Matthew Cordell
@cordellmatthew.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Attention holiday shoppers! I just added 4 new designs to my redbubble store that can be purchased as shirts, mugs, stickers, prints, and more! Have a look here and thank you for doing so! ✌️ www.redbubble.com/people/matth... #kidlit #kidlitart ##childrensbookillustration
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Attention holiday shoppers! I just added 4 new designs to my redbubble store that can be purchased as shirts, mugs, stickers, prints, and more! Have a look here and thank you for doing so! ✌️ www.redbubble.com/people/matth... #kidlit #kidlitart ##childrensbookillustration
Thank you so much to Kirkus for selecting To See an Owl as a best picture book of 2025! It's an honor and a pleasure to see it remembered and acknowledged here at the end of the year. It's been such a terrific year for this book. Thank you to everyone who made it so. 😊❤️🦉
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you so much to Kirkus for selecting To See an Owl as a best picture book of 2025! It's an honor and a pleasure to see it remembered and acknowledged here at the end of the year. It's been such a terrific year for this book. Thank you to everyone who made it so. 😊❤️🦉
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
I'm positively pleased to report To See an Owl is a 2025 School Library Journal best book of the year! Thank you so much to @slj.com for the kindness and honor! ❤️🦉❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm positively pleased to report To See an Owl is a 2025 School Library Journal best book of the year! Thank you so much to @slj.com for the kindness and honor! ❤️🦉❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
Northern Illinois friends and families! I hope you can join us for this special Wolf in the Snow event at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville on Thurs Dec 4 5-6pm. Link to register: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Northern Illinois friends and families! I hope you can join us for this special Wolf in the Snow event at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville on Thurs Dec 4 5-6pm. Link to register: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
My next picture book, 102, isn't out til April 14, but the 1st trade review is in and it's a star from @slj.com! Thanks so much, SLJ for the very generous and kind words. www.slj.com/review/102-1... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My next picture book, 102, isn't out til April 14, but the 1st trade review is in and it's a star from @slj.com! Thanks so much, SLJ for the very generous and kind words. www.slj.com/review/102-1... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart
If there's voting going on in your state today, please vote! Local elections, state, federal elections, it all matters. Don't let the billionaire apologists, traitors of the poor and middle class, book banners, racists, and gay and trans phobes on the ballots squeak into power in your elections.✌️
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If there's voting going on in your state today, please vote! Local elections, state, federal elections, it all matters. Don't let the billionaire apologists, traitors of the poor and middle class, book banners, racists, and gay and trans phobes on the ballots squeak into power in your elections.✌️
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I started an ongoing series in my sketchbook, drawing (pen/ink, standard ball point pen, gel ball point pen, colored pencil) and collage-ing (using different shades of blue paper plus watercolor papers) scenes from 1982's Blade Runner. Here are the first three. 🟦
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I started an ongoing series in my sketchbook, drawing (pen/ink, standard ball point pen, gel ball point pen, colored pencil) and collage-ing (using different shades of blue paper plus watercolor papers) scenes from 1982's Blade Runner. Here are the first three. 🟦
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
I'm just a breath away from finishing this David Bowie picture book biography that's been in the works for literal years. I'm excited about it, and it will be out in fall of 2026 from Neal Porter Books. It's called STARMAN.⚡️
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
October 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm just a breath away from finishing this David Bowie picture book biography that's been in the works for literal years. I'm excited about it, and it will be out in fall of 2026 from Neal Porter Books. It's called STARMAN.⚡️
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
Night Birding (6 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Night Birding (6 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (5 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Night Birding (5 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (4 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Night Birding (4 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (3 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Night Birding (3 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
Night Birding (2 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Night Birding (2 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The future is... questionable. But in 2026, I'll be working krautrock into a picture book. ⬛️
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The future is... questionable. But in 2026, I'll be working krautrock into a picture book. ⬛️
HELLO NEW BOOK COVER ALERT! My next author/illustrator picture book, 102, will be released April 2026, and I'm excited to share the cover! Thanks to fam at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for making this one special--esp wildly cool Mary-Kate Gaudet and Angelie Yap. #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
HELLO NEW BOOK COVER ALERT! My next author/illustrator picture book, 102, will be released April 2026, and I'm excited to share the cover! Thanks to fam at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for making this one special--esp wildly cool Mary-Kate Gaudet and Angelie Yap. #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
Weekend sketchbook drawing, good for the soul 🖤
#penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook #davidbowie #bowie
#penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook #davidbowie #bowie
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Weekend sketchbook drawing, good for the soul 🖤
#penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook #davidbowie #bowie
#penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook #davidbowie #bowie
July 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Still trying to get a handle on this nib I bought in Tokyo. I thought I might use it to draw my next book, but I'm a little afraid of it! I love it, but it is a wild one for real. 😬
#penandink #drawing #sketchbook
#penandink #drawing #sketchbook
July 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Still trying to get a handle on this nib I bought in Tokyo. I thought I might use it to draw my next book, but I'm a little afraid of it! I love it, but it is a wild one for real. 😬
#penandink #drawing #sketchbook
#penandink #drawing #sketchbook
Hello! I will be at ALA Annual Conference this weekend in Philadelphia talking about TO SEE AN OWL at a few fun events. I hope you'll join me tomorrow morning (Saturday) for a signing of the book from 10:15-11:15 at the Random House Children's Books booth #1512. See you soon! ✌️ #alaac25
June 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hello! I will be at ALA Annual Conference this weekend in Philadelphia talking about TO SEE AN OWL at a few fun events. I hope you'll join me tomorrow morning (Saturday) for a signing of the book from 10:15-11:15 at the Random House Children's Books booth #1512. See you soon! ✌️ #alaac25