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Harold Underdown@hunderdown.bsky.social · 2y ago

A reminder that "Practical Matters...," a comprehensive introduction to the practical things you need to know in #kidlit publishing, starts in 3 weeks! Please repost so more folks will know. Questions and comments welcome... www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pra...

Look!

KidLitGN@kidlitgn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trying something new. Join our starter pack for any online kidlit pitch events. If you have an event, please add. If you want to stay apprised of such events, please follow.

OMG, Goodnight Moon stamps!! It’s time to share this piece of writing about this PB, which is always good for a smile Or a loud guffaw theuglyvolvo.com/issues-goodn...

Jennifer Laughran@literaticat.bsky.social · 2y ago

Important news for my friends at the intersection of Children’s Books and Buying Cute Stamps… kottke.org/25/01/usps-a...

Starting to feel Christmas-y around here…

Jonathan Edwards@jontofski.bsky.social · 2y ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

This could work for picture books too— thanks Reimena!

Reimena Yee 🦇@reimenayee.com · 3y ago

The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices is OPEN!!!!! comicsdevices.com An online library and meronomy of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art. 🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day ✨ And hello, December⛄ I’m Clary Huang, a #kidlit #illustrator who would love to work with you on your next project! Available for picture books, board books, editorials, and kidlit-art-related projects! 🌟Agent: Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary 🖥️ claryillustration.com

I love this!

Vicki Gausden@vickigausden.co.uk · 2y ago

Hey, it's a wintery #KidLitArtPostcard day! ❄️ I'm an illustrator who loves drawing cute critters and would rather be tucked up warm in the studio with my tiny dogs until winter is over. #kidlitart #kidlit

Look! Brian LaRossa made a new Starter Pack listing art directors and others who hire illustrators and designers. If that’s you, he can add you to the list.

Brian LaRossa@brianlarossa.com · 2y ago

Okay revised the starter pack description to make it clearer. If u r a designer or illustrator please boost this to help me find other hiring directors. If u r an art, design, or creative director who hires designers and/or illustrators, raise your hand—I’ll add u. go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

Writing well for children is an art. And like all arts, it's not easy. theconversation.com/im-a-childre...

I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft

Celebrity children’s books are a recurring phenomenon – from Jamie Oliver and Keira Knightley to Meghan Markle and Jimmy Barnes. But writing for children is harder than it might look.

theconversation.com

Well, look who’s here….

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2y ago

JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY “We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited” www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

This looks interesting…

Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates@crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 2y ago

How To Direct the Viewers Eye in Children’s Books Art! Check out my substack post (free) with some thoughts and diagrams about directing the readers eye through the pictures and into the page turn--> #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrators #picturebooks heycrystalillustrates.substack.com/p/how-to-dir...

Oh, I just LOVE this…

swissmiss@tinarotheisenberg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tree.fm allows you to listen to a random forest. This is beautiful.

When you ask people about the books that changed their lives, they almost always mention a children's book. They're the books that make us readers, shape us at the deepest levels, and stay with us FOREVER. That's why I think children's books are the most important books of all! #kidlit #books

If you see this, post a bird! #illustration #bird #art

Julia Allum@juliaallum.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you see this, post a bird #art #bird #illustration

1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense 🧵

Please sign your name to this statement to support: aitrainingstatement.org

Read @charlenedraws.bsky.social 's tips to get your legs under you here on #Bluesky dear #illustrators

Charlene Chua@charlenedraws.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello to all the new (or returning) #kidlit & #kidlitart folks! We're working to try to get the community more active, but also, it helps if everyone tries a bit to interact with one another! BlueSky likes interactions - you have to say something to get something back! Here's some tips to help:

BLUE SKY, step by step. (thanks to @debbieohi.com !)

Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com · 2y ago

Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋 Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu... Starter Threads: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...

We’re hiring a junior designer! Come work with me! scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Junior Designer

Job Description: THE OPPORTUNITY The Junior Designer will be responsible for the design of novelty and picture books working alongside the Creative Director and assisting the 0-8 trade design group. T...

scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

Oh no!!

CindyLouWho2@cindylouwho2.com · 3y ago

Hey Squarespace users! Did you know Squarespace opted you into being crawled by AI bots without telling you? I didn't... #AI #scrapers #bots

Kidlit folks: have you signed this yet? Click link on Alvina's post to sign the petition!

Alvina Ling@alvinaling.bsky.social · 3y ago

Goodreads removed both the Children’s & Middle Grade and Graphic Novels categories from the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards. Please sign this petition to ask them to reinstate the categories. Children's books matter! chng.it/Bq8hHgYtML

LISTS!!! (I haven’t even read how they work!!!!)

Bluesky@bsky.app · 3y ago

📢v1.56 release notes (1/5) You can now create general User Lists! For now, User Lists are public only. You can find them on your profile, and they’re shareable.

Still taking code donations and distributing to #kidlitart. Please send to hello@brianlarossa.com. 💙❤️

I’d like to gift a FREE, one hour, portfolio review, coaching session exclusively here on Bluesky. 1. Reply with art samples. 2. Random winner. 3. No emails please. I will look closely at every reply. 💙❤️

Toot, toot! I'm participating in an auction to raise money for the Armenians of Artsakh. As you may know, they've been forcibly driven from their homeland of millenia to avoid being massacred— and now they're homeless and vulnerable and need our help. Go to: www.32auctions.com/booksforarts... [1/]

Can you draw horses? Show Mallory what you’ve got!

Mallory Grigg@mallorygrigg.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hey #illustrators, I'm looking for a middle-grade artist who is bright and commercial and really good at doing horses. It would be helpful if you had horses in your portfolio for us to look at. Reply here with image samples and a link to your portfolio. #artistsearch #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

Here’s what’s happening over on X. I’ve become a Bluesky code clearing house for the #kidlit community. If you need help getting rid of your codes and want to make sure they go to kid lit people I’m happy to help. 💙❤️

It's #KidlitArtPostcard day! I'm Maral, an illustrator working in mixed media (gouache, cut paper, digital) and based in sunny California. I love all kinds of kidlit, from playful to warm & emotive. See more samples at: maralsassouni.com