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Adrianna Bamber
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Ukrainian American 🇺🇦🇺🇸📚✍️🎨
Illustrator • Designer • Kidlit Author

🖥️ Illustration & Design https://www.abamber.com
📸 http://Instagram.com/instabamber
🛒 https://abamber.Etsy.com

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🗣️Children’s Books, Beach, #StandWithUkraine
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Adrianna Bamber @abamber.bsky.social · Jun 20
My #bilingual (Ukrainian-English) #childrensbook, Ukrainian Alphabet of Tasty Foods is now available! 🇺🇦🇺🇸📚🎉
Info, page previews, & shop: abamber.com/store
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#picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #authorillustrator #UkrainianFood #Ukrainian #alphabetbook #illustrator #SCBWI
Hardcover and softcover copies of the bilingual (Ukrainian-English) children's book "Ukrainian Alphabet of Tasty Foods" by Adrianna Bamber are displayed on a wooden table. Websites links to purchase the books are listed below the books: https://www.abamber.com/store & https://abamber.etsy.com
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www.dailyartmagazine.com/lyubov-panch...
#Ukrainianartist #LyubovPanchenko 🇺🇦🎨
Lyubov Panchenko: Remembering the Ukrainian Artist
Lyubov Panchenko celebrated her Ukrainian identity through subversive folk art. She died during the Russian invasion in April 2022.
www.dailyartmagazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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I did not see the mountain lion last week. This concludes my San Francisco wildlife report.
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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I’m impressed a coyote swam to Alcatraz.
February 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Lately the birds in my neighborhood have been very chatty.
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Reflecting on the beach sky reflections from this past weekend. 🩷🧡💛 #OceanBeachSF
Ocean Beach sky in San Francisco. Ocean Beach sky in San Francisco.
February 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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chytomo.com/en/second-te... #kidlit #UkrainianBooks
Second testimony: Four children's books that speak in the voices of the disappeared and the voiceless
selection of Children books, Ukrainian literature for kids, Ukrainian books for kids, Trauma literature, read Ukrainian
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February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w... #giftarticle #StandWithUkraine
On Eve of Peace Talks, Russia Hits Power Plants in Frigid Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Friday & Saturday Ocean Beach. #OceanBeachSF
Ocean Beach view San Francisco Ocean Beach view San Francisco
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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This week’s #kidlit #libraryhaul was award winning! Caldecott for Fireworks & the Caldecott Honor for Our Lake. All are wonderful for different reasons. 📚😍 #picturebooks #graphicnovel
6 children’s books on a wooden floor
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Biked by this giraffe and sunset. #SunsetDunes #SF
Giraffe sculpture in San Francisco. Sun setting at Ocean Beach.
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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Saw some art this weekend. #SFArtWeek
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Russian strikes leave Kyiv without heat in freezing cold

www.npr.org/2026/01/24/g...
Russian strikes knock out heat in freezing Kyiv as peace talks continue
Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
www.npr.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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Yesterday I learned this emoji is not a coconut with a straw. 🧉
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Sunset from Sunset Dunes. #sunset #SanFrancisco
Sunset in San Francisco’s Sunset.
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Reposted by Adrianna Bamber
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We have a fascinating behind-the-scenes interview for you today! Translator Boris Dralyuk on the music of language, softening difficult messages for children, what makes Who Will Make the Snow? distinctly Ukrainian...and his creative collaboration with Jennifer Croft
worldkidlit.org/2026/01/12/i...
Front cover of picture book called Who Will Make the Snow? by Taras and Marjana Drokhasko, translated from Ukrainian by Boris Dralyuk and Jennifer Croft. Elsewhere Editions, Archipelago Books, 2026
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w... #giftarticle #StandWithUkraine
Kyiv’s Cruelest Winter: Russia Knocks Out the Heat in the Bitter Cold
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Finished reading my #kidlit #picturebook #Libraryhaul. 📚👀
6 children’s picture books displayed on a wooden floor
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Yesterday’s sunset. 🧡#OceanBeachSF
Sunset at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Fare-thee-well now Bobby. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a... #giftarticle #RIPBobby 🌹💀🎸⚡️🐺✌️
Bob Weir: A Life in Pictures
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Ukrainian culture in the global spotlight - #UkrainianCulture
www.forbes.com/sites/katyas...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Accidentally bought vanilla yogurt instead of plain. It’s too sweet for me. 😛

This happens to me about once a year. Hopefully I won’t make this mistake again until 2027.
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Saw this #rainbow on my sunny and drizzly run today. 🌈🌦️🏃‍♀️
Rainbow in San Francisco.
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Happy New Year! 🎉

My social media silence ends as I must report there is a bunny out n’ about in SF. #bunny #rabbit 🐰
Bunny in a basket.
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Spotted my #childrenbooks out in the wild. 🇺🇦🇺🇸📚👀 #picturebooks #kidlitartist
Ukrainian cultural children’s books displayed on wooden shelves.
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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I borrowed someone’s car with a steering wheel warmer and my cold hands life changed.
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM