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🎨 Illustrator and soon to be published PB author/illustrator #SCBWI member 🏳️‍🌈 They, them 🌻 Autistic ✏️ Ex-teacher ⭐️ Represented by Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary Agency. Portfolio : www.palomaotoole.com
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

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Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

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So happy to announce thay I joined Bookends Literay agency and I am now represented by Naomi Davis.

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Are koala hugs the cutest hugs? I think so. #kidlit

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Is it only me? Sometimes I finish an illustration and few days later I feel like working on it a bit longer, adding or changing things. My autistic brain craves details, textures, volumes, shadows… this is the second version of this piece. Which one do you prefer? First or second? #kidlit

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Write about what you care about and is close to your soul and bones. Even if it is not ‘cool’, you will find your people.

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Just two bunnies, having fun in the desert! #kidlit #illustration

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If you see this, quote repost with something summery from your portfolio. #kidlit #illustration

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Qt with something purple (kind of…)

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New illustration, fresh from the oven. #kidlit

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Sweet, we already have 160 published or soon to be published illustrators on the #Kidlit /YA illustrators (published) list! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Hello #kidlit mega feed, I am Paloma. I am a Spanish/ British illustrator and PB author. I am late diagnosed autistic and early diagnosed dyslexic. I am represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. My first PB is getting published in 2026. I am writing my second PB about neurodivergence in females. Encantada

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