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Leah Hong

@leahhong.bsky.social

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Illustrator-author, once a designer 🇨🇦 HAPPY DREAMS LITTLE BUNNY (2021) WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT, A MOUSE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2024) Represented by Catbird Agency

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Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Jun 11

@melanieconklin.bsky.social and I got great news today! Thank you @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social for the recognition!

Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Today I got the incredible news that When You Have to Wait is on the Bank St. Center for Children's Literature’s BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR list! Each year, @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social selects the best children’s books & I’m THRILLED that my & @leahhong.bsky.social book received this recognition.

When you Have to Wait, a picture book about the unexpected joys of waiting, has been selected for the Bank Street Best Books list

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Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks Maral! 😊

Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you, much appreciated!

Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you Andrea!

Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hi Everyone! My name is Leah Hong and I’m a kidlit author/illustrator. For my very first #KidLitArtPostcard, an image from When You Have to Wait, written by ‪@melanieconklin.bsky.social‬.

I’m rep’d by Kirsten Hall at Catbird Agency. You can see more of my work at leahhong.com

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Apr 29

We got a cat last year too! I grew up with dogs and had always thought of myself as a dog person, until we got our cat.

Reposted by Leah Hong

Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · Apr 15

WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT has been selected for the Kansas NEA Reading Circle! Super stoked that this reassuring picture book written by me and illustrated by @leahhong.bsky.social will be shared with countless young readers in Kansas. 🥳🎉
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Image of the picture book “when you have to wait and quote written by Melanie Conklin and illustrated by Leah Hong, which has been selected for the Kansas NEA reading circle

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Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you for the kind words, P.J.!

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · Mar 13

HAPPY DREAMS, LITTLE BUNNY by Leah Hong
Note the beautiful marriage of text and illustrations in this sweet & lovely story.
(2021, Little Brown & Co.)
@leahhong.bsky.social
#PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers

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