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Reggie Perez

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · May 1

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! Hi I'm Reggie :D Former zookeeper and now author/illustrator. I have so many stories of all the animals I've worked with and cannot wait to share!

I'd love to work on picture books, board books and cover design.
Seeking Representation :D
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator

A girl with a basket of flowers in a field, a butterfly landing on her finger.

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JasonHendrickson.com @jasonhendr.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day for the beginning of Spooky Season!
Let the kids pick out their own costumes.

jasonhendrickson.com | [email protected]
IG: hendricksoncreative

Represented by @lynnettenovak.bsky.social at The Seymour Agency

#KidLit #ChildrensBooks #Illustration

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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · 8d

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I’m Brian Kirby, I write and illustrate humorous stories for kids (and their caregivers).

Website - BrianKirbyStudio.com
Agent - @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social

#kidlit

Cartoon of a ragged-looking mummy sitting at a desk, shopping for cat nail clippers, and an orange cat on the floor next to him, clawing one of his a tattered, loose unravelling bandages.

Brian Kirby
Author/Illustrator
Represented by
Kaitlyn Sanchez
Bradford Literary Agency
BrianKirbyStudio.com

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 8d

It's #kidlitartpostcard day!

I'm a UK based author-illustrator, available to work on picturebooks and black and white interiors. I also have a few of my own dummies ready.

🌐 NicolaSchofield.com

Get in touch with me or my lovely agent @sallymkim.bsky.social

#kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Postcard illustration titled Pet Portrait. It shows a merman artist working on a giant sculpture of his little goldfish. All around the room are other sketches and half finished sculptures of the same fish. #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 8d

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I’m Mike and drawing fun, colorful characters is my cup of tea!
I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I'm especially looking for middle grade cover work.

See more of my work at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co

#kidLitArt #childrensIllustration #witch #middleGrade #MG

A girl witch and a boy sitting down for tea in a pretty garden next to a cottage. There are a handful of frogs around, including on the table. The girl in her purple witches robes is talking animatedly about something while the boy is smiling nervously as he eyes the green steam from his tea and the frog on the table.
The image header reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co, repped by Vicky Weber @ CMA"

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MiliFayArt.bsky.social @milifayart.bsky.social · 8d

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m Mili, an October baby, a Toronto based author/illustrator, trained in classical animation and fine art.

I love a watercolor and ink look. How about you?

milifay.art

Happy creating!

#KidLitArt #GraphicNovels #MG #coverart #illustration #MR #DIS #MH #conceptart

Ellen, a sad, 14-year-old ballerina in a pink tutu sitting in a wheelchair. She has blond hair with a hint of the pink dye she had before. Her eyes are aqua in colour. Behind her is an aqua and green background showing lotus flowers in the rain, painted in a watercolour style. Lotus flowers stand for resilience. The background was interpreted from a photograph created by Nguyên Lam Mili found on Pinterest.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!! 🎃🦇🧙‍♀️

I'm Brooke, I'm a 2025 PB Rising Stars mentee, an author/illustrator, and I'm seeking representation! Check out more of my work at brookebaum.com ...IF YOU DARE ☠️

Digital colored pencil illustration of a witch knitting a scarf, which is being shred by her cat in the background.

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · 7d

In honor of one of my heroes, Rest in peace and I hope all your chimp friends greet you in the sky <3 I will work to help carry on your legacy. I was a zookeeper, & now artist and librarian. Now working on writing books about the creatures I love #kidlitart #janegoodall #chimpanzee #kidlitpostcard

Jane Goodall with a peaceful look on her face, embracing a chimp under her tent, and a juvenile chimp playing on ropes in the background.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 11d

After an amazing summer, today officially marks the last day of my PBRS mentorship and the beginning of my #amquerying journey! I'm jumping right in and just posted my pitch to the #KidLitGN site! I'm so excited to say, starting tomorrow, I'm officially seeking representation! #kidlit #kidlitart #pb

LATE BIRD is sick of Early Bird getting all the worms--and all the glory. But don't worry, Late Bird has a plan. Forget the alarm clock, this calls for a catapult. Look out world, here comes Late Bird!

Brooke Baum
brookebaum.com

Image 1: Three panel sequence of a small blue bird looking for worms and getting progressively angry. He says, "Nothing. Nothing! NOTHING!"

Image 2: The same small blue bird looking tired and sweaty and saying "I made it!" with the terms gasp, wheeze, huff, puff next to him

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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fall artworks 🍂🍁 #art

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 21d

Artists! Quote with your night art! 🌜

#kidlitart #kidlit

In a spooky night-time scene, a girl - approximately 14 with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing jeans and a denim jacket - crouches on a dirt driveway and looks behind her in consternation. Behind her is a large dark house with peaked gables and spiky points sticking out of the roof and a tall tower. The top floor of the tower is lit - the only illumination in the house - and a figure is silhouetted in the window. Behind the house are fir trees and a huge full moon. the entire scene is in spooky greens and blues.

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · 20d

Went to an inservice training for my day job at the library, they gave us a box of crayons and I felt like they gifted me the rainbow! :D Soooooo this was made haha

Mushroom fairy on top of a mushroom singing into mushroom microphone and giving a concert to the forest. Mushroom lights surrounding her and baby mushrooms.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 22d

That's my LIFE. 😂

Ink drawing of a person yelling while holding a tall stack of books, surrounded by repeated handwritten phrases saying "I want to read ALL the books" in various styles. A blue fountain pen rests nearby on the page, and the illustration is signed by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · 20d

I read picture books for fun, graphic novels and just random adult fiction. I also play with lego, go on adventures with my pup and just take time to be mindful in nature.

Listening to birds, feeling the wind and just being. That always helps me recharge too. #kidlitchat

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Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social · Sep 6

❤️“REAL isn't how you are made—it's a thing that happens to you. When a child LOVES YOU for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you—then you become REAL."❤️

~The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922

#MargeryWilliams #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #KidSky

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · Sep 2

#Kidlitartpostcard is this Thursday!

#kidlitart #kidlit #art #illustration

Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ready, set, almost time to go... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday! www.ginaperry.com/postcard

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

www.ginaperry.com

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Burrowing owlet just outside my car right now. I'm in love ❤️! 🪶

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Quin Rey @quinreystudios.com · Jul 23

Glad you could make it, it’s been awhile. Grab a beach chair and relax.

Let’s skip talking about how things are right now.

Just sit here with me and listen to the ocean.

Close your eyes and breathe. 🩵

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Jul 24

A comic for #CatSky writers out there.

Cartoon of a woman named Linda sitting at a desk, arms crossed, looking at a content orange cat sitting on her open laptop keyboard. Caption reads: “Finally, Linda was able to identify the source of her writer’s block.”

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Guild of Natural Science Illustrators @gnsiart.bsky.social · Jul 16

Happy Wednesday! It's our final day of #SciArt presentations at the 2025 GNSI Visual SciComm Conference and time for our final live stream: Bird Comics and More with Bird and Moon by @rosemarymosco.com! We'll see you all on our YouTube page at 11am US Eastern.

www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...

A screenshot of an upcoming YouTube livestream. It reads "Bird Comics and More with Bird and Moon". There is a photo of Rosemary Mosco in front of a large presentation screen with a small yellow cartoon bird in the background saying "Hello! Welcome!".

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jul 17

'How to focus on writing your book' original drawing. This and a few other artworks are now up at www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

An ink drawing on cartridge paper. Signed in ‘Tom Gauld

Title: How to focus on writing your book

There follow eleven tiny images telling a story. The captions read:

Turn your devices off (a writer with a phone and laptop. The screens are dark).
Put them in a drawer.
Lock the drawer.
Throw away the key.
Leave the house.
Do not look back.
Keep to backroads and hedgerows.
Feel your old life slip away. (the writer has shed his clothes)
Sleep by day.
Forage in the evening.
Write by the light of the moon
When you have a passable first draft, commit a minor crime and use your phone call to contact your agent. (the naked writer is in a prison holding a phone while an unamused police officer looks on).

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Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy world chimpanzee day! 65 years ago Jane Goodell made it to Africa and redefined humanity as we know it. #kidlitart #chimpanzee #janegoodall #worldchimpday

Computer image if chimpanzee and drawing of chimpanzee in sketchbook

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K | Science Nature & Art (and weirdness) @ksciencearts.bsky.social · Jul 7

At the library 😂

A bathroom sign with various characters, aliens, etc that says “whatever, just wash your hands”

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you are able, do three kind things today: one for yourself, one for somebody else, and one for the world. We can't make everything better, and we can't yet put an end to this terrible administration and its campaign of unrelenting evil. But we can do small, good things: beauty, grace, connection.

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MiliFayArt.bsky.social @milifayart.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day and Summer 2025!

I’m Mili, Toronto based author/illustrator, trained in classical animation and fine art. Currently seeking representation and short projects as I’m working on a graphic novel proposal.

Cheers!

milifay.art

#KidLitArt #illustration #MG #YA #ConceptArt

Summer fun at Toronto Island. Current banner for SCBWI Canada East region. You can find the full image on their website, or you can see it with some progress art in an earlier post. Created in Procreate and Clip Studio Paint. Cheers!

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