotations. I like "sing-song." As with anything else, there's good "sing-song" and bad "sing-song." #kidlitchat
Way back when I was drumming in a punk band, I was listening to my daughter's Kid Songs CDs with her at night trying to figure out how to play them on guitar. #kidlitchat
I also love writing for the 3-6 age group because this is a time in child's life when the whole world is filtered through the imagination--indeed, without any other frame of reference for understanding this crazy world into which they've been dropped, the imagination is vital. #kidlitchat
I love reading (and occasionally writing) middle grade, primarily because the characters are at a place of transition, from a state of dependence to one of self-responsible authority, and that's a story we can all relate to because we all have to go through it. #kidlitchat
Massachusetts friends - please join me for two upcoming back-to-school story times to help get your little ones ready for the start of school! Find out more here: www.carriefinison.com/events/
I'm so excited, Yuko! Congratulations!
I am super excited to announce that my debut picture book will be out in summer 2026! The book is titled "My Someone: A Pet Adoption Story", published by RISE x Penguin Workshop. Big surprise, even to myself, is the story is about a dog (!) 📖💛🐕
Yikes!
I just had the most surreal dinner experience. At this restaurant, we were all attacked by mob of peacocks, viciously stealing our food from the table! #peacock #viciousbirds
My critique friend @suzylevinson.bsky.social is sending in the clowns.👇👇👇 #kidlit #picturebook #poetry #kidlitart #HsinpingPan #kidlitillustration
Their chicken chili sounds really good right now.
Well, look at that!😁👍
Coming soon: new projects from @sarahalbee.bsky.social @melissastoller.bsky.social @rmcclurkan.bsky.social @suzylevinson.bsky.social + more buff.ly/yqpGQUO
