JacobGrantBooks
@jacobgrantbooks.bsky.social
Author - Illustrator - Dad
🏆 2024 Bologna Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Winner
https://jacobgrantbooks.com/
🏆 2024 Bologna Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Winner
https://jacobgrantbooks.com/
🐧 Find me this Friday at the Art Academy of Concinnati & Saturday at Books By The Banks 🐧
Fri 10:30 am: Panel talk at AAC with 6 other book illustrators
Fri 5-8pm: Gallery opening at AAC with many book illustrators from the region
Sat 10-4pm: Meeting readers and signing books at Books By The Banks
Fri 10:30 am: Panel talk at AAC with 6 other book illustrators
Fri 5-8pm: Gallery opening at AAC with many book illustrators from the region
Sat 10-4pm: Meeting readers and signing books at Books By The Banks
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🐧 Find me this Friday at the Art Academy of Concinnati & Saturday at Books By The Banks 🐧
Fri 10:30 am: Panel talk at AAC with 6 other book illustrators
Fri 5-8pm: Gallery opening at AAC with many book illustrators from the region
Sat 10-4pm: Meeting readers and signing books at Books By The Banks
Fri 10:30 am: Panel talk at AAC with 6 other book illustrators
Fri 5-8pm: Gallery opening at AAC with many book illustrators from the region
Sat 10-4pm: Meeting readers and signing books at Books By The Banks
Celebrate #nationaldonutday with the kids 😉
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Celebrate #nationaldonutday with the kids 😉
🎂 Happy book birthday, Umami! 🎂 What is your favorite food on your birthday? Comment on my Insta post for a chance to win your own Umami washi tape! 3 winners to be announced - (shipping limited to US)
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎂 Happy book birthday, Umami! 🎂 What is your favorite food on your birthday? Comment on my Insta post for a chance to win your own Umami washi tape! 3 winners to be announced - (shipping limited to US)
Baby's first book birthday! 🎂 This Wednesday, Oct 29, I'll be celebrating my favorite penguin's birthday with some special Umami washi tape giveaways. Let's party!
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Baby's first book birthday! 🎂 This Wednesday, Oct 29, I'll be celebrating my favorite penguin's birthday with some special Umami washi tape giveaways. Let's party!
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Saturday, join me for an Umami story time and draw-along in Louisville! Be ready to draw some 🐧🐧🐧
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Saturday, join me for an Umami story time and draw-along in Louisville! Be ready to draw some 🐧🐧🐧
My Grandma passed away recently at the impressive age of 96, and I've been thinking about the many warm memories I have from a childhood visiting her home. These doodles are a sort of archive for me to record that place and time. ❤️
October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My Grandma passed away recently at the impressive age of 96, and I've been thinking about the many warm memories I have from a childhood visiting her home. These doodles are a sort of archive for me to record that place and time. ❤️
Back coaching my daughter's 2nd grade ⚽ team all while making a story about a ⚽ team. The kids are slightly easier to coach this season - at least there are less shoes that need tying, but I'll never figure out how to keep them from throwing grass everywhere.
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Back coaching my daughter's 2nd grade ⚽ team all while making a story about a ⚽ team. The kids are slightly easier to coach this season - at least there are less shoes that need tying, but I'll never figure out how to keep them from throwing grass everywhere.
I'm pleased to announce that I've officially teamed up with Andrea Morrison at Writers House! It feels good to join the talented crew, and I'm excited for what's ahead.
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm pleased to announce that I've officially teamed up with Andrea Morrison at Writers House! It feels good to join the talented crew, and I'm excited for what's ahead.
Many thanks to everyone who celebrated Umami with me at the Secretary of State's tent this past Friday. It was a joy to read, draw, and talk about things to eat at the fair!
August 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Many thanks to everyone who celebrated Umami with me at the Secretary of State's tent this past Friday. It was a joy to read, draw, and talk about things to eat at the fair!
Find me this Friday at the Secretary of State's Tent from 10am-12pm, giving away 100 copies of Umami! Many thanks to Alexi Giannoulias and the IL State Library for making it all possible 📚🎉 #ilstatefair
August 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Find me this Friday at the Secretary of State's Tent from 10am-12pm, giving away 100 copies of Umami! Many thanks to Alexi Giannoulias and the IL State Library for making it all possible 📚🎉 #ilstatefair
My Virtual Saturday Stories with The Society of Illustrators is now on youtube, so grab your oil pastels and follow along as we make a monoprint! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHF...
@soi128.bsky.social #kidlitart
@soi128.bsky.social #kidlitart
July 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My Virtual Saturday Stories with The Society of Illustrators is now on youtube, so grab your oil pastels and follow along as we make a monoprint! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHF...
@soi128.bsky.social #kidlitart
@soi128.bsky.social #kidlitart
Doodles from 🇨🇦 - We were lucky enough to spend the first couple weeks of July visiting family and friends in Kitchener, Toronto, and Muskoka - which meant lots of sketching!
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Doodles from 🇨🇦 - We were lucky enough to spend the first couple weeks of July visiting family and friends in Kitchener, Toronto, and Muskoka - which meant lots of sketching!
Chicago friends! Join me @ 10am this Sunday for a free Umami storytime, draw-along, and hands-on art project at BASH Kids Club 🐧🖍️🎉
July 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Chicago friends! Join me @ 10am this Sunday for a free Umami storytime, draw-along, and hands-on art project at BASH Kids Club 🐧🖍️🎉
Materials for this week's Virtual Saturday Stories with @soi128.bsky.social 🖍️🎉
- oil pastels (student Cray-Pas are perfect)
- color pencils
- spoon
- 8.5x11 printer paper (bring a few sheets)
- a space where you can be messy
Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
- oil pastels (student Cray-Pas are perfect)
- color pencils
- spoon
- 8.5x11 printer paper (bring a few sheets)
- a space where you can be messy
Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Materials for this week's Virtual Saturday Stories with @soi128.bsky.social 🖍️🎉
- oil pastels (student Cray-Pas are perfect)
- color pencils
- spoon
- 8.5x11 printer paper (bring a few sheets)
- a space where you can be messy
Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
- oil pastels (student Cray-Pas are perfect)
- color pencils
- spoon
- 8.5x11 printer paper (bring a few sheets)
- a space where you can be messy
Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
While digging through my grade school art I found a favorite! Pretty sure I was just supposed to make a house 🔥
June 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
While digging through my grade school art I found a favorite! Pretty sure I was just supposed to make a house 🔥
🖍️Free event!🖍️ I'm excited to be teaming up with @soi128.bsky.social for an Umami edition of Virtual Saturday Stories next month. Bring the kids, some oil pastels, and color pencils, and be prepared for a little mess! #kidlitart
societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
May 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🖍️Free event!🖍️ I'm excited to be teaming up with @soi128.bsky.social for an Umami edition of Virtual Saturday Stories next month. Bring the kids, some oil pastels, and color pencils, and be prepared for a little mess! #kidlitart
societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
A translation donation for @oakparklibrary.bsky.social 🌎📚 I dropped a big box of books off at the library yesterday with translations of my books from Spain, Poland, Korea, Taiwan, France and the Netherlands. Happy to have the books out of storage and out in the neighborhood! #kidlit
May 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A translation donation for @oakparklibrary.bsky.social 🌎📚 I dropped a big box of books off at the library yesterday with translations of my books from Spain, Poland, Korea, Taiwan, France and the Netherlands. Happy to have the books out of storage and out in the neighborhood! #kidlit
Monoprint demo from a workshop with 5th graders last week 🦕 The more colors, the better! #kidlitart
May 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Monoprint demo from a workshop with 5th graders last week 🦕 The more colors, the better! #kidlitart
This Saturday I have the good fortune of joining a panel alongside Valerie Reynolds @jashar.bsky.social and Lindsay Bonilla - Hooray for picture books! If you're in Columbus drop by and say hello 📚🎉 #kidlit
April 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This Saturday I have the good fortune of joining a panel alongside Valerie Reynolds @jashar.bsky.social and Lindsay Bonilla - Hooray for picture books! If you're in Columbus drop by and say hello 📚🎉 #kidlit
The great green room at Blue Marble Books complete with a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush 💚 Many thanks to the shop and Ft Thomas Schools for making me feel so welcome!
#kidlit
#kidlit
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The great green room at Blue Marble Books complete with a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush 💚 Many thanks to the shop and Ft Thomas Schools for making me feel so welcome!
#kidlit
#kidlit
Cincy & NKY Friends! Join me at Blue Marble Books this weekend for reading, drawing, and lunch with Filipino food truck Lasang Pinoy 📚✏️🥄 Sarap! #kidlit
April 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cincy & NKY Friends! Join me at Blue Marble Books this weekend for reading, drawing, and lunch with Filipino food truck Lasang Pinoy 📚✏️🥄 Sarap! #kidlit
Indianapolis! Come out and draw some 🐧 with me at Kids Ink Books this Saturday! I can promise you much fun, and a minimal amount of seagulls. #indianapolis #indianapolisbookstore #kidlit
April 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Indianapolis! Come out and draw some 🐧 with me at Kids Ink Books this Saturday! I can promise you much fun, and a minimal amount of seagulls. #indianapolis #indianapolisbookstore #kidlit
Indianapolis - Northern Kentucky - Jacksonville - Columbus - The Umami midwest hoopla kicks off next weekend! 🐧📚🎉
April 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Indianapolis - Northern Kentucky - Jacksonville - Columbus - The Umami midwest hoopla kicks off next weekend! 🐧📚🎉