Please join us in wishing ROSH HASHANAH SQUARE-CIRCLE-STAR! by @jnwieder.bsky.social a happy book birthday! Congratulations, Joy! 🎂 🥳 #kidlit #kidlitart #boardbook #bookbirthday #roshhashanah #booksky
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙
@ajirving.bsky.social
Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
There’s nothing better than a slice of watermelon on a hot summer day! We’re celebrating National Watermelon Day with VIOLET AND THE CRUMBS: A Gluten-Free Adventure by Abigail Rayner and @mollyruttan.bsky.social! 🍉 #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #booksky #NationalWatermelonDay
Kidlit friends! Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to work with these wonderful authors in the Mighty Kidlit Firefly Mentorship Program! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit #mentorship #booksky
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Norene Paulson@nrpaulson.bsky.social · last wk.Excited to be a mentor in the Mighty KIDLIT FIREFLY Mentorship Program. Apply Aug. 1-10 for an opportunity to be paired with amazing published authors & illustrators ready to help you shine! #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky ##kidlitcmmunity @mightykidlit.bsky.social mighty-kidlit.mn.co/collections/...
Happy Friendship Day from Birdie & Sunny! The swinging spread is one of my faves from THE WISHING FLOWER. Kip’s brilliant art takes me right back to those magical moments of soaring high with my best friend/first crush 💕 🌼 🐦 🌈 ☀️ 💕 #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #booksky
Hip hip hooray for National Friendship Day! Check out these fabulous books by our fabulous Kidlit Collective creators! #kidlit #kidlitart #nationalfriendshipday #booksky @jnwieder.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @ajirving.bsky.social @mollyruttan.bsky.social @nrpaulson.bsky.social
We are also celebrating International Alopecia Day with Bea and her creators, @nrpaulson.bsky.social & Camilla Carrossine! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #alopeciakids #internationalalopeciaday #booksky
There's so much Kidlit Collective fun happening this month! Help us blow out THREE #bookbirthday candles as we celebrate TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY by @writerjolene.bsky.social & Angel Chang! 🎂🎂🎂 #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #booksky
I’m so thrilled that WILL & KRILL is a 2026 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Honour recipient! Congrats to all the winners and other honourees! And a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my little book. This means so much to me! #scbwi #caribbeanpicturebook #caribbeankidlit
Illustrator friends, what do you do/ use for your fun art time? One thing that every panel at Illustrator’s Survival Corner said in Bologna earlier this year was that illustrators need to set aside time to play & have fun, so here’s my attempt at some mark-making fun 😳
Honoring all parents today on National Parents Day with these @kidlitcollective.bsky.social books highlighting parent/child relationships. #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #kidlitcommunity #EduSky #parents #picturebooks
Today on National Gorgeous Grandma Day we celebrate the heartwarming grandmother/granddaughter relationship found in @ajirving.bsky.social and #illustrator Claudia Navarro's #picturebook DANCE LIKE A LEAF. #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks #grief #grandparents #booksky #EduSky
Bring on the balloons and party hats. Today we are celebrating the 2nd #bookbirthday of THIS OPENING SKY by our own @charlottewatson.bsky.social and Kelly Hollman. 🎈🥳🥳🎈 #kidlit #kidlitart #historicalfiction #booksky #EduSky #civilwar #friendship #kidlitcommunity @kidlitcollective.bsky.social
@creativesojung.bsky.social is one of my favorite kidlit creators & humans. Her Soup Kitchen Portraits go straight to the heart! Outreach, community, and connection are so important. Please support this incredible project ❤️
Sojung Kim-McCarthy@creativesojung.bsky.social · 2w agoSome of my sitters are homeless, some are now housed, all of them come for food and community (more about them in the alt text). If you like my work & agree that you need more than just bread to stay human, please consider supporting the project ko-fi.com/soupkitchenportraits
I only had a vague image about the people in homelessness or food poverty until I volunteered at the soup kitchen. In my mind, they were a faceless mass of people, perpetually trapped. But I learned through making these portraits that they all have their own stories as any other human being.
New soup kitchen portrait 🎨 Quite a few of the guests at my local soup kitchen are accompanied by their loyal doggie friends. Mark & Trixie are the most fashionable of them all✨ Pastel on paper, 6x8”. (Finished original is framed & gifted to sitters free of charge)
Thank you for this thread, Debbie! Shameless self-promo: my author-illustrator debut pucture book BINNA’S DALGONA 🤗 A recent immigrant Binna overcomes culture & language barrier with the power of homemade Korean treat 🍬 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749060...
The Bi Book by AJ Irving @ajirving.bsky.social & Cynthia Alonso. It’s a beautifully written & illustrated book that shows readers the many meanings of “bi,” both in terms of the language we use to understand the world and to understand ourselves💖
I write kidlit and work in a jail library. It melts my heart when my patrons request PB & MG during such a difficult time in their lives. These books are powerful and complex. They provide comfort and bring back beautiful memories. They make people feel seen and safe. They are for EVERYONE. #booksky
Just Cynthia Alonso being AMAZING as usual! SO EXCITED for this! Can’t wait to see the “gayest corner of the exhibition” at Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin! 🪁 🩷💜💙🪁 #thebibook #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
Last day to vote! 🪁 www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite 🪁
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙@ajirving.bsky.social · last mo.THE BI BOOK, bravely & brilliantly illustrated by Cynthia Alonso, was an especially difficult PB to write, publish, promote etc. This means so much to me on so many levels. Thank you! Cast your votes for your fave books in every division from 6/26-7/17! www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #kidlit #booksky
We love #guineapigs, so on Guinea Pig Appreciation Day here's a special shoutout to VIOLET AND THE CRUMBS by Abigail Rayner and @mollyruttan.bsky.social and MAC AND CHEESE by @writerjolene.bsky.social and @heatherbell37.bsky.social. #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #gluten #personalspace #picturebooks
Hot weather continues so here’s another seascape from my picture book BINNA’S DALGONA ☀️ The background here is a view of Christchurch Harbour from Hengistbury Head - one of my favourite places in the neighbourhood 💖 Can you see the priory in distance? #KidLitArt
@ajirving.bsky.social & I met when we joined BookHive '25 & now we're both Crystal Kite Award finalists! It's also such a joy to see so many friends and their incredible books on the list. Thank you to everyone who voted so far! 2 More days to vote SCBWI members!
We're rooting for you @ajirving.bsky.social and #illustrator Cynthia Alonso! What an honor! #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #picturebooks #EduSky #lgbtq #queerkidlit #CrystalKitAward @kidlitcollective.bsky.social
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙@ajirving.bsky.social · 3w agoFriday is the last day to vote for your favorite books in the Crystal Kite Awards! Cynthia and I are grateful for all love and support THE BI BOOK has received over the last year! Thank you! ✨🩷💜💙✨ 🪁 You can vote in every division!🪁 www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #CrystalKiteAward #kidlit #booksky
Today we celebrate #GiveSomethingAwayDay by highlighting @nrpaulson.bsky.social and @mariamola.bsky.social's #picturebook NILA'S PERFECT COAT @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @andreahall.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #EduSky #kidlitcommunity #thrifting #empathy #friendship #kindness
Friday is the last day to vote for your favorite books in the Crystal Kite Awards! Cynthia and I are grateful for all love and support THE BI BOOK has received over the last year! Thank you! ✨🩷💜💙✨ 🪁 You can vote in every division!🪁 www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #CrystalKiteAward #kidlit #booksky
Oh it’s #PortfolioDay again?! Hello editors & art directors, I’m Sojung Kim-McCarthy, Korean author & illustrator based in the UK. I illustrate PB-MG✨ 🏡 sojungkimmccarthy.art ✉️ sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com 🏢 Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary #KidLitArt #KidLitUK
What better day than National Mac & Cheese Day to celebrate @writerjolene.bsky.social and @heatherbell37.bsky.social's adorable guinea pigs...Mac and Cheese and their biggest fan Oliver! @kidlitcollective.bsky.social #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart #EduSky #picturebooks #kidlitcommunity #personalspace