Your semi-weekly reminder that when we say nominations are open, we mean to everyone! Anyone can nominate a book for the Le Guin Prize, and you have until the end of the month to do so.
Who Loves Blueberries is coming out June 30th! You can preorder here or from your local bookstore www.islandportpress.com/product-page...
#picturebook #islandportpress #fernspikeart #scbwi #kidlit #childrensbook
Obsessed with the spring weather we’re having. Had so much fun with this super soft pastel palette.
Ready to get out and start planting soon !! 🌸
#kidlitart #cuteart #illustration
Painting of William Shakespeare
In between working on submissions I'm trying to squeeze in time for painting, because it's good practise & it makes me so happy to challenge myself in my paintings. I had wanted to attempt a portrait of Shakespeare for a while. Not bad for a first try. #Shakespeare #Portrait #Art #Painting
This is a plein air sketch of a road in a coastal town.
#pleinair #art #graphite #drawing #sketching
Close up of illustration of the first sea creatures on the planet in bright colors splooshing around in blues and aqua water.
Hello #kidlitartpostcard buddies,
I make books for kids!
Rep: Deborah Warren @eastwestlit.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #evolution #nonfiction #NYTbestseller
getting there, a river wants in...
Beautiful!!
An illustration of a small kid in pajamas with big moth wings, flying over a black background, leaving a trail of stars. The text reads Luisa Uribe - rep'd by Alex Gehringer at the Bright Agency.
Better late than never! Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 💚
luisauribe.com
Come get them from us while they're still only $5! #AWP, we're in a spooky corner, just turn the dark bend and walk into the wall and that's where you'll find us! T704
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I love projects with opportunities to draw nature scenes, vintage or nostalgic imagery, or curious little objects. My agent is @charlottewenger.com
🕸️: www.menekarepka.com/personalwork
#Kidlitartpostcard March! 🍀 I'm Ronni Runyon, an illustrator that looks to capture the small moments in life and make them magical. I would love to work on picture books, board books, middle grade etc. I am seeking representation!
ronnirunyonillustration.com
Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day!
This month's postcard is inspired by the artists of ancient history. Besides art, history was my favorite subject in school. I was alway fascinated by how much art can tell us about history.
🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha
#kidlitart
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Delphine, children’s book author illustrator. Animals with big heart is my jam. Hope to hear from you!
I’m represented by Aliza Hoover at @thecatagency.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitillustration
A crab looks around obviously lost. He's playing a trumpet in the ocean, alone. The text reads "Crab wasn't lost."
Hey! It's #kidlitartpostcard day. I'm an author and illustrator of picture books. I love smart, quirky stories with memorable characters and rewarding page turns. I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social.
🌟 Portfolio: www.twofishillustration.com/my-work
#kidlit #kidlitart
This is an illustration of kids wandering through a sumbarine. Its created in yellow, blue, and purple hues. There are four kids looking trough a "window" and seeing lots of fish and a big red octopus.
🌞 It's #kidlitartpostcard day!!! I have been busy with my 10 month old, but I managed to create a new illustration in time to post today 🎈 I am open for picture book, board book and middle grade projects 😁
Welcome to the #KidLitArtPostcard Day feast. Hope you find something you like. I am Chris, a picture book illustrator. See more work at thornockstudios.com. Inquiries - Agent Lori Steel - steelworksliterary.com
Tomorrow!
To make it easier, copy and paste the correct hashtag to go with your post:
#KidLitArtPostcard
Canadian #kidlit pals 👇
The Lane Anderson Award honours the very best science writing in Canada today, both in the adult and young reader categories.
Realizing I should include the main things you should do to support native bees/other insects
1) Plant native plants
2) Don't use pesticides, and tell your friends and neighbors to stop using pesticides
3) Leave fallen leaves in the winter
4) Leave dead stems over winter for overwintering critters
Gouache painting in lush dark green and blue featuring a cross-section of a pond at night. A green harlequin-patterned frog with a hint of tadpole tail climbs half out of the water into the cattails, looking at the stars. In the darkness lurks a taloned heron foot. The water is full of tadpoles, pond weed, insect larvae, and frog eggs. A single bright mayfly hangs on a cattail leaf above the frog's head. Text below reads JULIAN PLUM | Represented by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary, julianplum.com
Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!"
🌌 julianplum.com
💌 hello@julianplum.com
#kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿
And different with each story you write.
Miniprint vending machine pull for an online order. 🎉 You can purchase one online in my shop if you want one too. Can't guarantee which print you'll get though. 👀 #miniprintvendingmachine #vendingmachine
I know I yell about this a lot but I literally got the best opportunities of my life just from sharing my weird art online. You can, and should, try the things that you've wanted to do but didn't because there was a part of you that said, "what's the point?" Sometimes the point is the joy of it bro
Author E.G. Alaraj talked to Quill & Quire about her upcoming book My Language Is a Garden!
In this picture book, a parent tells their child about their heritage language and all that it represents.
Read the article on their website!
quillandquire.com/authors/e-g-...
A cozy cross section of a tree home with a bunch of little witches living inside
Been brewing away in hibernation mode lately, drawing and writing... #illustration #kidlitart
I love seeing everyone’s lunar new year art!
Missing my family more and more with each year I spend LNY away from them!
#kidlitart #lunarnewyear #horse
What a beautiful cover!! I’m going to look up the illustrator
Painting of English countryside in spring
It's an English country garden... #Garden #England #EnglishCountryside #EnglishCountryGarden #Gouache #painting #Art
