Breena Bard

Oh heck yes. Step away! I need this reminder pinned somewhere highly visible, thanks ::)

Hi and hello! I'm a middle grade graphic novelist and I'm currently booking school events and library workshops for the Spring-Fall '26! Virtual visits are also available. More info here: www.breenabard.com/author-visits

My kids talked me into making a youtube video! I said i'd do it if they edited it... more to come??

Jonathan! How are you always the best? Thanks for sharing this (and for being such a solid friend through the good stuff and the crud)

Thanks for reading! And absolutely right about the ups and downs, sometimes there are just more downs in a row than ups...

Thank you for reading! It helped that I had exactly 0 wins in 2025 to report, lol (ok that's an exaggeration but not by much :D

BB's top 10 professional disappointments of 2025! (and why it was still somehow a pretty good year??)

Here's another year-end list for you... all my professional failures and disappointments from the year in a nice little row! 😭😅

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Also contain a shout out to @breenabard.bsky.social!

Thanks! Chaotic second half is the only type of song I know how to make 😄

November 30 YouTube video by Easel Ain't Easy

Made a new little song experiment! I love my Pocket Operators (this time playing with effects pedals!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfK...

Last Punch Soundtrack - YouTube LastPunch is the soundtrack to a video game that doesn’t (yet) exist.It tells the story of LastPunch, once a great warrior, now forced into retirement as you...

If you're more of a Youtube-yr-music person, I put together a LastPunch playlist! (This is the video game soundtrack I made with two pocket operators, btw) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Aww thanks! That one really came together (it's my kids' fave too!)

Monday morning bump! If you're looking for some chill background music while you work today, consider the LastPunch soundtrack! (I made it!)

And now for a secret project... it's LastPunch! Surprise, it's not a comic...

For the super-curious, I wrote a newsletter about how it came to be (perler bead album cover and all!) breenabard.substack.com/p/and-now-fo...

LastPunch, by LastPunch 15 track album

I made a non-comic thing! It's a video game soundtrack that I made using two Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators (PO-12 and PO-16) and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Give it a listen if you'd like! lastpunch.bandcamp.com/album/lastpu...

Every single app ad these days: "It's like Duolingo, but for..."
Okay cool so I'll get a 500 day streak and still not know how to do the thing? GOT IT.

Thank you for sharing Wildfire! I wish it wasn't relevant year after year, but really glad if it can help readers process these devastating fires!

Thank you for sharing this one!

Wildfire — Multnomah County Library Wildfire — Bard, Breena, — "Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destr...

Check out Wildfire by @breenabard.bsky.social if you're looking for a "Children's book with a hopeful climate theme." #AskALibrarian

Sure thing! I'll have copies of all my book!

Portland area folks! I'm having a Claudia Claws launch party on Sunday at 2pm, at Books With Pictures! Hope you can make it! Super kid friendly! Exclamation points!

haha don't you dare!

I need coworkers 🫠

Thanks!! Definitely one of the projects I'm proudest of!

Don't think I ever posted about this here, but one of the biggest projects I've ever completed with this mural we did at an elementary school... 2.5 years in the making! If you're curious, you can read all about it here www.breenabard.com/blog/2024/9/...

KidLit publishing and publishing in general feels so hard right now. I know there are days when the urge to throw in the towel is strong. Please don't. Your work matters. There is someone out there who will be changed by your book. Take that small step today. You have no idea how close you are.

What we learn from a mouse. And not the one that chewed a larger mouse out of cheese who played music from its own tail, although that mouse was also cool.

Some thoughts on if stories even matter... open.substack.com/pub/breenaba...

hahaha eventually it reached you 😄