Aishwarya Tandon

Coming soon: Headcases #1-3 A bloody crime thriller. 2 teens on the run with a severed head. 1 hitman who needs the head back. Ditching class just got deadly.

When we pitched Headcases to publishers in 2021, we got only rejections back.

Now it’s 2025, we received a lot of love for the first 2 issues, and the campaign for issue 3 launches tomorrow!

Let’s prove to these publishers they just didn’t get the vision 💪🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/les...

Over halfway there! Thanks for over 100 backers 🙂 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Amazing, Charlene! That's so many books with your art in. ✨

Digital art of a brown boy and a brown girl, piggyback hug, smiling at each other.

Close-up of my OCs, whom I do nothing with or for. Except for drawing them once in a blue moon. 😭💓

#art #illustration

AKANE-BANASHI ANIME LETS GO!!!!!

OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!!! I was waiting for an anime! The manga is amazing!

Hey art friends. A reminder that other people are not keeping close track of your productivity in the way that you are. Only you are aware of literally everything you're doing (and not doing). Everyone else has a million other things to keep track of, too. They're not keeping tallies on you. Breathe

I have not-great news. I am headed back to the querying trenches.

It makes me sad for me, of course, but also for the state of middle grade overall.

With that said, if you’re an agent actively seeking middle grade stories, please do let me know. Some tidbits about my completed manuscripts: 👇

How do you all make time for personal art with all the work deadlines and projects??? #kidlit #kidlitart #artist

Many many congratulations!!!

Photo of author and illustrator Charlene Chua holding up a copy of their book, the Pink Pajamas

Today's the day! Happy book birthday to THE PINK PAJAMAS!

Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social !

#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky

You're amazing and so lucky!!! 💓💓💓

Thank you! 😭💓

Sonder, a short comic by Johanna Taylor

A little book of travels, a sketchbook zine by Johanna Taylor

Surprise, I’m actually releasing TWO zines on August 17, both will be available in my kofi shop!!

One is SONDER, my France artist residency project 💫

The other is A LITTLE BOOK A TRAVELS, a bunch of sketches of places I’ve traveled to, taken from my personal sketchbook ✈️

I held a kitty cat for the first time in my life. 😭😭😭💓💓💓

Thank you. 😭😭😭

Carole, she was perfect. 😭💛

It was 💯😭

I held a kitty cat for the first time in my life. 😭😭😭💓💓💓

That's amazing! Those first pages are always so thrilling. I hope you continue to enjoy it!

I tried a specific journal for 2 months before giving up bc the size wasn't ideal. Found a bigger size by the same company so have bookmarked it for next year. 😊✨

Getting a head start on #doggust - Day 3 Sloughi (or Arabian Greyhound). I think mine’s a bit of a chonker 😂😂😂 Also kudos to me for not giving up on oil pastel (in moderation lol)

SPORTS ZONE! The chapter book series I'm currently drawing. ✨🏈⚽⚾

Hut! Hut! Hike! comes out this September! 🙌🏼

#kidlit #kidlitart ✏️💛

Interior page from GHOST ROAST.

Interior page from GHOST ROAST.

Interior page from HELLO-HI OVER POHA.

Interior page from A DEMONIC CHOICE.

I love coloring comics!!! Pls hire me to color comics!!! 😭❤️🙌🏼

#comics #GN #art #kidlitart ✏️💛

Every few months I do the to-and-fro for journaling, looking at journals, wishlisting journals and the whole journal thing. 🤧

Thank you! It's been the best!

SPORTS ZONE! The chapter book series I'm currently drawing. ✨🏈⚽⚾

Hut! Hut! Hike! comes out this September! 🙌🏼

#kidlit #kidlitart ✏️💛

Oh, good choice! What's your favourite flavour!?

Thank you! It's been such a wonderful experience drawing this series and I've learned and come to enjoy 2 new sports. 🙌🏼⭐

If you have kids ages 6-8 who are reading chapter books, I hope they'll enjoy my new illustrated sports fiction series from Scholastic. The Sports Zone books follow three 9-year-old friends who begin playing different sports for the first time (cont'd)

Please RSVP here if you'd like to come! parnassusbooks.net/event/marani... For more info on the entire series or to pre-order copies online, visit: www.scholastic.com/site/branche...