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april dela noche milne
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Often writing, always drawing! NORA AT NIGHT coming Fall 2026. :) 🥝Rep'd by Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social 🍌Fun newsletter: mygutisacosmos.substack.com 🍋‍🟩Portfolio, etc: aprilmilne.com
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Apr 3
happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm a mixed Filipino-Canadian author-illustrator. Rep'd by the wonderful Janine Le! @janinele.bsky.social
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#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit
Illustration of a person with dark hair hanging out in the night sky. They are holding a star and their teal shirt has the number 111 on it. They're surrounded by stars.
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 2d
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Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza   Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 2d
all children and and all people deserve to be safe #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 7d
ooh I love this!
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 7d
this is so cute and fun. love the colours!
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 7d
so fun !!
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 7d
2-for-1 today: #peachtober25 & #kidlitartpostcard 🌬️🪁

I'm finishing up my author-illustrator debut with Kids Can Press & I'm looking for illustration projects :)

I'm rep'd by the best, Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social !

www.aprilmilne.com 🍃🎐

#kidlitart #peachtober #peachtober25kite #illustration
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 7d
oops I meant to post this earlier!! doing a few of the #peachtober25 prompts this month over on IG. here is an acorn for the first day of October 🌰🍂 #kidlitart #illustration
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 14d
something cute about vancouver is when people stream out of the bus at the end of the line and it's a sweet and uneven chorus of thank you!s to the bus driver :')
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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · Sep 1
This.
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🌮Don Cardenas🌮 @doncardenasart.bsky.social · Sep 1
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Jul 3
so fun!
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Jul 3
it’s july!! and finally it’s been hot around here!! hope you are all staying cool as a freezie pop and sharing your treats 🧊🍦 i cleaned up a little comic from my sketchbook for this month’s #kidlitartpostcard :) #kidlitart #cankidlit #illustration #kidlit #canadianillustrator
little blue and b&w comic of a mama offering her young daughter a freezie pop. the daughter is pretty happy. yum yay! they give each other a thumbs up.
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Jun 17
it's been rejuvenating and productive so far :') also took a little break from digital drawing yesterday afternoon to do a little watercolour and pencil crayon study of the field outside #drawing #illustration #kidlitart #art
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Jun 17
really grateful to take the week off work to make progress on final art for my picture book, Nora at Night :')<3 #kidlit #kidlitart
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Gay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · Jun 12
You can sign up here. And please, spread the word.
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · Jun 6
when I say I can't make it to a hangouts because "I'm behind on my book" and friends think that I'm talking about catching up on my reading! 😭 how can I be so bad at communicating that I'm illustrating.. a book.. that I wrote!!

really need to work on my PR strategy lmao 🫠 #kidlit #kidlitart 🫠 help
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · May 24
should we bring this one back lads?
the "distracted boyfriend meme" with the girlfriend labelled "edits I need to do on another story" and the distracting lady labelled "new story idea"
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · May 1
oh! this is beautiful! 💛
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · May 1
omg thank you!! 🥺💛
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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · May 1
Simple and refreshing question from a gr.12 student yesterday, worth pondering: how do you feel before writing a poem, and how do you feel after?
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Chris @cpark.bsky.social · May 1
Hey #KidLitArtPostcard, Chris here! I’m a mixed Korean-American author and illustrator.

Very grateful for the stories I’ve worked on and the #kidlit community I’m a part of.

Work: Chrisdpark.com

Rep: @essiewhite.bsky.social
@stormliterary.bsky.social
A boy quietly lying below a swing contemplating the challenge of learning something new
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · May 1
ahhhh hahaha I can't 😭 this is so cute
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · May 1
soo cute!!
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Abigail Setiadi @abigailsetiadi.bsky.social · May 1
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Abigail from Indonesia.
Mischievous characters and fairy tales with goofy twists are my favorite things to draw!

Rep: Tracy Marchini (BookEnds Lit.)
🎨 www.abigailtan.com
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april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · May 1
#kidlitartpostcard day! convalescing on my couch so reused an illo again, hehe 🌸 I'm a mixed Filipino-Canadian author-illustrator, rep'd by the loveliest Janine Le! @janinele.bsky.social

🌼cute portfolio: aprilmilne.com
🪐fun newsletter: mygutisacosmos.substack.com

#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit
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