Traci VW Creations

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What fun!

The interior illustrations for TBP's next picture book, (From Another Star) twobridgespublishing.com/star/ are now complete!

Very excited!
Dave
Writer, Illustrator, and Publisher
www.twobridgespublishing.com

#picturebook #childrensbook #kidlit #illustration

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

Hold onto your hats #kidlit … next Thursday, March 5th, is #KidLitArtPostcard day! www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Photo of dogs sitting at attention -- listening while someone reads from Sheldon the Sheltie's Tasty Adventure -- the book is open to a spread showing Davie and Sheldon from a top down view in an apple orchard.

Err, I needed to also ad #kidlitart #kidlit for this post. So, I'll include a cute photo from The Puppy Palace Doggie Day Care.
#dogs #reading

The big snow of 2026 in NYC with my honey and my two pups standing in snowman city in Tompkins Square Park

A photo of my desktop with my new project starting showing Sheldon the Sheltie's Tasty Adventure final book along with a thumbnail page of sketches form that book, Traci VW writing book, and a text dummy on 11x17 paper where I can begin the sketches for the new book Sheldon the Sheltie's Snowy Adventure.

I announced the start of a new PB project last week. Then it snowed. Oh boy did it snow! Appropriate since the new book is Sheldon the Sheltie's Snowy Adventure by Dave Orinski. A 2nd adventure for this cute pup & his boy.

#illustrator #snow #SnowyAdventure #childrensbooks #studioshot #newproject

Illustration of a young child drawing with crayons. Around the child is a cute teddy bear and a triceratops and some butterflies. Words read 'Inspiration, #kidlitart Illustration by @autumnseybert.bsky.social

February's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Inspiration

Join your hosts on Feb 26, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about inspiration!

Banner art by Autumn Seybert

My library system already has copies on order. Has yours?

(Your suggestions/requests are very, very welcome. 🙏 It's far and away the best picture book I've ever co-created.)

A city backyard covered in plumps of snow

We’ve been frosted here in NY.

Sheldon the Sheltie's Tasty Adventure cover for the pciture book showing a cute Sheltie running into a strawberry patch with his boy racing after him

Sheldon the Sheltie and his boy enjoying tasty strawberries

Ending the week on a high note. I get to illustrate another Sheldon the Sheltie's adventure! I'm as happy as these two eating fresh strawberries from the garden!

#kidlitart #illustrator #childrensbooks #pb #sheltie

It's been a good writing week. My awsome CPs provided so many great ideas off of my MG fantasy rough outline. I finally have a firm and solid hook, premise and direction -- only after writing halfway through this thing. Sometimes I've got to stop pantsing and outline.

#WritingCommunity #kidlit #MG

various illustrations with a whimsical and magical touch on various rectangular coloured tiles, such as a four-leaf clover, a moth, stars, a dragon and a comet, all in bright colours in yellow, orange, pink and blueish hues

Everyday magic 🌟
#art

This is magic! So delightful!

A folder of licensing sketches and drawings. Bottom in blue pencil cookie monster and another Muppet in a circle, in the middle Mickey Mouse in a kiddie pool catching red rings, top, Mickey Mouse ink on paper

A folder of licensing sketches and drawings. Elmo in blue pencil on tracing paper. Ink drawing of cookie monster and another Muppet, and ink drawing of Goofy holding an unraveling scroll of patterned paper

I'm going back a long time ago for today's Throwback Thursday post. Back to the days of ink on paper and marker renderings for licensing clients. Anyone else remember sketching with blue pencils?

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #licensing #sketches #penandink #marker

What fun! Love all these dragons. This looks like a dream project.

[text: The History of We words and paintings by #1 New York Times Bestseller Nikkolas Smith] [image: a picture book cover with a painterly illustration of a Black youth looking at the viewer surrounded by flowing leaves.]

i thought i'd celebrate Black History Month by sharing a book by a Black creator every day, starting with this picture book by @4nikkolas.bsky.social that just got a Sibert honor. i was immediately caught by the illustrations when our library copy came in last year, and the concept is so cool.

Keep showing up! Bravo to you all. Happy Writing #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. Great books to read to your kids today: Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, Kindness is a Kite String by Michelle Schaub and recently published Start Your Engines by Katie S. Duffield.

Cute kid-friend art of a brown fire horse from the front standing in flowery grassy field with a colorful background of purples and pinks with a fiery wavy border

Cute kid-friend art of a brown fire horse from the back standing in flowery grassy field with a colorful background of purples and pinks with a fiery wavy border.

Happy Lunar New Year!

My Animal Parade World Appaloosa's cousin has joined the parade for the Year of the Fire Horse.

#AnimalParadeWorld #FireHorse #horse #kidlitart #art #headsandtails #comingandgoing #cuteanimals

Lovin' this dragon!

How FebruaryFrost26 works:
❅ There are 2 prompts for each week in February
❅ You can combine both prompts or choose one that speaks to you more
❅ All mediums, styles, and skill levels welcome—but no AI please
❅ Use the hashtag #FebruaryFrost26 and tag the hosts to help us find your work

A digital drawing of a sitting dragon with a long neck. Its body is blue with green details and white snowdrop headspikes. It is sitting shyly between a bunch of snowdrops and is surrounded by little fireflies and a white arched outline

This snowdrop dragon would still like to join #Februaryfrost26 ❄️

#art #cuteart #dragon #snowdrop #night #digitalart #illustration

Thank you so much!

FROM BAM! TO BURP! by Melissa Stewart is an eye-opening explanation of the carbon cycle showing us how connected we are to all living things & our whole universe. Simplified language, relatable illustrations, extensive & important backmatter: recommended for kids 7+ #nonfiction #picturebook #kidlit

Animal Parade World Black cat standing in front of a full moon in a grassy yard holding a sign that reads: Not to be superstitious or anything, but... Happy Friday! (the 13th)

Happy Friday the 13th!

#animalparadeworld #blackcat #fridaythe13th #kidlitart #cuteanimals

I miss the blueboards. You got it right. It changed to SCBWI Discussion Boards for a while, but I think that's gone now too.

D is for Duck
For #ArtABCs -> No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

#Artists #Art #Drawing #Alphabet #duck

Just One Oak: What a Single Tree Can Be by Maria Gianferrari In a richly illustrated picture book that’s chock-full of ecological facts, Gianferrari (Rain and the Reading Horse) and Sudyka ...

★ Maria Gianferrari and illustrator Diana Sudyka “venerate the astounding oak for its critical role as a keystone species” in their “satisfyingly comprehensive and appreciative” picture book collaboration JUST ONE OAK: WHAT A SINGLE TREE CAN BE buff.ly/kVQBeAn

The best teachers at school are precious. They help you know yourself.

at school
my favourite teacher
is Miss Poole
she reads me like a book
but only
between the lines

#teachers #micropoetry #betweenthelines #readng

A photo of two picture books. “I am Ingrid” by Aria Mia Loberti & Vivenne To features a black guide dog. “I am not Happy” by Caroline L Perry & Sydney Hanson has a Quokka on the cover who appears to be smiling.

If you have #Scholastic dollars to spend, I highly recommend these books to fill gaps in our school libraries.
I AM INGRID provides insight to the training and skills of guide dogs.
I AM NOT HAPPY teaches readers about quokkas. #kidlit ##Skybrarians #books #libraries