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Sherry Freyermuth

@boberrydesignco.bsky.social

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Children’s book author/illustrator focused on creating inclusive and fun read alouds 😊 SCBWI member. Day job = studio art professor. Based in southeastern Massachusetts. Debut picture book: HELLO AT THE FARM https://www.boberrydesignco.com

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · 6d

Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors and Editors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #covers

Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com
Agent: [email protected]
@mskanin.bsky.social

#kidLitArt

As usual, my thanks to
@ginaperry.bsky.social
for this space for us to connect!

This image is one that I've been working on for a book about mythical creatures. This is a water nymph. I created her laying in the water on her back because I learned how to swim as an adult :) I was nervous to learn but when I was on my back I could float along the water feeling totally relaxed.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

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Traci VW Creations @tracivw.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Here's a little something from a new project of mine I'm excited about. I'm an #AuthorIllustrator open to new projects from board books to YA. I love telling stories w/my art.

rep'd by: @swekstein.bsky.social
www.tracivanwagoner.com

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 👻

I finished this portfolio piece just in time for spooky season! #kidlitart #kidlit

Two kids in Halloween costumes, a witch and a ghost, stand on the porch of a spooky blue house as a real ghost looks scared and flees and drops all their Halloween candy. The bottom right corner reads: Sherry Freyermuth, Author & Illustrator, www.boberrydesignco.com

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Kirsten McGonigal @kirstenmcgonigal.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey, who decided to let the animals out at the county fair? 🤪🐷🐐🐥 If you’re an art director or editor looking for an illustrator to bring a little magic to a story, please reach out! Portfolio: kirstenmcgonigal.com
rep’d by: @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social

#kidlitartpostcard

Children’s book illustration of a scene at a county fair. In them magic can background are rides and buildings, silhouetted against an evening sky. In the foreground is a stack of straw bales. A boy sits on top of the bales, sharing his cotton candy with a prize winning goat. A little girl is lying on her back on top of the bales, playing with a teddy bear. Dad is sitting slouched against the base of the bales, dozing. His foot has knocked over a bucket of popcorn, and a prizewinning pig is munching on it. Two big trees frame the scene, and the whole painting is done in shades of blue, purple, and pink, emphasizing the evening light.

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors and Editors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #covers

Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com
Agent: [email protected]
@mskanin.bsky.social
#kidLitArt

Thank you
@ginaperry.bsky.social
for creating this place for us all to connect!

Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors and Editors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #covers

This image is part of a book that I'm creating for children to explore mythical creatures from around the world.

Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com
Agent: mona@greatdogliterary.com
@mskanin.bsky.social
#kidLitArt

Thank you
@ginaperry.bsky.social
for creating this place for us all to connect!

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Kirsten!!

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors and Editors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #covers

Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com
Agent: [email protected] @mskanin.bsky.social #kidLitArt

Thank you @ginaperry.bsky.social for creating this place for us all to connect!

This unicorn created by Melizza Santram-Chernov is a representation of one of her possible spirit animals (hahaha). Like so many others I am paradoxical. In this case I'm both ethereal and grumpy at any given time.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · Jul 3

I love this illustration!

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Kirsten McGonigal @kirstenmcgonigal.bsky.social · Jul 3

👋🏼 Hello art directors and editors. Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Did you know I like to draw chickens? And quilts too? 😁 Check out my portfolio at kirstenmcgonigal.com to see what else I like drawing, and writing about too! I’m rep’d by @beccalangton.bsky.social of @da-childrens.bsky.social
#kidlit

Whimsical children’s book illustration showing a parade of chickens marching down a city street. The chicken in front carries a long flag made of red white and blue while squares, arranged in various configurations of Stars and Stripes. She is pulling a wagon with three chicks in it. Behind the chicks marches a hen wearing boots and carrying a drum, which she is beating as she marches. Behind her comes a duck, looking grouchy and pulling a cannon, on top of which stands a rooster, who looks very pompous as he blows into a golden horn.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hi, I’m Sherry! I’m a kid lit author/illustrator working on expanding my portfolio to include work outside my paper cut style 😊

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist

Illustration of a skeleton a, a young girl, and a young boy at a table having a tea party. The girl and boy are surprised to see a skeleton and the skeleton is drinking tea that does right through him and he collects it in a second cup

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks Melizza! 😊

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard I’m Melizza! Looking for Art Directors! #middlegrade #chapterbooks #graphicnovels

Portfolio: www.melizzachernov.com
Agent: [email protected] #kidLitArt

Many thanks to @ginaperry.bsky.social for creating this wonderful place for us all to connect!

This is postcard showcases the art of Melizza Santram-Chernov. It depicts mice readying for an adventure. The postcard is created in graphite.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · Jun 6

I almost forgot to post my #KidLitArtPostcard for this month! (last month was my first one ever, and I'm trying to push myself consistently share my work 😅)

I'm building my #kidlit portfolio and trying out black+white illustration this month with some new techniques in procreate 🎨

Black and white illustration featuring four girls in a classroom. Three girls dressed as a doctor, ballerina, and a chef laugh at one girl on career day because she's dressed as a garbage collector.

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Lindsay | KidLit Grove @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social · May 24

When you find Jon Klassen’s new board books at the library and discover they are perfect for sequencing and sensory play ☀️

Off to recreate YOUR FOREST and YOUR ISLAND… 📚👍🏻

#kidlit #edusky #sensoryplay

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Andy Minshew @andyminshewwrites.bsky.social · May 20

In case anyone is looking for an actual summer book list, I recently wrote one for @bookriot.bsky.social!

It's short but all of the books do exist :)

Winging it with You @chippons.bsky.social
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna)
The Bewitching @silviamg.bsky.social

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · May 20

I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.

@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?

Image of a page from the May 18, 2025, edition of the print Chicago Sun-Times. It has "Summer reading list for 2025" as its headline. It is an AI-generated list of books–the authors are real but none of the book titles are. For example, "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir, "The Collector's Piece" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, etc. None of the descriptions of these books are real either.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · May 17

Thank you!! 😊

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · May 12

I love this new series!

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · May 10

I wanted to share some of what I see in nature with you.

This hedgerow was particularly magical and inspirational. Here’s Part 1 of a 3 part series :)

This photo was taken at the botanical gardens in #edinburgh #scotland

#imaginaryworld
#naturewalks
#kidlitartist

Art by Melizza Santram-Chernov

This photo was taken while visiting the 70
acre royal botanic garden in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was on of the most magical places I’ve ever seen.

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Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social · May 7

There’s something that happens to my imagination when I'm on a nature walk. I thought I'd share some of what I see with all of you.

This photo was taken while walking on #marthasvineyard

#imaginaryworld
#naturewalks
#kidlitartist
#kidlitart
#Kraken

Art by Melizza Santram-Chernov

While visiting Martha’s Vineyard and walking the beach I envisioned a kraken far off the shore. The kraken is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, a colossal octopus known for attacking ships. I’d like to think that this kraken is simply playing with the ship and will eventually place it back in the water, no harm done :)

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · May 5

Thank you Debbie!!

Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · May 5

This is great Monday motivation! The tiny steps still get you there so long as you keep moving 😊

(and this novel project sounds super fun!! Inspired to keep pushing outside my comfort zone too)

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · May 5

Gradually moving into WRITING mode, as I wait for feedback on final art for a picture book.

Current project: novel for young people. Spooky elements, Japanese yokai, *heavily* revamped from previous.

Starting every morning with writing. A bit rusty (so much of past decade has been art) cont'd

Cartoon illustration of a nervous-looking girl stepping off a purple patch labeled "Comfort Zone" toward a distant green patch labeled "Goal," which is surrounded by tiny purple flowers. The text underneath reads "(take tiny steps)," emphasizing gradual progress toward personal growth. Art by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

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Sherry Freyermuth @boberrydesignco.bsky.social · May 2

I used to love hearing this book read to me as a kid 📚

Cover of picture book “Goofy’s Big Race”

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Damjana Loddelina | illustration @loddelina.bsky.social · May 1

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Damjana, children’s illustrator and author, looking forward to working with you on all kinds of fun and colourful #kidlit projects.
Portfolio: Loddelina.com

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