Shirley Hottier💫 Illustrator

Thank you! Thats very kind of you to say :)

#illustration #poetryforkids #kidlit #ukkidlit #kidlitart

Publication day! “The Poetry World of John Agard” was so fun to illustrate! It took me back to childhood memories of illustrating my school poetry book! Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social and all the amazing team behind the book, and of course to John Agard for his wonderfully inspiring poems!

S.U.M.M.E.R
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My illustrations for « The Poetry World of John Agard », published soon by Otter Barry Books, have made it to the WIA Long list!!! Yuhuuuu! #WIA2025longlist

Thank you :)

Hello! Here you go :)
I do like your glowing effect!

Hello @bsky.app!

Episode 30 with the amazing Mikey Please (heading to this platform imminently!) is now available!

Listen at all your favourite podcasts places including these two;

open.spotify.com/show/3MndBEr...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Yeeeeaaaaah! This is going to make my day tomorrow!!

Two b&w illustrations for a student project about Mr.Dog (far from being as good and fun as the original/ but I still like my version) whilst being a mentee at Pop Up Projects Pathways last year.
I learnt a lot!
#ukkidlit #kidlitillustration #illustratot #mgillustration #blanckandwhiteillustration

Hello! I’m illustrating my first poetry and picture book to be published soon in the U.K. - I’d love being added to the group please :)

Screenshot: Hello! My name is Brian LaRossa, I’m executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group, where I’ve worked for 20 years. I oversee our Branches and Acorn imprints which are beginning graphic readers and illustrated chapter books, I also oversee our younger nonfiction series, and a good number of stand alone fiction and nonfiction picture books for our Orchard imprint. If you're an illustrator who is interested in working together I would love to hear from you! I've created this form to help me capture a record of your interest. Please note that this form is not time-sensitive. I keep it live year-round. When beginning new projects I routinely check the spreadsheet for new submissions and search/sort my notes on previous submissions. In addition, I also regularly post open calls, exclusively on Bluesky. I invite you to follow me there and submit your work! If your work is a good fit for an upcoming title I will reach out at that time. Until then, take care!

Hey illustrators! Did you know there's a contact form on my website just for you? When beginning new projects I routinely check the spreadsheet for new submissions and search/sort my notes on previous submissions.

>>> www.brianlarossa.com

💙❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #artsearch #art #artist

portfolio submitted! Thank you for making so easy!

Children's book spread illustration of a lunar new year scene with dragon dancers, red banners, fireworks and a marching band.

Illustration of a boy holding a bunch of flowers wearing a red bowtie, suspenders and formal wear.

Ethereal illustration spread of a field of lilypads with a girl reaching up towards a glowing star. There's a midnight blue night sky in the background with sparkly stars.

Gouache painting of an orange haired mother and son sitting in a tent with a planet mobile and glowing lights

Hi Bluesky!

I'm Stella and I'm a kidlit illustrator. These are some of my recent works and you can check out more here! stellahong.com

Thank you @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social :)

No worries, thank you for letting me know!

Is it too late? I wanted to try to win it for an illustrator friend’s name who would love to attend but isn’t on this platform!

Love it!!

Oops, forgot to tag #kidlitUK and #kidlitart !!

For the last 5 years I did daily posts of favourite kids/YA books published that year for Black History Month UK over on twitter, but this year I just put them all into one big blog post (in which there is a link to the twitter threads, if of interest): teenlibrarian.co.uk/2023/10/03/b...

Thanks loads!!

Children’s and teens’ roundup – the best new picture books and novels A celebration of family; a guide to animal languages; Stonehenge spells; classroom crises; and dreams of becoming an alchemist

Hello hello! Here are some glorious October books for children and teenagers, featuring dogs, Death, pink-cheeked vampires, hummingbird drones, family secrets and coming to terms with painful change. The quality of writing for kids is SO HIGH at present - winnowing the post is almost impossible!

Hi Brian, I hope I’m not too late!

Oh thank you! So nice if you to say :)

I’m now a proud member of @childrensbooksnorth , which promotes and supports the authors, authors-illustrators and illustrators of the North of England and Scotland! Check out their directory: childrensbooksnorth.blogspot.com/2023/08/look...

#kidlit #picturebook #kidlituk #illustration

Author: @annewynter, illustrator MEEEEE and publisher @little bee books 😀

All Patrick wants for his birthday is a perfect FOOD party.
But why did Karter arrive dressed as a FOOT?
Patrick learns a valuable lesson in patience, embracing chaos, and most of all that family isn't perfect.
Patrick and the Not-so-Perfect party is available to preorder at your usual book retailer

@jonscrazyblues.bsky.social thank you loads for sharing :)

I love Studiomate Steve! Im wondering if he’s going to release new episodes soon!?