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Sonya Justice
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Crafting words to delight and inspire children. #KidLit. Healer. Planet ambassador. Rep @Seymour Agency. Co-host SCBWI BiPOC mingle. Storyteller Academy. 12X12. CBA graduate. Opinions my own. #Authors
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#wip #wipart #illustrators #kidlit
January 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, #ISeeColor!

See color! Celebrate diversity.

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@kaileipewbooks.bsky.social @ukelaylie.bsky.social ky.social
@harperkids.bsky.social @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #race #culture #socialjustice #antiracism #antiracist #picturebook
June 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I’m Neha, an author-illustrator from India. Interested in PB, book covers and chapter books.

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#kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcardart #kidlitart #kidlit #kidsbookillustration #kidlitartpostcardday
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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svtworks.bsky.social
Hello, #kidlitartpostcard I'm Shirley V. Ting 🎨 kids, animals and fun, seeking rep for PB, CB, spot BW and short GNs + covers. I work from traditional BW to digital. visit me> illustration.shirleyvting.com #bookcoverart of a #AAPI WIP CB/MG #GN. Going #amquerying soon.
#CanLit #kidlitart #CanArt
Little girl with a yellow hoodie carries a box. Her hoodie has a red cat face and paw. She's wearing blue boots. The setting is a forest with vines all over. Little Girl is reaching for the vines. There's white animal far in the distance looking at her. This is a book cover mock up by Shirley V. Ting for her WIP project Graphic novel
May 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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To appreciate diversity, you need a variety of whatever it is you’re talking about.

DEI #Tulips
#TulipTuesday 🌱
#Flowers #FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling #gardens

Bluff Country, MN 📷
May 6, 2025
A garden in progress in my yard. Red, yellow, pink, apricot, and a red & yellow tulip on a blanket of brown mulch. Stones encircle the garden patch.
May 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 projects for PB, GN, board & chapter books🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart #aapi #ahm2025
Art of an Asian mermaid sitting on a rock with an otter and smaller mermaid in the water in the foreground. Some tropical trees and islands are in the background.
May 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Not since Peter Piper have we had such fun with pickles! Stuffed full of lovely colllage illustrations, there are twisty rhymes, lots of information, and a diverse mix of pickle. From dill to kimchi to chutney and chow, this is a pickle extravaganza for kids. Crunchy Storytime Fun! #kidlit 📚👍🏼
Book cover of “Pickle Words” by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Jialei Sun. Several kids and pickles decorate the cover.
March 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#amwriting #booksky #writingcommunity
March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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I turned down an “illustration opportunity” because the author wanted me to do pretty complex double-page spread sketches for free. Easily 10 hours of work. Authors, I love you for creating stories, but please, don’t ask illustrators to work for free. Being an illustrator is not easy. #kidlitchat
March 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Happy Women’s Day!
March 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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💗 #BRAVE #BABY #TURTLE!💗
🌟Gorgeous #watercolors~Kirkus
🌟Sweet~HuffP
🌟Captivates~NYT
🌟Onomatopoeia~PW
🌟Courageous~SFGate
🌟Tranquil~ALA
🌟Serenades~NatGeo
📚 amazon.com/Follow-Moon-... #kidlit #nature #art #books #characters #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #environmentalism #climate
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Happy #BookBirthday to Hocus and Pocus and the Dragon Next Door (book 2)

Magical puppies Hocus and Pocus have a new neighbor: Bye-Bye the dragon! Will they all be friends?

Available now in paperback & hardcover! #kidlit #candlewick #arcapetta!
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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eduwyn.bsky.social
"Writing is a way to understand the world." – Mario Vargas Llosa
What did he mean by this? Let's dive into it. 🧵👇
#Llosa
March 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Good morning from Australia.

#WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #ReadingCommunity #indieauthors #Wenesday
March 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This isn't wrong. 💙📚

#booksky
#writing
#books
#writingcommunity
March 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Please join me on March 22 at Maxima Book Center in Lexington, Mass, for a fun construction-themed story time with my picture book Pigs Dig a Road. If your kiddo loves trucks, construction sites and/or pigs, this is the event for you! 🐷 🚧
March 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Hello, #kidlitartpostcard it's one week in from the Year of the Snake. I'm Shirley V. Ting, I illustrate kids, animals and fun, seeking rep for PB, CB, spot BW and short GNs + covers. Writing wip MG graphic novel. I work from traditional BW to digital. visit me> illustration.shirleyvting.com
Kung Fur action of a little girl with the sign of the Snake and a Snake at the back.
February 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Happy Black History Month!

Today’s children’s book by a black author is A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom.

A story told with minimalist language but amazingly lush, colorful pictures. It’s a hit a story time!

#BlackHistoryMonth
#blackauthors
#childrensbooks
#booksky
A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom: 9781662640087 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Boisterous and buzzing, A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree is destined to be an instant classic . . . with delightfully funny illustrations and clever, fun-to-read text, from the acclaimed author of One ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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If you have a #KidLit book launching Feb.24-Mar.2nd, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find info. Read Guidelines BEFORE replying, thx Pls help boost? Challenging time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky

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Promo for children's books launching the week of Feb.24-Mar.2nd, 2025, with instructions to reply with book info. Background illustration shows books joyously exploding into the air, with a blue heart in the corner with the week dates. Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
February 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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catblossom.bsky.social
Oh my gosh, we have a really great picture book bio about Ann Lowe and my students always ask to look at pictures of her gorgeous creations, which is so much fun! 😻
Book cover of PB biography Only the Best: the Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe by Kate Messner and Margaret E Dowell, illustrated by Erin K Robinson Cover features a drawing of an elegant Black woman in a black skirt and jacket, heels, and a wide hat. She is wearing glasses and red lipstick, and is seated in a white garden chair. She is holding a wide pink ribbon, which extends across the cover. There are leaves and floral designs accenting the rest of the cover, which is on a sky-blue background.
February 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Another terrific #CopyrightPageArtNotes entry in two parts! Loving all this detail:

"The artist used a Japanese calligraphy brush that was specifically made for Buddhist sutra and black India ink to make drawings on watercolor paper..."

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Photograph of a picture book: Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei, A Life in the Mountains. Words by Anita Yasuda, art by Yuko Shimizu. Illustration (with inked lines and soft but deep color) depicts a snowy, cloudy, mountainous landscape viewed from above, with focus at the bottom of the frame on a climber approaching a summit. She is an adult Japanese woman with dark glasses and hair, a bold orange parka with a hood, blue scarf and gloves, and a brown stocking cap. She has a red climber's pack on her back, with a Japanese flag jutting out of it, and red mittens hanging around her neck. She is smiling triumphantly, strapped to a climbing clip, hands and on knee flat in the snow.
February 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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In graphic novel SPACE CHASERS by Leland Melvin, an elite group of teens is selected to train for a NASA mission to space. A mishap on launch day sends them to space w/o adults. They’ll need to band together & use skills from their training & beyond to survive & safely return to Earth. 1/2 #mglit 📚👍🏻
Cover of Space Chasers graphic novel by Leland Melvin
February 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Are you Team First Draft or Team Revision when writing #picturebooks? Luckily, in #12x12PB we have badges for both, plus tons of accountability & support. Check-ins, feedback, craft webinars - it's all yours if you join at 12x12challenge.com/m... #kidlit #kidlitart #amwriting
This or That? First Draft - picture of a blank computer screen Revision - picture of computer screen with text and pages and pens next to it. 12x12challenge.com/membership
February 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🌟The first review of I’M LIKE A TREE AND A TREE’S LIKE ME is in… and it’s a STAR from Kirkus! 🌟

Coming April 15 from #EnchantedLion 👇
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#kidlit #picturebooks
February 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM