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Congratulations, Patrick and Pierre!

A girl climbs a ladder in black and white to make a creative pronouncement — many colors and objects swirl around

A pillbug plays the banjo in the garden to a toe-tapping tune

A boy in vintage clothing holds onto an orange balloon as it lifts off over the city

A podium with robots after a bot battle (from Whirby, HarperCollins)

🎨 Spotlight on Jacob Souva!

Jacob's Illustrator Page

Jacob is represented by Jen Rofé (@jenrofe.bsky.social) and is open to imaginative picture books and colorful board books.

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Love Jem so much! Wanted to name my kid Rio, if I had a boy. Husband said no. One day, I'll name a dog Rio. :)

“Board books don’t always come with an ‘essential’ stamp, but this one is.” - a starred review from School Library Journal for The Clean-Up Monster!

It's a School Library Journal star for THE CLEAN-UP MONSTER written by Eleni Tassopoulos Wehner, illustrated by Danamarie Hosler (@mightypigeon.bsky.social)!

⭐ "Board books don’t always come with an ‘essential’ stamp, but this one is.” ⭐

Read the full review here

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Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.

The Weirdies written by Michael Buckley, illustrated by Forrest Burdett, is a USA Today Bestseller this week!

🎉 Congratulations to THE WEIRDIES for making the USA Today Bestsellers list! 🎉 So proud of @hellomrforrest.bsky.social for illustrating this hilarious story!

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Today at School: With Yesterday and Tomorrow written by Jessica Young, illustrated by Renée Kurilla, is a USA Today Bestseller!

🎉 Congratulations to TODAY AT SCHOOL: WITH YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW on becoming a USA Today bestseller! 🎉 We are so proud of Jessica Young and Renée Kurilla!

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This week Space Case made the Indie Bestseller list, Zombie and Brain Are Friends and Immortal Dark made The New York Times Bestseller list, and Invisible made the USA Today Bestseller list. Pictured are the logos of those lists and the book covers surrounded by confetti to celebrate!

🎉 Congrats to these bestsellers this week! 🎉

New York Times Bestsellers:
ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS
IMMORTAL DARK

USA Today Bestseller:
INVISIBLE

Indie Bestseller:
SPACE CASE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

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two young friends greet each other on a front porch

a little girl sits on a chair in front of a pink elephant on a table

a bee in a hat offers a napkin to his friend, another bee, who is covered in yellow paint

a lion, bird, and mouse sit on a bus stop bench as an elephant approaches

🎨 Spotlight on Pierre Collet-Derby

Pierre's Illustrator Page

Pierre is represented by Jennifer Rofé. He is open to picture books.

Tomorrow! 👀

two kid characters, one presents as white and one as Black, hold up their illustrations of cats

a truck full of dogs in construction hats drives along

two semi anthropomorphized buildings, one labeled a salon, make faces

a worm and a fly greet each other

🎨 Spotlight on Brian Biggs

Brian's Illustrator Page

Brian is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social . He is open to picture books, b&w interiors, graphic novels & comics, and covers.

In Meg Medina’s new young adult novel, a 13-year-old girl becomes a sea ghost : NPR's Book of the Day Meg Medina’s new young adult novel begins with a fall: Graciela, a 13-year-old-girl, is blown off a cliff and sucked into the bottom of the sea. A century later, she awakens and her afterlife begins. ...

GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS by Meg Medina is @npr.org's Book of the Day! www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n... @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎨 Spotlight on @mikeboldt.bsky.social

Mike's Illustrator Page

Mike is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social and is interested in picture books and covers.

I just finished WICKED today. Incredible book.

i was saying just yesterday that i find no joy in insta anymore. if i must be there, i get in and get out. there's still value in it for work, but there's not joy.

🎨 Spotlight on @dpilutti.bsky.social

Deb's Illustrator Page](www.andreabrownlit.com/illustrator/...)

Deb is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social. She is open to picture books.

🎨 Spotlight on @washingtoncuts.bsky.social

Janelle's Illustrator Page

Janelle is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social. She is open to picture books, board books, b&w interiors, and covers.

You could have had me, Debbie. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Good for Ginger blah blah blah 😜😘

Some rejections will knock you to the floor in defeat, and then you scrape yourself up and get back to agenting.

It's embarrassing to know how the world laughs at us for our asinine gun laws. We can't get out of our own way and we have only dead civilians to show for it.

🎨 Spotlight on Joe Cepeda

Joe's Illustrator Page

Joe is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social and is interested in illustrating picture books, b&w interiors, covers, and nonfiction.

It's a PW star for ON OUR WAY WITH MR. JAY by Chelsea Lin Wallace!

⭐ "Starring a beloved adult who brings everyone together, this jubilant picture book hails its school-commute VIP accordingly" 🌟

Read the full review here

I see memes that are like, Love Your Life. Take All The Pictures. NO. Don't take the pictures. This comes from someone who recently deleted 10k photos from her phone, aims to delete another 10k, & will still have more photos than a person needs. Stop taking so many pictures & enjoy the moments.

automagically. that word itself is magic.

This is SO GOOD. Seriously, if you're creating for kids, especially picture books, REEEEEAAAADDDD THIS:

! Last chance ! I'm presenting on the agent-author relationship for the @scbwi.bsky.social LA summer conference, so send me your burning questions and I can try to incorporate them.

great question. adding this to the list to touch on!

Hey #kidlit! I'm going to be doing a talk on the agent-author relationship for #SCBWI virtual summer conference. What would you like to learn in the talk? Any burning questions about the agent-author relationship? Any elements you wonder about? Let me know so I can touch on what matters to you.

**OPPORTUNITY**!! Take advantage of this unique opportunity to win a pb critique from Kelly Sonnack! You will be so happy you did it.

Can you believe it? This Thursday at 2PM Eastern I’ll be joined by agent extraordinaire Jen Rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social on insta.

Jen is a senior agent at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social where she reps some huge names in kidlit.

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