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If you're an early career or unpublished writer, what do you wish you knew about the publishing industry? What do you wish people talked about more? What do you feel is behind a curtain of secrets? #BookSky #Publishing

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Using AI to produce writing or art is like asking someone at the gym to lift weights for you. The effort is the point.

submitted 21 days ago • 30 comments

Always a happy moment when advance copies arrive! What a pleasure it was to work on Ella and the Sleepover Safari, book 2 of @cassy_polimeni’s wonderful frog filled series. Published by @uwapublishing Out in the world March 3, but you can preorder yours today #kidlit #kidlitillustration

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Love this from #MacBarnett

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Hey #kidlit, with everything going on in the world I think we could all use a collective reminder. Why do you choose to make books for children?

submitted 27 days ago • 49 comments

Bishop Budde, you were awe inspiring last week. Thank you for standing up for what is right and showing true courage. #melArt🔥 #KidlitArt #kidlit #BishopMariannEdgarBudde #illustration #artsky

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JUST LAUNCHED Mega KidLit Feed w/fellow admins @boringstorybook.com & @charlenedraws.bsky.social! One feed pulls in hashtagged posts from moderated #kidlit Lists from multiple users in community. Browse Feed here More info & how to post to Feed Feel free to share graphic on other platforms! 🧵👇🏼

submitted 262 days ago • 9 comments

It’s officially #folktaleweek ! I’m so excited to finally join in this year, I just hope I can keep up with all 7 days! Welcome to my story: THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 1: MIST Discover the Winged Mist calling. Thanks @folktaleweek #folktaleweekMIST #kidlit #kidlitart

submitted 105 days ago • 5 comments

Hi #Kidlit Community! I created a starter pack called: Kidlit PB MG YA Comics Starter Pack Starters Instructions: 1) Click on the starter pack 2) Visit individual profiles 3) Visit their starter packs 4) Follow as you see fit go.bsky.app/BS6eZxe

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

🐸 Out early 2025 🐸 ELLA AND THE SLEEPOVER SAFARI by Cassy Polimeni and illustrated by me, is book 2 in the Ella and the Frogs series and will be out early 2025! #kidlitart

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I wanted a baby hippo moo deng to bite me all the time so I crocheted one 😂 (pattern is in shop)

submitted 136 days ago • 61 comments

Hey #kidlit, here’s an idea for an #artshare. Post two versions of the same piece of art, 1) sketch 2) finished art. It’s good to show art directors like me how you handle sketches. It’s good to model for emerging illustrators how detailed a sketch needs to be. Could be a useful thread. 💙❤️

submitted 171 days ago • 75 comments

Artwork for the current issue of @thetoypress magazine! A massive thanks to @suelancaster_author, I’m very chuffed to be included amongst the brilliant stories, poems and illustrations here. Design and cover art by @graphicartstype #thetoypress #kidlitart #magazineart #poetryforkids

submitted 220 days ago • 1 comment

What the people want. #kidlitartpostcard

submitted 234 days ago • 1 comment

Inside the pages of Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra to show just a few of my favourite interior illustrations ✍🏽🐸 Written by @cassy_polimeni Published by @uwapublishing Book design by @johuntbookdesign #kidlit #kidlitillustration #chapterbookart #middlegradeillustration #kidlitart

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The White Cat, fairy tales translated by Marie Catherine La Mothe, Countess d’Aulnoy in 1698. This version was published in 1847 but unfortunately the illustrator is identified only as “J.W.”

submitted 241 days ago • 12 comments

#KidLitArt - This Starter Pack is of KidLitArt folks who ACTIVELY (more than once a week) post on BlueSky 👇 go.bsky.app/2TG6ZBR Pls share with friends here or on other platforms!

submitted 245 days ago • 2 comments

Out now! The first book in the new Ella and the Frogs junior fiction series written by Cassy Polimeni and illustrated by me is out in the wild! I adored this story, perfect for budding eco-warriors keen to read about frogs, habitat conservation and friendship. #kidlitart #middlegradeillustration

submitted 245 days ago • 1 comment

Over the weekend, I found a tiny pink plastic shoe on the ground near my office. I placed it at eye level, on a wooden post, by the stairs. This morning, on that same post, was this picture.

submitted 245 days ago • 62 comments

June's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Taking Breaks! Join @tiffanyharveyart.bsky.social & @charlenedraws.bsky.social on June 27, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about the best ways to unwind! Banner art by Rubin Pingk

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A new scene for Rat and Mole in The Wind in the Willows: “The afternoon sun was getting low as Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things to himself…” #windinthewillows #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration

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Happy book birthday @maririchards.bsky.social!!! 🥳✨

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I feel so lucky to be a part of this. Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra arrives in bookstores July 1! 🐸 Written by the brilliant @cassy_polimeni and published by @uwapublishing. #kidlit #middlegrade #booksforkids #kidsbookillustration

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Hi friends! I’m here for a bit of old fashioned #kidlit camaraderie. ❤️ I’m a children’s book illustrator and author repped by @literaticat.bsky.social. I specialize in board books & young picture books.

submitted 264 days ago • 16 comments

Working on a mega-KidLit feed with @boringstorybook.com & @charlenedraws.bsky.social to help w/kidlit on-boarding at Bluesky. To prevent bad actors/spammers from posting to feed, we're using kidlit-moderated LISTS as input to the feed. e.g. You need to be on one of these LISTS to post. 🧵👇🏼

submitted 264 days ago • 8 comments

This is how I sign my art from now!! My version of HI Badge! #HIbadge2024 #kidlitart #humanartist Thanks @bethspencer.bsky.social for this challenge!

submitted 265 days ago • 3 comments

Some character design for The Wind in the Willows in progress 🌬️🌾 #kidlitart #childrensillustration #windinthewillows

submitted 267 days ago • 2 comments

🚨ATTENTION AUTHORS + ILLUSTRATORS🚨 the next episode of the podcast I’m going to be talking to an author who has a lot of expertise around AI — the good, the bad and the ugly. If you have burning questions, please let me know and I’ll try to get to as many as possible!

submitted 268 days ago • 5 comments

Speaking of Scholastic art director @brianlarossa.com, Brian shared a TON of great info for creators at #KidLitAMA on Bluesky last wk! You can browse his AMA thread as well as @mstewartscience.bsky.social @hunderdown.bsky.social & @charlenedraws.bsky.social here: debbieohi.com/kidlitama/ar...

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🐸✨ Beyond thrilled to have illustrated the cover and interiors for Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra! Written by the brilliant Cassy Polimeni, with UWA Publishing. In bookstores on 1 July, preorder link in my bio. #kidlitart #coverreveal #middlegrade #illustration

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Tip for Cara✨ Add your handle name as a hashtag in your posts. That way when people search your name, it pops up on Art, People and Posts tab! Otherwise people have to click the People tab to find you. I'm new to Cara but this helped me find friends🥰 My handle is always "shihopate"💛 #kidlitart #cara

submitted 274 days ago • 8 comments

One page left in my sketchbook and what better way to fill it than to join in @tondocreative weekly art challenge #DrawTheWorld Reference for this week: Lake Tekapo, NZ. #artchallenge #drawingchallenge #colourpencilsketch #sketchbookpractice #laketekapo #australianillustrator

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Here’s me surrounded by some of my favourite illustration moments from the past year. 2024, let’s do this! ✨ #artvsartist2023 #artvsartist #characterdesign #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #kidlitillustration

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Panda’s resting grinch face in her (sadly imaginary) festive jumper 😾🎄 for day 22 of @fionasmyth.writes #inkmas23 prompt list #uglychristmassweater #catillustration #christmasoutfit #artchallenge #artprompts #kidlitart

submitted 436 days ago • 1 comment

Evening wind down with a bit of cross stitching 🪡🧶 As someone who can just about manage sewing on a button, I am super chuffed to have found this new creative hobby 😁 @craft.club.co

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A different view of the Thames 🌁 #kidlitart

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(Updated Nov/2023) Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼 My take on social media Quick tips + templates My Bluesky how-to videos KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky Kate Messner's KidLit Community list cont'd

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Gave my “Kid Lit Illustration Dos and Don’ts” talk at @SCBWI_IL’s #PWIDCLOSEUP2023 conference. Someone in the audience was surprised to learn that typography is a craft that requires study and practice. Here are some #kidlit typesetting guidelines: ➡️ bit.ly/leveled_type...

submitted 476 days ago • 10 comments