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Olga Smith @olgasmithart.bsky.social · 7d

Yay! I still can’t believe it happened! #kidlitart #scbwi

SCBWI-Ohio North @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social · 7d

The #scbwiohionorth conference Art Show people’s choice winner was @olgasmithart.bsky.social. The fantastic entries in the show were inspiring and a testament to the thriving creative community we have here in Ohio! Congrats, Olga! ❤️

2025 ART SHOW
PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER
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Olga Smith
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SCBWI
Ohio North Region
SOCIETY @ CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Insta: @scbwi_nohio
@scbwi-ohionorth
scbwi.org/regions/ohionorth
where stories Take flight #scbwi
#kidlit #kidlitart

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · 13d

Nice! I’ve done my share of reduction cuts. They can be quite a challenge, but so exciting when you see the end result!

Diandra Mae @diandramae.bsky.social · May 13

For this week’s #printmaking class we had to make a reduction print. It was a little bit of a mind-bender planning out the process of working back to front and light to dark, but I figured it out in the end, chatter and all. 😅
#traditional #linocut #illustration #punprint #linoprint #linoleum

Photo of a gray linoleum block carved with the reverse image of a jam jar outline. The text reads “You’re My Jam.” The red, pink, dark purple, and light yellow/cream print lies next to the block.
The squatty and round jam jar is red. The lid is red and pink and cream checkered. There is a cream label on the front of the jar in the shape of a slice of toast with red jam as the background for the dark text.

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thanks, Sonya! I just saw this. I haven’t been on Blue Sky much lately. I hope all is going well with you, too! 😍

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Jun 10

I’m thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Tracy Marchini at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social!
I look forward to the creative journey ahead with Tracy and the BookEnds team!

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Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social · Jun 9

Do you want to learn more about my writing process and purchase some books that will support a local independent bookstore? Read my interview with 32nd Avenue Books here: 32ndavenuebooks.indiecommerce.com/childrens-bo...

#kidlit #author #PictureBooks #amwriting #bookstore #bookstagram

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations, Charlene!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · Jun 3

Happy book birthday to WHEN YOU GO TO DRAGON SCHOOL by Chelsea M Campbell, illus by me!

Hope readers enjoy this fun, dragon-filled, back to school book!

#kidlit #dragon #books

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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · May 29

Breaking- HB3225 which would have set age restrictions at public libraries failed to pass the Senate deadline tonight. We are glad to know that Texas public libraries can continue serving patrons and allowing families to make their own choices.

a cartoon of a girl holding a blue book with the website debbiechi.com written below her

ALT: a cartoon of a girl holding a blue book with the website debbiechi.com written below her

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Apr 26

Children’s Book World in West Los Angeles. 💗

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Apr 26

This is something to celebrate!

Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · Apr 26

Today is #IndieBookstoreDay, and I hope you're planning a trip to your local bookstore to celebrate these irreplaceable community spaces. ❤️

Not sure where your nearest @indiebound.bsky.social shop is? Use their bookstore-finder tool and hit the road: www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...

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Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social · Apr 10

Truly a great resource for teachers and also just plain fun for #poetry fans. Grateful to be a part of it….

Michelle Schaub @schaubwrites.bsky.social · Apr 10

Here's a fab poetry resource for National Poetry Month and beyond, the POETRY FROM DAILY LIFE video library, hosted by David Harrison www.youtube.com/@poetryfromd...

@mattforrestvw.bsky.social #KIDLIT #NATIONALPOETRYMONTH @leslea.bsky.social @gregpincus.bsky.social @kennnesbitt.bsky.social

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Jennifer Doehring @jenniferdoehring.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
Making #picturebooks is my passion and I’m so lucky to do this for a living! My favorite things to draw are weather, fantastical nature driven backgrounds and funny characters. Contact my agent for any #kidlit project- I’d love to work on more brilliant stories!

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Valerie Bean @valdraws.com · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I’m Val, an illustrator available for all types of #kidlitart projects. I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#earthday #bees #beehotel #earthdayactivities #spring
#coloredpencil #procreate #kidlitsky

Colored pencil illustration of three children making bee hotels at a picnic table. One child is rolling paper tubes. The second child is putting the tubes in larger cardboard tubes and a milk carton and the third child is putting one of the finished to bee hotels in a tree. Three bees are hovering their flowers in the foreground.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Apr 3

I did not know that library workers are oathsworn!

I also did not think I could love library workers any more than I already do but there you go.

💙❤️

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Apr 3

Did you know library workers are an oathsworn profession? The ideals are lofty: protecting intellectual freedom, equal access, without exercising our personal judgment on materials.

That all goes to pieces without funding. They’re going to be paring back. Expect to see “refocusing”. Back to books!

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Apr 3

Again, the first impacted are always people who need anything outside the “norm”, and that realistically means access suffers and diversity in materials suffers.

This sucks and you should be furious, if not on your behalf, then the families’ who rely on the library to procure things they can’t.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · Apr 3

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! It's also my birthday and I'm shamelessly going with a birthday theme! 🎂

I'm Brooke Baum and I'm an author/illustrator. I'd love to illustrate PBs, BBs, and readers. I'm also working on a PB dummy 😀

Portfolio: heybrookebaum.com

#kidlit #kidlitart

An illustration of a yellow dog wearing a pink birthday hat and looking at a pink birthday cake.

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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · Apr 3

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard!

I’m an illustrator and author writing books for both kids and caregivers.

Visit BrianKirbyStudio.com

#kidlit 🎨

A cartoon of a cute horseshoe crab and hermit crab on a shoreline by Brian Kirby

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Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hello #kidlitartpostcard Day! I’m Katie Mazeika, I love creating illustrations with emotion and texture that feature diverse characters. Today’s postcard art is from my upcoming picture book MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Beach Lane Books). Links to my website, and presale links in my bio.
#disabilityawareness

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Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! Hello Agents, Art Directors and Editors! I’d love to collaborate with you on your Picture Book, Chapter Book and Middle Grade projects. I’m the Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI NY West/Cent Region. #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpostcard

Visit: pattywursterstudio.com

#kidlitartpostcard showing three oil pastel paintings of older elementary age kids. Vivid color palette and textured surfaces. Patty Wurster, author-illustrator is multi color text on a black background.

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Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi! #PortfolioDay
I’m Angela, a nature loving midwest illustrator, creating for #PictureBooks, #BoardBooks, #magazines, #puzzles, and #SurfaceDesign projects.

Rep'd by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social

angelamatteson.com
instagram.com/angelamatteson

#KidLitArt #kidlit #illustration #art #ChildrensBooks

An illustration of a mother and daughter lighting New Year's sparklers under a decorated tree under the night sky.

An illustration of a flying chickadee bringing a berry to another chickadee on a spruce branch.

An illustration of creatures have all been named ghosts, but are quite corporeal,....black & white ruffed lemur, ring-tailed lemur, ghost glass fish, ghost moth, ghostly silkmoth, northern ghost bat, Australian ghostshark, Atlantic ghostcrab.

An illustration of 4 kids in a Staghorn sumac forest looking worried about 3 ghost puppies approaching them.

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Anya @greenrainart.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! 🌼

My name is Anya, I am an illustrator and author interested in picture book projects.

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Rep’d by Eve Adler at Red Fox Literary

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Antonieta Muñoz Estrada @mariadrawss.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard ! I'm Antonieta, a children's book illustrator who enjoys drawing fun, colorful characters! I'm open to picture books, board books, and early readers. Feel free to reach out!

✨ www.mariadrawss.com

Btw, I made this cover for #vintagebookweek. 💖

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Luisa Uribe @lupencita.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hi #kidlitartpostcard!

I'm Luisa, a Colombian illustrator working in picture books. This is my first post here, hello Bluesky!

I'm rep'd by Alex Gehringer at The Bright Agency.

www.luisauribe.com

#kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook

A family of red howler monkeys reads books on a tree branch far above a river in the jungle. The parents are holding the baby by their tails. The text reads Luisa Uribe, rep'd by Alex Gehringer, The Bright Agency.

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Elina Pisko @elinapisko.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! 💌

It’s me, Elina! I love drawing! 🎨 Rep by @astoundus.bsky.social and @solsticeillo.bsky.social ✨ #kidlitart

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LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! My name is Laura Lacamara and I’m a Cuban-American author-illustrator. I’ve got 2 finished dummies, and a 3rd one’s in progress. I’m seeking new representation!

Check out my website here:
www.lauralacamara.com

#kitlit #kitlitart

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KarenGebbia @karengebbia.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Literary magic rises from the alchemy of work, so write!
Use words to wring your heart out in syncopated poems.
Set your daydreams down in indelible ink...

From Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

HAPPY POETRY MONTH

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