Character sketching for a new picture book idea🤞 🐺 🎉 🎂 #kidlit #authorillustrator #kidlitcommunity

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

📖 3 weeks away! Super excited for the Sussex Children's Book Festival in Milton, Delaware! I hear there's a petting zoo and food trucks... 😃 📆 Saturday, May 2nd 📍 Milton Public Library ⏰ 10-2 #kidlit #bookfestivals #delaware

🦀 Oh my Cod!!! Blabby Crabby is going to be a REAL book, and is hitting shelves in summer 2027! ❤️ I'm even more excited to work with the incredible team at Scholastic! A HUGE thank you to John Rudolph, Cindy Loh, and Patti Ann Harris! #kidlit #kidlitpublishing #childrensbooks

Announcing new deals for @sairdysue.bsky.social @davidmcmullin.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social @colleenmuske.bsky.social + more buff.ly/tiCVEXC

My agency @illustrateit_agency will be having a big Art Show in September! VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th illustrate-it.co.uk Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.

Friends, I need your help deciding between two grumpy boss characters for a new book dummy. Which Bob do you prefer, Blobfish or Beluga? TIA for helping with this incredibly serious and difficult decision. (I love this career) 😂 #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks

📖 So excited to begin work on this project! #kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidlitcommunity

New book deal! 📖 Coming 2026 I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜

Children's Bookshelf@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing new deals for @cesalter.com @megauchenbach.bsky.social @rizzyfig.bsky.social @jasmineifang.bsky.social + more

Storyteller's Society Book Club Meeting #1 is in the books! Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social @katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social We talked about... - opening chapters - reading vs. audiobook - character development And more!

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, a picture book author-illustrator from PA. We're inching toward Spring, but I loved working on this holiday piece! ✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret ✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com #kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity

This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post. Pls: 📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy 🔁Repost to share bsky.app/profile/debb...

"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

When I was teaching 7th grade a student’s dad came up to me in the grocery store once & told me he was worried about his son. “He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?” My answer? “Get him more graphic novels.” #LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, an author-illustrator from PA, and I love stories with whimsy, magic, and nature! ✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret ✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com ✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart #kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity

I really love painting skies... 🌅 . . . #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #illustrator #picturebook #picturebookillustrator #writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity

This is not how books work. It's not a quantity game. Reading is an intensely focused act. Readers notice everything. You should see the letters we get. You can't chase trends, you have to set them, and that requires intuition, and the ability to spell Strawberry.

Want to know a secret? 🤫 I hid my kids inside IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! They think it's pretty cool that they get to say they're in a book! #illustration #ifyouareanartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitartists #kidlitartist

Reminder to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit readers, creators, agents, editors, art directors, publishers posting about books & book events. Adding one of the HASHTAGS in the previous sentence will help your post get discovered by feeds. Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!

Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Hilary! ❤️

Hilary Elizabeth Margitich@hilarymargitich.bsky.social · 2y ago

I don’t think a photo can totally convey just how beautifully illustrated, designed, and crafted this picture book is. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST by Meg Auchenbach and Peter Pauper Press is an empowering ode to artistic children everywhere. A delight!! #kidlit #amreading

If you see this, post your blue art! 💙 #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

I wrote some portfolio 💼 to-do’s and some don’t-do’s according to my long and winding #kidlitart journey. 👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou... (I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)

Crafting an Illustration Portfolio

1/2 part how-to, 1/2 part don't do

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Hi, #kidlit artists! I'm seeking a MG (ages 9-12) illustrator for a coming-of-age mystery story featuring friendship, adventure, and an elusive white wolf. Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator. Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.

✨ Meet the characters of 'If You Are An Artist'! Each one has a special story to tell. Who's your favorite? 📚👧👦 #ChildrensBooks #MeetTheCharacters #IfYouAreAnArtist #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #childrensbook #Illustration #picturebook #Illustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration

Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it

Ta-daaaa!!!! It's a FREE VERSE poetry contest for kidlit -- because kidlit is NOT just about rhyme. You can do it! And we can't wait to see what you create. Get all the details at www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

📚 I had a blast this weekend at the Cecil County Library Children's Book Festival. I got to chat with fellow kidlit author and illustrators, meet awesome kids, and enjoy PERFECT weather. If you are ever in the area, this is the most gorgeous library I've ever seen! #kidlit #childrensbooks

📚 I'll be at the Cecil County Public Library Children's Book Festival in Maryland tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th) from 10-2! Any kidlit friends in the area? I'd love to chat! . . . #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #childrensbook #publiclibraries #cecilcountymd