'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

It’s a combination of the picture book format (short form, words + pictures interacting) and how smart and open-minded kids are. Picture books allow you to experiment endlessly. #kidlitchat

Bonnie Adamson@bonnieadamson.com · 24h ago

TOPIC: Continuing our celebration of 17 years chatting, tonight we're re-upping the very first topic from the first #kidlitchat: "Why children’s literature? What excites you about it, whether it’s reading, writing or ???"

As something that can be learned and then summoned on a whim, I would recommend studying art and then creating stories for yourself and others

Stop calling me an amateur. I've been doing this for decades. I'm incompetent.

My son asked me to draw Godzilla drinking his water. How could I say no to such an amazing request? #gogoandyart

Gonna finish what National Lampoon started with Jaws 5, People 0

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

french patrol to jean valjean french patrol to jean valjean take your loaf of bread and put your shackles on (two) french patrol to jean valjean (four, six, zero, one) his sentence ends, parole’s begun (two, four, six, zero) said the bishop “and may god’s love be with you” (one, run off)

Medusa but her hair is an anaconda

It's time to revive Andrew Lloyd Webber's STARLIGHT EXPRESS on Broadway.

Max Gladstone@maxgladstone.bsky.social · last wk.

i do in fact want trains

I know I'm gonna trip up over something at the ten word mark because I'm just not very good at saying things, especially under pressure

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · last wk.

You’re caught unawares and offered $1000 per correct word if you recite any existing piece of text you know - accumulating up to the point you make your first mistake. How much do you walk away with?

I Made You This Comic! Reuploaded with alt text. 1/3

I see @shyamala.bsky.social’s Under Pressure in there! Congratulations!! 🎉

Heather Stigall@heatherstigall7.bsky.social · last wk.

🏆CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2026 Crystal Kite winners!🎉 #crystalkiteawards #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #childrensbooks #booksforkids #WinnersAnnouncement

From when Paul the Trombonist accidentally texted his wife with voice transcription on while practicing:

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last wk.

say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please

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huh, did you know that rust and minerals can build up in your iron's steam vents, even if you almost never use your iron? because wowee I just learned that

The nightmare-fuel Mysterious Stranger scene gets a lot of attention, but I would like to direct you to the 53 minute mark for Alien Heaven

Animation Dad@animation350.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Adventures of Mark Twain is one of the strangest blank check movies in animation history. After making it big with the California Raisons, Will Vinton would use the profits to create this epic claymation film. If you want to watch the strangest scene in this children’s … youtu.be/HKU5cxq7xUs?...

A Bloödcheëp from across the pond! Eurasian Jäycheëp.

aesche@aesche.bsky.social · last wk.

Poor Jäycheëp...!! (Eichelhäher in der Mauser - heute Nachmittag gesehen) Obligatorischer Link zu @rosemarymosco.com|s Comic: rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

okay. breaking an extremely long hiatus from making new bumper stickers for this. Ordering tomorrow, hopefully available to purchase next week!!!

Recommended. Incredibly out-there.

Animation Dad@animation350.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Adventures of Mark Twain is one of the strangest blank check movies in animation history. After making it big with the California Raisons, Will Vinton would use the profits to create this epic claymation film. If you want to watch the strangest scene in this children’s … youtu.be/HKU5cxq7xUs?...

Last day of the Raddle/AVCX week! (You’ve got until Thursday to send in your solution to the meta, though)

Katherine Thorne@sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's a cool thing I've been involved with: this week's Raddle is a collaboration with the AVCX folks! There's a puzzle by a different AVCX creator every day and a meta-puzzle for the week (with a prize!): raddle.quest

One of my favorite reads of the year!

Graphic Medicine International Collective (#GraphMed2026)@graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 2w ago

For outstanding long-form graphic medicine, the award goes to... Hello Sunshine  by Keezy Young, published by LB Ink (an imprint of Little, Brown & Company)

obviously there are more serious issues but also this is illustrative of some of those more serious issues.

Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · 2w ago

why is the teacher robot wearing eyeliner

I don’t think I’ve posted my favorite Richard Scarry illustration here yet. There‘s so much going on in this picture, it’s amazing.

@wordnik.com’s word of the day is “merry-andrew“ which might also be a good drag name or steam shovel name www.wordnik.com/word-of-the-...

Wordnik Word of the Day: merry-andrew

All the words

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Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him

daaaaah I’m forever your girl

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name a character you would cosplay.

a powerful cleanse for any timeline

David Bixenspan@davidbix.com · 2w ago

Here's a photograph of Shirley Manson at the Scottish Owl Centre that was posted to the official Garbage Facebook page.

Writers of the Great Cambridge Area! Don't forget to apply for the 2027 Writers in Residence program. One writer for adults and one writer for young readers will be selected to get some cool benefits, while fulfilling some responsibilities that we hope help develop their careers!

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Porter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2025

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