Sojung Kim-McCarthy
@creativesojung.bsky.social
Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary
BINNA’S DALGONA out now!
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World Illustration Awards 2021
Advert Category Winner
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sojungkimmccarthy.art
[email protected]
Agent: Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary
BINNA’S DALGONA out now!
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
World Illustration Awards 2021
Advert Category Winner
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
[email protected]
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Happy #PortfolioDay! I’m a Korean illustrator based in the UK. I illustrate PB-MG & would love to work on stories about ordinary brave girls✨Finding & helping community✨Folktales!
Repped by Susan Hawk @ Upstart Crow Literary
🖼️ sojungkimmccarthy.art
✉️ [email protected]
#KidLitArt
Repped by Susan Hawk @ Upstart Crow Literary
🖼️ sojungkimmccarthy.art
✉️ [email protected]
#KidLitArt
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not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
#FolktaleWeek Day 7: Dawn
Governor of Cheolsan was found dead in his bed one morning. Same thing happened to his replacement, and to the next, and to the next... When no one wanted to be the new governor, a civil servant called Jeong Dong-woo volunteered. (1/?)
#BasedOnTrueCrime
Governor of Cheolsan was found dead in his bed one morning. Same thing happened to his replacement, and to the next, and to the next... When no one wanted to be the new governor, a civil servant called Jeong Dong-woo volunteered. (1/?)
#BasedOnTrueCrime
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 7: Dawn
Governor of Cheolsan was found dead in his bed one morning. Same thing happened to his replacement, and to the next, and to the next... When no one wanted to be the new governor, a civil servant called Jeong Dong-woo volunteered. (1/?)
#BasedOnTrueCrime
Governor of Cheolsan was found dead in his bed one morning. Same thing happened to his replacement, and to the next, and to the next... When no one wanted to be the new governor, a civil servant called Jeong Dong-woo volunteered. (1/?)
#BasedOnTrueCrime
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
#FolktaleWeek Day 5: Charm
Cheoyong, son of the dragon that ruled the East Sea, was given a high position in the King Heon-gang’s government in Shilla. The king also matched him with a bride who was famous for her beauty. One night, Cheoyong came home to find her in bed with the god of plague. (1/)
Cheoyong, son of the dragon that ruled the East Sea, was given a high position in the King Heon-gang’s government in Shilla. The king also matched him with a bride who was famous for her beauty. One night, Cheoyong came home to find her in bed with the god of plague. (1/)
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 5: Charm
Cheoyong, son of the dragon that ruled the East Sea, was given a high position in the King Heon-gang’s government in Shilla. The king also matched him with a bride who was famous for her beauty. One night, Cheoyong came home to find her in bed with the god of plague. (1/)
Cheoyong, son of the dragon that ruled the East Sea, was given a high position in the King Heon-gang’s government in Shilla. The king also matched him with a bride who was famous for her beauty. One night, Cheoyong came home to find her in bed with the god of plague. (1/)
Btw I saw one of the versions of this story suggests 100x ✨dogs’ testicles✨ instead of small animals to cure the mother’s illness 😳
#FolktaleWeek Day 4: Book
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Btw I saw one of the versions of this story suggests 100x ✨dogs’ testicles✨ instead of small animals to cure the mother’s illness 😳
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You never know what will come out a broken crayon. #Uplift
More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You never know what will come out a broken crayon. #Uplift
More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
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#KidLitArt chat is tonight! Come chat!
November's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Thankful Thoughts!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#KidLitArt chat is tonight! Come chat!
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London #kidlitUK folks! I'm giving away my small collection of the last 9 issues of Carousel magazine (from Winter 2016 to Winter 2019). Pick up from E3 or can meet in Central. Any takers?
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
London #kidlitUK folks! I'm giving away my small collection of the last 9 issues of Carousel magazine (from Winter 2016 to Winter 2019). Pick up from E3 or can meet in Central. Any takers?
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For #FolktaleWeek2025 I wanted to once again make sure I included some Canadian #folklore. So for the Day 1 prompt Night I knew what to illustrate!
This lino block print illustrates the famous French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe. The tale tells of some hardworking 🧵
This lino block print illustrates the famous French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe. The tale tells of some hardworking 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For #FolktaleWeek2025 I wanted to once again make sure I included some Canadian #folklore. So for the Day 1 prompt Night I knew what to illustrate!
This lino block print illustrates the famous French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe. The tale tells of some hardworking 🧵
This lino block print illustrates the famous French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe. The tale tells of some hardworking 🧵
Reposted by Sojung Kim-McCarthy
Reposted by Sojung Kim-McCarthy
Day three of #folktaleweek is rain.
Uh oh! The weather has turned! Good thing there's this handy cave right there ...
#folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration
Uh oh! The weather has turned! Good thing there's this handy cave right there ...
#folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Day three of #folktaleweek is rain.
Uh oh! The weather has turned! Good thing there's this handy cave right there ...
#folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration
Uh oh! The weather has turned! Good thing there's this handy cave right there ...
#folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration
#FolktaleWeek Day 4: Book
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#FolktaleWeek Day 4: Book
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
There was a dutiful son whose mother fell gravely ill. He tried everything to get her better, but to no avail. All he could do was pray. One night, he met in his dream a mysterious old man who said that the mother would be cured if she ate 100 small animals. (1/?)
#kidlit
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#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
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#FolktaleWeek Day 2: Echo
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 2: Echo
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
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#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
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Happy news! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me made ALA Booklist’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Books for Youth list! We are honored! Congratulations to all the creators of these fantastic books! ✨ tinyurl.com/5xkyavh6 #kidlit #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy news! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me made ALA Booklist’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Books for Youth list! We are honored! Congratulations to all the creators of these fantastic books! ✨ tinyurl.com/5xkyavh6 #kidlit #booksky
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It’s the first day of #FolktaleWeek2025!
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It’s the first day of #FolktaleWeek2025!
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
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Folktale Week 2025. Day 2 - Echo
Echo, the Oread nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekday2 #folktaleweekecho #greekmyths #greekmythology #olympians #art #illustration #drawing #painting #artwork #watercolour
Echo, the Oread nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekday2 #folktaleweekecho #greekmyths #greekmythology #olympians #art #illustration #drawing #painting #artwork #watercolour
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Folktale Week 2025. Day 2 - Echo
Echo, the Oread nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekday2 #folktaleweekecho #greekmyths #greekmythology #olympians #art #illustration #drawing #painting #artwork #watercolour
Echo, the Oread nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekday2 #folktaleweekecho #greekmyths #greekmythology #olympians #art #illustration #drawing #painting #artwork #watercolour
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#FolktaleWeek prompt #2: Echo
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#FolktaleWeek prompt #2: Echo
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek Day 2: Echo
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 2: Echo
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
There was once a new king in the ancient kingdom of Shilla. His ears started growing bigger after the coronation, and eventually became like those of the donkeys’. The king was so flustered snd embarrassed by this phenomenon that he kept it a secret. (1/?)
#kidlitart
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Folktale Week day 1: night
where the Moon wakes up
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration #Procreate
where the Moon wakes up
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration #Procreate
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Folktale Week day 1: night
where the Moon wakes up
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration #Procreate
where the Moon wakes up
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration #Procreate
#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
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The way Ai covers have infiltrated indie publishing is such a bummer.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The way Ai covers have infiltrated indie publishing is such a bummer.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.