Polina Gortman 🎨 | Illustrator
@polinagortman.bsky.social
Picture book maker • Reader & star gazer ✨ SEEKING REPRESENTATION ✨ 📚SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23 📚WIDE OPEN SPACES ‘26 📍PNW🌲 www.gortmanillustration.com
I may have posted it before but in case you haven’t seen her here is my capybara pebble. She had fallen out of an old flint wall in Linton Cambridgeshire & was lying on the pavement 🤎
Who knew this lovely illustration was hiding under the dust jacket of WIDE OPEN SPACES from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social ? Hope Mel Schuit sees the one!
There are quite a few awesome summer picture book recs from local PNW authors in this one 👇 #seattle #kidlit
Why illustrations in books matter for young readers
Seattle-area illustrators explain how children's book illustrations spark imagination, build literacy skills, and create lifelong readers.
seattleschild.com
Tomorrow we celebrate 5 years of #KidLitArtPostcard - there is an optional theme of "You, as a kid". I can't wait to see everyone's work across social media! And thank you to all the children's book illustrators for making this a joyous event each month!!!! #kidlit
We are delighted to announce that applications for our third CAG Mini Grant are live! It's hard to make the comics YOU want to make when the cost of living keeps rising. So this Mini Grant is here to offer a little breathing room: groceries, childcare, whatever you need. forms.gle/J7V7frhTZvH7...
This is a really wonderful piece by @heritage.bsky.social taking a peek behind the magical curtain of children's book illustration.
‘I am very serious about being silly’: children’s illustrators on the art of storytelling
From The Twits to the Gruffalo… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life
theguardian.com
Just putting it out there but I would love to do more map projects. If you are in any cartographic need for your book or ttrpg project, hit me up :)
✨ Join us in celebrating this book birthday! ✨ 📚 WIDE OPEN SPACES by Robyn McGrath, illustrated by Polina Gortman, published by Blue Dot Kids Press is now available! Check it out here: buff.ly/Qcd12TS #kidlit #12x12PB
Happy book birthday to WIDE OPEN SPACES! 🎉🥳 In this heartfelt summer story told by Robyn McGrath, a kid - squeezed into a car with three siblings, two parents, and one big dog - turns a long drive into an adventure by letting nature and imagination lead the way. #kidlit #picturebooks
I spent today at the first regional SCBWI WWA conference in 7 years! So happy to catch up with old friends and make new connections! 💛 #scbwiwwa
Pair this with a detailed assessment of the current state of the industry from @hunderdown.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/hund... for an honest appraisal that's not entirely without hope.
Jyn Hall@jynhall.bsky.social · 4mo agoThanks, @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social for this honest look at the industry. #kidlit #writingcommunity #amquerying open.substack.com/pub/vickyweb...
Katherine is an amazing storyteller 💚
Katherine Pryor@katherinepryor.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn celebration of #EarthDay, I’ll be offering free #virtualauthorvisits to elementary schools on April 22. 🌎 I’ll be doing 20-min visits from 9amPST-2pmPST on the hour & half-hour. Please contact me with: -Name of school -Two preferred times -The name of the book you’d like read #gardeneducators
We have 2 #AuthorSignings coming your way at #TXLA26 at Booth 625! Sunday 3pm Robyn McGrath signs WIDE OPEN SPACES from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social & Monday at 10am Amy Moore signs HUMPTY’S GREAT FALL from #TwoLions
My Cassandra joke was great, but no one listened.
Dr ShinyGoth@ghostingdani.bsky.social · 5mo agoI'd tell my Hercules joke but it's pretty labored.
One Little Squiggle got at award! SCBWI 2025 Spark Honor Award for excellence in independent publishing for children 🥳 Yay! So proud of this little book!
First snow this season in Seattle! ❄️ I’m happy for the snow pack in the mountains, but poor trees in the neighborhood are really struggling with additional burden.
My illustrator copies are almost here! I’m going to show them off tomorrow! 💛🚗🌵🏔️🏝️
Day 5 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features JELLYFISH SCIENTIST: MAUDE DELAP AND HER MESMERIZING MEDUSAS by @mcusolito.bsky.social ; illus. by Ellen Rooney ( @charlesbridge.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #InternationalWomensDay
Happy International Women’s Day! To strong, kind, whip-smart, creative women in our lives 💛 May we be them, may we know them, may we raise them 💛💪 #internationalwomensday Another cute spring #dtiys from @yana_kozak_illustrator on IG #yanakozakdtiys 💛
#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek A KNOT IS NOT A TANGLE by Daniel Nayeri + Vesper Stamper (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "In this tender story, creating a rug becomes not just a moment when traditions can be passed down from one generation to the next..." www.hbook.com/story/review...
Hello #kidlitartpostcard, we are in a rainy slump here in Seattle. But I’m excited to announce I’m now represented by Michelle Jackson with Jackson Literary! I’m open to picture books, check out my portfolio www.amyeversonart.com
Hi #kidlitartpostcard I'm Amanda I love illustrating imaginative and engaging stories! I would love to illustrate more stories about whimsical girlhood, mental health, & family dynamics! ✨Rep’d by by @bright-emilyf.bsky.social ✨amandamorrowart.com #kidlit #kidlitart
March #kidlitartpostcard day was just begging for a frog illo, so i drew a rather stressed out bell “hop”. 🐸 😁 I hope your day is going better than his! Open to PB and MG projects. Portfolio kirstenmcgonigal.com rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit
Five more days until my illustrator copies arrive 🥰
Today’s warm-up is a cute dreamy #DTIYS from @lanalotthings on IG 💙 Feisty rambunctious girls are always my favorite to draw! #kidlitart
