Meg Sodano
@megsodano.bsky.social
Illustrator of children's picture books and interpretive exhibits about nature/science/environment. msodanoillustration.com 🐙 If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? 🦎 Salamander Sky 🦫 Beaver and Otter Get Along... Sort Of
EXCITING!!! My illustrations, accepted for GNSI 2026 Juried Members Exhibit! Created digitally for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? "Anglerfish Luring Prey" & "Blue Whale and Zooplankton. More art ⬇️ www.gnsi.org/2026-gnsi-ju... @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Another award for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Thank you to @thenatgen for this incredible recognition! "2026 Green Earth Book Award for Picture Book Primary - Recommended Reading." 🐬🐠🪼 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #picturebook #illustration #sea
This is exciting! Our book, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? is on the Short List for the Green Earth Book Award! Thank you to The Nature Generation! Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #picturebooks #illustration #sealife #whales #octopus #coral
On Monday we celebrated IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?, which won 2026 John Burroughs Riverby Award. @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social Also @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social won this award for RIVERKEEPER and WHALES IN THE CITY! #sea #scbwi
So grateful to the John Burroughs Association! IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? has received The Riverby Award for "exceptional natural history books for young readers." 🌊🐋🪼🐧 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Web of Life Children's Books@weboflifebooks.bsky.social · 5mo agoWoohoo! IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? has been included on The Nature Generation's 2026 Green Earth Book Award Long List along with all of these other incredible books! Congrats to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social Well done!
There are a lot of new children's picture books at this link, including my own. Books make great holiday gifts! Check them out at SCBWI BookStop. www.scbwi.org/bookstop #kidlit #kidlitillustration #picturebooks #childrensbook #illustration #sealife #seaanimals #sea #penguin #whale #seaturtle #coral
What is a Barreleye Fish? I had the same question when I started illustrating IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Here is my best explanation. #picturebookillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebook #sealife #fish #marinebiology @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Wow, another great review for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Thank you, #KirkusReviews! #kidkit #illustrator #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #sealife #seaanimals #ocean #fish #coralreef #seaturtles #whales #dolphins @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Web of Life Children's Books@weboflifebooks.bsky.social · 10mo agoThank you Kirkus for such a terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... "An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
Today's signing event = success! Thanks to Open Door Bookstore for hosting and to all the folks who attended. We sold out of both IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA and SALAMANDER SKY! 🌊🐬 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustrator
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Yes, 58 species! Now you know why I spent almost 2 years working on this book. Each animal was treated with love and respect! 🙂 @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #sealife #ocean #marinebiology #ecology #kidlitartist #kidlit #picturebooks #manatee #fish #whale #dolphins
Illustrating 58 Species!
When I received the manuscript for If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?, I counted about 30 animals. I had to find their scientific names so I could portray them accurately and put them in th…
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Happy #BookBirthday to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social (left) and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social (right) for creating such a beautiful, whimsical and educational book about some of the many sea creatures with which we share the world. Congratulations!
TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book. #kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #ocean #sealife #turtle #fish #seals @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Come see me at The Open Door Bookstore on Saturday, October 4, 1-2:30 pm! I am signing copies of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? 🐬🌊 #booksigning #childrensbook #picturebook #ocean #sea #sealife #whales #penguins #fish @juliehonanjohnston @weboflifebooks
🌊 Check out our book trailer for "If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?"🐬 @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social Trailer by @icebird.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitartist #picturebooks #childrensbooks #ocean #fish #whales #octopus #penguins #coral
If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? Book Trailer.
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I made a coloring page for Beaver and Otter. Download it at my website. 🦫 #illustrator #childrensbooks #picturebooks #beavers #otter #pond #coloring #coloringpages #activitiesforkids
Coloring Page for Beaver and Otter
Download a free Beaver and Otter coloring page!
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I love when illustrators show their process for creating a really great #bookcover. It's the first thing we look at while browsing the aisles at a bookstore. To see my process for Beaver & Otter, visit my website. #beavers #otter #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #illustrator
Beaver & Otter: Cover Design
Book covers are important and a challenge to design. They have to be attractive, expressive, and include the main characters in action. We want kids and parents to notice a beautiful book on a shel…
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I never posted about Beaver and Otter on my blog! Here we go... (Sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along... Sort Of) #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #graphite #sketches #beavers #otter
Beaver & Otter: Study of Characters
Thought I’d show some sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along… (Sort Of). ▲ Expressions and postures of beavers. ▲ Expressions and postures of river otters. ▲ Drawings that were not us…
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IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Coming 9/23. Pre-order now! "Learn about a wide variety of beloved and obscure sea creatures and the lives they live beneath the spray." Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #childrensbooks #whales #octopus #penguins
Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for your review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?! "This is a remarkable introduction to sealife for young readers. Fascinating peek at the creatures who populate our oceans.” @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social
My nieces sent me a handwritten note and a dandelion! My heart is melting. Thank you, girls, I love it! I will put it up on my studio wall. #picturebookillustrator #kidart #kidlitart #thankyoucard #movation
These things didn't make it into IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA: Phytoplankton (not an animal), sea otters, kelp (not an animal), different version of oyster reef, baby octopus. @weboflifebooks.bsky.social @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social #picturebooks #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #octopus #seaotters
Bookmarks ☑️ Postcards ☑️ Business cards ☑️ If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? Coming September 23. #preorder at your local bookstore or online. @weboflifebooks #sea #seacreatures #oceananimals #seaturtle #penguin #coralreef #whales #kidlitart #kitlit #picturebook #illustration
Julie Honan Johnston author of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? holds her book for the first time at an event put on by #publishersgroupwest at #MrsDallowaysBookstore! Congratulations, Julie! Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y... @megsodano.bsky.social
We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!
My illustrator copies arrived! Don't they look amazing? IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be out Sept 23. 🐬🐠🐙🪼 Pre-order at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. Thanks, @weboflifebooks.bsky.social & Julie Honan Johnston. #picturebook #kidlit #shark #fish #octopus #dolphin #seashore
'The Littlest Drop' was one of illustrator Jerry Pinkney's last projects. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #illustration #hummingbird #animals #environment
Do what you can. A new kids' book shows how even 'The Littlest Drop' helps
A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator Jerry Pinkney worked on before he died. His son Brian finished it for him.
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