Kooky Chooky Amy

Photo of a stack of books with one hardcover book standing open at the top of the pile. The book cover is of a toddler girl in pigtails in her pajamas with toys around her

It's real! Too Busy For Bed! Was a labor of love that the author has been working on for the past 25 years 🥰 Very happy to have helped him bring his fun and clever story to life! #kidlitart #newbook #childrensbook

Love the color palette!! So beautiful

Illustration of a scruffy black haired toddler girl sitting on the floor holding a green paper mache dinosaur with craft supplies all around her

Playing with Procreate again after a good year or more away from it! #kidlitart

Agar Art!! How cool is this?! 🦠 asm.org/events/asm-a...

Behind the scenes for a cleverly written bedtime book.. Too Busy For Bed! Have handed in final artwork and it's getting print ready!! #kidlitart #comingsoon

Nearly 80 dogs need to be in this next picture book I'm working on. I've done 20. Wish me luck!! 🐶

Pencil drawings of a cartoon light silver thimble with green oval gems at the bottom border in various poses as a character sheet. The thimble is sitting down crocheting with a ball of orange yarn on a peach background to the left. There are 4 poses of the thimble to the right from top left clockwise where it looks scared, is carrying a tray with a needle, looking indignant with hands on hips, and charging with a raised sword and riding a yellow pencil.

Never been asked to draw a thimble before.. there's always a first for everything!! #kidlitart #characterdesign

I don't understand China's obsession w/ "reuniting" w/ Taiwan. It's as absurd as Great Britain insisting that the US needs to "reunite" because some English folk set up camp there once & stayed. The indigenous people originally occupied Taiwan, then the Dutch, Spaniards & Japanese came later.

Oo that's a good idea! I do that already randomly but never thought to check the photos for a theme.

That's what I do!! I soak in every and anything visually and let things simmer for a while in my brain before seeing what comes out on paper. I also start a Pinterest board. I pin things without thinking too much about it and a color scheme always emerges that my subconscious has already chosen.

Illustration of a grey koala with a bowed head kneeling in front of an Army hat in a wreath of red poppies

Thank you for your bravery, sacrifice, and service 💔 #KidLitArt #AnzacDay

Illustration of a brown haired pigtailed toddler girl being held up and swung around in the air. There are a few loose leaves swirling around her.

This is the 2nd prompt for #OurPlanetWeek called Touch the Air. Probably my last one for the challenge as I'm bogged down with work but it was fun to be able to play in my sketchbook for a bit! #KidLitArt #Sketchbook

Love the perspective! The planning stage is my favorite part too. It's so freeing to just explore ideas with abandon and see what comes out on paper!

Closeup of an illustrated young toddler with brown pigtails sitting on orange dirt with legs splayed open and arms touching the ground between the legs. There is a chick at the bottom corner of the illustration facing the young girl.

Sketchbook doodles for the Our Planet Week challenge happening on Instagram. This is for the first prompt "Touch the ground". #KidLitArt #OurPlanetWeek2025 #sketchbook

Canada:
Surrey Libraries (coming soon!!): surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S7...

Taiwan/International shipping:
Books.com.tw: www.books.com.tw/products/F01...

Korea:
Kyobo: product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S0002...

Netherlands:
Bruna: www.bruna.nl/engelse-boek...

Australia (3/3)
QBD Books: www.qbd.com.au/amigo-the-ca...
Sanity: www.sanity.com.au/products/311...
Whitsunday libraries: catalogue.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au/montage/Book...
SA Libraries: onecard.network/client/en_AU...
Brumby Sunstate (distributor): www.brumbysunstate.com.au/product/amig...

Australia (2/3)
Harry Hartog (ACT/NSW/QLD/SA): www.harryhartog.com.au/products/ami...
Gleebooks (Sydney): gleebooks.com.au/product/amig...
The Book Cow (Canberra): shop.bookcow.com.au/p/amigo-the-...
Readings (Melbourne): www.readings.com.au/product/9781...

New Zealand - Wellington Zoo shop: wellingtonzooshop.com/products/ami...

Australia:
Big W: www.bigw.com.au/product/amig...
Five Mile: fivemile.com.au/products/ami...
Amazon AU: www.amazon.com.au/Amigo-Capyba...
Scholastic AU: shop.scholastic.com.au/Product/1001...

Illustration of a happy capybara with a party hat singing into a microphone sitting in a teal plane in the clouds piloted by a pink grumpy chinchilla. There is confetti thrown in the air and a leaping frog with a party hat above the capybara.

Amigo is quite the PART-TAY animal and has travelled to the Bologna Children's Book Fair to meet new friends!! If you're keen to meet him, you can also find him here...

USA:
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/amigo-the-...
Thrift Books (pre-order): www.thriftbooks.com/w/amigo-the-...

Did anyone get up to some good pranks on April Fools? I made my kid cry when I pranked her😬 Replaced her jam cookie filling with sweet and sour sauce. Thought that would gross her out. Turns out, her friend asked for it and she gave it to her instead. My kid is upset she's a bad friend now...

A little girl with pigtails in a red dress and shoes lying on top of a large grey fuzzy bear like creature called Totoro in a green forest scene

Fan art, yay. AI stealing, BOOOOOO😡. This was an oldie from an Instagram challenge called Ghibli Week a while back. I don't know how to navigate this new AI world anymore. 😕 #FanArt #Ghibli #Totoro

Every time I see a post that has an AI rendered Ghibli style photo, a little bit of me dies inside 😭

Photo of a paper cutout of an illustrated girl's head and arms peeking out from a blanket. She has dark hair in low pigtails and is sleeping.

Drawing sleeping characters is making me sleepy 😴 #KidLitArt #BehindTheScenes #CharacterDesign

Oh, moo is the best! Beautiful cards you made!

I love that dappled light!! So beautifully done 😍

Hand drawn illustration of a standing chocolate brown great dane with a yellow party hat with orange stripes and an orange pom pom on its head

When you sit down to draw and your reference material is a whole feed full of your friends' dogs.. #bestjobever #KidLitArt

Thank you for adding the alt text 🙏 I'll try harder to remember adding it before I hit post!!

I'll bet! They have the wildest imaginations!

Beautiful work by @jusabar.bsky.social 🩷

QRP with fanart 🤩
This was an oldie I made for my kidlets. #disneyfanart