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Paloma O’Toole

@palomaotoole.bsky.social

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🎨 Illustrator and soon to be published PB author/illustrator #SCBWI member 🏳️‍🌈 They, them 🌻 Autistic ✏️ Ex-teacher ⭐️ Represented by Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary Agency. Portfolio : www.palomaotoole.com

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Paloma O’Toole @palomaotoole.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am very excited to announce that my debut picture book is now available to preorder. It is a book very close to my heart, about gender fluidity, pronouns and lots of colourful fish. And for a limited time it is available in Barns and Noble with a 25% off. So, run 🏃🏿 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️, get your copy now! #kidlit

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Paloma O’Toole @palomaotoole.bsky.social · Jul 16

I reworked my last illustration to age down the characters a bit. #kidslitart #kidslit

Paloma O’Toole @palomaotoole.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some middle grade illustrations I have been working on this week. #KidsLitMegaThread #SCBWI #middlegradeillustration

Paloma O’Toole @palomaotoole.bsky.social · Jul 1

I do not know why, but it feels wrong to post my illustrations while so much is going on in the world. But here it goes. I hope this might cheer someone up at least. #kidlitart #childrenbooksillustration

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · Feb 5

Responding to Idaho House Bill 710 www.thebookseller.com/news/big-fiv...

Big Five publishers band together in legal challenge against library 'book ban'

Major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers and Simon & Schuster, have filed a joint lawsuit in America challenging “book banning” in pub...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Feb 1

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 1

Did you know?

In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.bsky.social · Feb 1

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.