@janinele.bsky.social
Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book. janinele.com
Happy publication day, ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social ! RED THREADS is here in hardcover AND paperback from Abrams Fanfare!
28.10.2025 18:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
💬Great news! Canada East is hosting a session for illustrators needing inspiration 💡Facing the blank page with author-illustrator Natali de Mello www.scbwi.org/events/from-... @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @janinele.bsky.social #scbwievents #illustratorworkshop
22.10.2025 18:20 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0If I ❤️ your #dvpit or #dvart pitch, you are welcome to DM or email me for the link to submit requested projects. Thank you!
Unfortunately I need to remain closed to unsolicited submissions.
Kirkus Reviews for RED THREADS is up!!! EEEEE! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
03.10.2025 18:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
2-for-1 today: #peachtober25 & #kidlitartpostcard 🌬️🪁
I'm finishing up my author-illustrator debut with Kids Can Press & I'm looking for illustration projects :)
I'm rep'd by the best, Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social !
www.aprilmilne.com 🍃🎐
#kidlitart #peachtober #peachtober25kite #illustration
'Miss Nelson Is Missing' Movie With Melissa McCarthy Set at Netflix | Variety
23.09.2025 11:30 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
We've been keeping a little secret like Miss Nelson! She's coming to Netflix... with a dream team package including Melissa McCarthy and Hello Sunshine!!!
Huge thanks to the teams at HarperCollins, Circle M+P, and Sheldon Fogelman Agency
deadline.com/2025/09/miss...
Mark Your Calendars #DVpit is returning October 8, 2025. The original pitch event for creators from marginalized communities. Now on Bluesky! Follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates
Agents and Editors participating in DVpit 2025 on Bluesky. Here is an initial list of some of the participating agents and editors Gallt & Zacker: Marietta Zacker Beth Phelan Linda Camacho Erin Casey Westin Sandra Proudman Saribel Pages Andrea Brown Literary: Kelly Sonnack Jemiscoe Chambers-Black Jennifer March Soloway Saritza Hernández Analía Cabello Paige Terlip Azantian Literary: Shelly Romero Carey Blankenship-Kramer Dystel, Goderich & Bourret: Michaela Whatnall Folio Literary: John Cusick Gelfman Schneider: Penelope Burns HG Literary: Wendi Gu Jill Grinberg Literary: Katelyn Detweiler Mad Woman Literary: Alex Brown Danielle Burby Chelsea Hensley Neighborhood Literary: Eric Smith Rebecca Podos New Leaf: Jo Volpe Suzie Townsend Sophia M. Ramos Trinica Sampson-Vera Jordan Hill Page Street Publishing Tamara Grasty Park, Fine & Brower: Pete Knapp Stuti Telidevara Root Literary: Melanie Figueroa Samantha Fabien Simon & Schuster: Rebecca Kuss Sourcebooks: Mikaela Luke Triada US: Brent Taylor Uwe Stender Ashley Reisinger Moe Ferrara Writers House: Alexandra Levick Andrea Morrison Follow us at #dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!
DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
Thank you, Kristin! So nice having you at one of my roundtables! It was a pleasure to hear from everyone!
04.08.2025 21:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
little blue and b&w comic of a mama offering her young daughter a freezie pop. the daughter is pretty happy. yum yay! they give each other a thumbs up.
it’s july!! and finally it’s been hot around here!! hope you are all staying cool as a freezie pop and sharing your treats 🧊🍦 i cleaned up a little comic from my sketchbook for this month’s #kidlitartpostcard :) #kidlitart #cankidlit #illustration #kidlit #canadianillustrator
03.07.2025 17:44 — 👍 30 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're 2 days in and y'all are showing up! If you haven't had a chance to bid, now's the time!! link in bio!
To help you out, we're unearthing more of the BEST resources the industry has to offer 😉Thread below...
Get those literary butts in gear!
#amwriting #critique #AMA #picturebook #nonfiction
Antwan Eady, Carole Boston Weatherford, Mac Barnett, X. Fang, Bryan Collier, and more.
Quite a lineup for Picture Book Palooza! on July 17.
www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...
I'm SO excited for #PBSummit this year! Yesterday, I announced our second superstar speaker (take a peek). If you register today, you'll automatically be entered to get your ticket refunded. #kidlit #kidlitart picturebooksummit.com.
11.06.2025 20:22 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The #ReadAcrossAmerica theme for June is all about lifting others up — because every student deserves to feel seen, supported, and empowered. 📚 Whether you’re planning a read-aloud or adding to your classroom library, these books are a great place to start: bit.ly/4kGXnQy
02.06.2025 14:33 — 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1National Book Award winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi has new chapter books celebrating a #BookBirthday! Meet Amina Banana 🧡 She’s a determined and clever third grader, and star of a new series with a STEM twist.
20.05.2025 21:00 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1Today is the last day to oppose the gutting of the Endangered Species Act, I just did and it’s not hard:
19.05.2025 14:14 — 👍 477 🔁 514 💬 13 📌 11
#kidlitartpostcard day! convalescing on my couch so reused an illo again, hehe 🌸 I'm a mixed Filipino-Canadian author-illustrator, rep'd by the loveliest Janine Le! @janinele.bsky.social
🌼cute portfolio: aprilmilne.com
🪐fun newsletter: mygutisacosmos.substack.com
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit
Cover image for Make a Little Wave by Kerry O’Malley Cerra. In an illustrated image, a girl wearing a wetsuit, snorkeling mask and glasses, and diving fins hovers underwater, smiling, while sharks swim around her. Background is varying shades of blue.
MAKE A LITTLE WAVE by Kerry O'Malley Cerra is a Green Earth Book Awards Honor Book!
www.natgen.org/green-earth-...
@lernerbooks.bsky.social @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social @janinele.bsky.social
New on OPB! Learn about the world of children's book representation from literary agent Janine Le. She shares her insights on finding great stories and working with creators.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/04/28/a...
#PictureBooks #KidLitAgent #PublishingAdvice #MondayBlogs #IMWAYR
Speechless. And honored. So very honored!
Happy Earth Day, my sharkies! Thank you, Tue Nature Generation, @lernerbooks.bsky.social , and @janinele.bsky.social
We spoke with National Book Award winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi about her new chapter book series Amina Banana, the titular protagonist, and her sunny optimism
08.04.2025 21:45 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Book cover of Kareem between
Book cover of Where Wolves Don’t Die
Head to the website for more info
And continued
#gra25 #globalreadaloud
Today is Right To Read Day— to celebrate and defend our fundamental freedom to choose what and how we read, write, draw, publish & express ourselves. It’s an honor to have made some artwork for this campaign! uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
07.04.2025 13:38 — 👍 143 🔁 47 💬 0 📌 0
hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋 i'm an illustrator who loves fantasy, history, and anything folk.
i'm looking to do more picture books, and would love to do covers, chap book spots & graphic novels too 🖍
portfolio: mdanesh.myportfolio.com
agent: janinele.com
email: monadaneshillu@gmail.com
Illustration of a person with dark hair hanging out in the night sky. They are holding a star and their teal shirt has the number 111 on it. They're surrounded by stars.
happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm a mixed Filipino-Canadian author-illustrator. Rep'd by the wonderful Janine Le! @janinele.bsky.social
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#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit
So excited to join the team @janinele.bsky.social Literary Agency !!! All future inquiries for publishing illustration and everything to do with books please speak with Janine Le! #books #kidlit #illustration #art #agent #lucky
02.04.2025 23:16 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome new client Jessie Boulard! @jessieboulard.bsky.social
02.04.2025 23:03 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
#Nowruz pirooz! a lil drawing of amu nowruz & naneh sarma🪻
21.03.2025 17:45 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
i've fielded q's & worked on a couple of projects lately that made me realize i needed to check in with how much i charge for things 🙂↕️ remembered I have this very useful tome!! thank you past me for splurging!! the graphic artist's guild pricing handbook is a bible for illustrators! luxury wow
20.03.2025 05:37 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happy Nowruz, Mona! Safety and protection for all in their homelands and in their adopted homelands. 🕊️
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