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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Jun 19

When you get hit w enough bad storms, you start to learn you can survive them. You trust they will pass. You learn you can push through… maybe go fish again… Choose to live again.. find what’s possible. Find joy again. Wishing you all a whole lotta fish 🐠💕
#picturebookillustration #scbwiillustrators

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · May 14

May all the toilet paper rolls in your homes be abundantly full every day! You deserve it 🥹💕

Happy belated Mother’s Day!💐

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwiillustrators #illustration

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · May 8

Funny how the smallest, most invisible things also seem to matter the most.

Wishing you all the things that come for free! (love, connection, curiosity, kindness, cooperation, joy…)

Also- feel free to swipe to see my real-life inspiration 😊💕

#kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #birthdaywishes

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Andy Lozano @andylozano.com · Apr 3

Happy Kidlit postcard day! I am Andy Lozano an Illustrator/Author from Kansas City looking for representation. I work with traditional media mainly watercolor and ink and love coming of age stories nice to meet you!

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitpostcard

A little cute witch studies in her den using candlelight as her cauldron overflows in the background

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allysa-adams.bsky.social @allysa-adams.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Apr 4

Thank you! 🙏

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Apr 4

Thanks, Reagan 🥰

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Apr 4

Me too!! 🥰

Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Apr 3

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! And Happy Spring! 🌸 Perhaps you’ll find an elephant in your garden too? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I love creating illustrations that are full of wonder and possibility!

Currently seeking representation for picture books!

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwiillustrators #illustration

In a backyard a small girl in yellow leans over the white railing of a garden porch to look down at what sits underneath in the grass. Her dark hair drapes over the railing as she spies a purple elephant partially hidden under a pink and yellow check striped blanket peeking back up at her. The porch extends from a brick wall w a door and window. There is a mat beneath the door that reads, “Home”, and many potted plants. Down the porch stairs are more flowering plants with a fence in the background, a tree in the top right corner with a bluebird peering down at the scene, and a pink and yellow butterfly fluttering by. The bottom reads, “Melissa Zurca-Ng” on the left and “melissazurcang.com” on the right.

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Shelley Hanmo ✂️ Paper Cut Illustrator @junoniaarts.bsky.social · Apr 3

🌸 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 🌸
I'm Shelley Hanmo, specialized in #paperart for #childrensbooks. My favorite topics include music, nature, adventure, friendship, culture diversity, & history. Be sure to get in touch if interested.
Rep'd by @agentzacker.bsky.social
✂️ www.junoniaarts.com
#kidlitart

Little white bunny by a mailbox in the pink botanical garden, paper collage art for children's books,

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Rebecca Sinclair 🎨 @rsinclair-art.bsky.social · Apr 3

Looking at another #kidlitartpostcard day! 🔍

For those just joining in, my name is Rebecca and I’m a #kidlitartist who enjoys illustrating moments of discovery 🐞

Open for representation and available for picture & board books, cover art, magazines, and surface art.

www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com

Rebecca Sinclair
Picture Book Illustrator
www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com

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Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social · Apr 3

I hope you unwrap something awesome (and squishable!) this April! 🎁🦄🥹

I'm an author-illustrator available to illustrate board books through middle grade. 😊

🎨: RachelRCreates.com
📧: Jes Trudel @jestrudel.bsky.social at The Rights Factory @therightsfactory.bsky.social

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart

Rachel Rizzuto
rep'd by Jes Trudel

Illustration: A group of smiling children sit on the floor. In front of them, we can see the back of a couch and the back of the head and arms of a girl. She's holding a purple, squishy unicorn stuffie.

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hello friends! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Delphine Lee and I’m an illustrator with weakness for spunky characters with big personalities. I’m now represented by Aliza Hoover at @thecatagency.bsky.social Hope you consider me for your next picture book or book cover!

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net · Apr 3

It's not spooky season, but I finished this for @thecatagency.bsky.social's March promo—just in time for #kidlitartpostcard!

I'm open to PB, chapter book, and cover projects!! I'd LOVE to illustrate more border illustrations like this. ✨

🧙‍♀️ reaganlehman.net
🐈‍⬛ Rep'd by @christiemegill.bsky.social

A young witch in a pink outfit plays the violin. Border illustrations around her show different monsters, a moon, and different familiars listening and interacting with her music. Underneath the border, text reads: "Reagan Lehman, reaganlehman.net, Rep'd by Christie Megill, The CAT Agency."

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Andrea Yomtob @yomtobillustrator.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!🌟
I'm Andrea Yomtob, a picture book illustrator and author.
I look forward to connecting with publishers, editors, and art directors to collaborate on meaningful and engaging projects.

#handpaintedillustrations #picturebookillustration
#kidlitart #magiclibrary #dragon

Dragon, dragon eggs, library, kids reading, magical

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · Mar 31

Happy #TransDayofVisibility ! I'm a transmasc picture book illustrator and I am constantly making my body into a home that I love. There is so much power in fluidity and change, and even if times are weird I am here and full of love and art about bugs :)

#tdov #transillustrator

Photo of the artist: a white trans guy with fluffy brown hair, squinting into the sun with a golden cornfield stretching away behind him. He's wearing a bright golden turtleneck and a cool tweed jacket.

Photo of a sticker against some flowers: the sticker features a mushroom fairy waving from the back of a fancy beribboned snail.

Close up from a repeat pattern of hand-painted intertwined green oak leaves.

Close up of a painting featuring a golden acorn weevil drilling into a white oak acorn, rendered in intricate patterns and bright colors.

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Jackie Verbitski @jackievee.me · Apr 3

Hello friends! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day to all who celebrate.

My name is Jackie and I’m a children’s author and illustrator seeking representation. I’m interested in creating heartwarming books with timeless stories and nostalgic illustrations!

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Sydney J. Stone @sydleys.bsky.social · Mar 31

New friend! 🫖🌳💧

#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #middlegrade #chapterbook

An illustration resembling an old photograph that depicts a young girl with curled hair offering tea to another child who is facing away from us. The other child has floor length, damp, unkempt black hair extending behind them and what appear to be scales on their skin. The girl offering the yea appears unfazed by this.

A close up of the young girl offering tea

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Michelle McGaughey @michellemcgaughey.bsky.social · Apr 3

🍞🖌️🍓🎨🐾

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

My name is Michelle McGaughey and I'm an illustrator/writer from New England!

Seeking representation for creating picture books! Cheers!

#kidlitart #kidlitpostcard
#picturebookillustration #childrenbookillustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #kidlit

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Mar 12

If you see this, post a #dragon!

#illustration #kidlitart #kidlitart

A blue and yellow dragon splashes up and out of a rain puddle in a school garden offering a young girl a magic wand. The girl leans back on the ground in awe while two chickens look on in surprise, and one of them shoots out an egg.

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Mar 7

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! (My very first! 😱🥳) I love creating illustrations that are full of wonder, imagination, and possibility, and am currently seeking representation for picture books!

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #illustration

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Mar 3

Coffee shop wisdom… #wisdom #iloveslowmornings

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Feb 14

You are loved… because I LOVE YOU! Happy Valentine’s Day! 🥰

#heartspace #valentines #valentinesday #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #childrenillustration #childrensbookillustration

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