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A table from a Scholastic bookfair displaying 11 of the food themed books by Jory John and Pete Oswald.

#Scholastic sent all of these Jory John & Pete Oswald books, but no copies of “Humble Pie.” 😟

Same author, different illustrators. Many will recognize the book on the right. Good Night Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown. But did you know she also wrote the book on the left? And I illustrated it! One of the highlights of my career thus far! Only $7.99! It makes a great stocking stuffer! On Christmas Day is available at https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/margaret-wise-brown/on-christmas-day/9781546014560/?lens=worthykids.

Same author, different illustrators. Many will recognize the book on the right. Good Night Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown. But did you know she also wrote the book on the left? And I illustrated it! Only $7.99! On Christmas Day is available at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marga....

I just learned this while shopping for Christmas books for the grandbabies! It has the gorgeous illustrations we know to expect from you with the soothing words we expect from her!

Congratulations! Thats a lot to juggle but you did it!!!

We hit the $3800 required to take our bookfair proceeds in cash! 🙂

This is essential since we don’t have an operating budget for supplies, and the Scholastic Dollars catalog is insufficient. Plus, cash (via district office purchase order) can be taken to independent bookstores! ❤️

Love this idea! Book jackets are currently our source of bookmarks. 🙂
Jackets don’t last long in kindergarten backpacks, looking torn and dingy within weeks. However, the covers underneath are wipeable. We especially love glossy covers. ❤️

“They” say so many bookish things that I think we get to pick which ones we want to follow.

I’m going with the “write the book that only you can write” hoping that it fills gaps in others’ collections too.

Since districts are investing in curriculum (rather than literature), school libraries are staffed by ambitious, book loving moms (paid less than a fast food workers) who host book fairs twice a year, hoping to have enough in sales to cover needed supplies. And a few non Scholastic titles. #kidlit

It’s beautiful! And in a small town? That brings such hope!

A bookfair set up on a black stage, with metal cases and tables full of books.

Book fairs are valuable in our small town, two towns away from the closest book store.

However, as the librarian & an author publisher, it’s growing increasingly difficult to facilitate the excessive quantity of clutter being purchased.

#kidlit

Love this! The concept of play-based learning is why I named my preschool “Academic Play” and my publishing company too! Learning is a side effect of play!

Drawing of toddler walking

Is there anything more amazing than a baby’s first steps? I don’t think so, but drawing babies is a close second.

#kidlitart #picturebookart #boardbook #babydrawing

Thanks! Love the sentiment!

My book releasing next year is called, “Heroes Need Help.” We are ALL the hero of our own story, but we cannot do it alone. We need a team fighting alongside with us! Thanks for cheering us on.

Cheetos, spanakopita, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars.
(The Cheetos were so I wouldn’t cave to my vending machine temptation. 24yo’s brain tumor needed to be surgically drained for the 3rd time this year. He is cheerfully back to campus & I am cheerfully consuming the foods I picked when stressed.)

I went to Costco hungry, with my less thrifty husband. 🙂 So many of my favorite comfort foods came home with us! It was exactly what I needed.

A cute digital illustration of a young girl reading a book in front of a sea otter tank at an aquarium. The text reads "Alissa Staples Illustration" and her website URL "alissastaples.com". On social media, she is "@alistaps" on instagram and "@alistaps.bsky.social" on bluesky.

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!

My name is Alissa, and I am a Japanese-Canadian illustrator located in Vancouver.
I would love to work on a picture book or board book!

🦦 alissastaples.com
🐬 instagram.com/alistaps

#kidlitart #illustrator

An illustration of a young boy and girl grinning and running through sand dunes with their arms outstretched. They have 1940s clothes and gas mask boxes over their shoulders. In the sky above are the silhouettes of two spitfire planes.

#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.

A digital illustration of a family baking in the kitchen. A young boy is focused on reading the recipe book while pouring milk into a bowl. His mother on his left, is also looking at the recipe book whilst holding a carton of milk. And his baby sister on his right, is in the act of scooping out the batter from the bowl and is about to eat it.

Hello!

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️

I'm Ada, a Filipino illustrator looking and available for PB, MG, YA or any illustration work.

Seeking representation.

🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com

Illustration of a boy climbing a rope swing on a tree losing its colorful fall leaves as his dad looks on by Brian Kirby - text reads: Author/Illustrator Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez Bradford Literary Agency BrianKirbyStudio.com

November #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m an author-illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social

Check out what I’m up to at briankirbystudio.com 🍁

Author/illustrator for 30y. I love creating expressive, mischievous characters who are up for wild adventures. I create cozy worlds for readers to inhabit. Looking for picture, board, & chapter book projects. Rep'd by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. www.laurazarrin.com #kidlitartpostcard

The school moved the after school club into the library so our times of calm are rare.
So, I shake a maraca to get the kids’ attention when it gets too loud to hear the shy ones say their name at the checkout desk.
I miss the days when a rain stick did the trick, but we are a louder society now.

A tiny plastic capybara designed to cheer up those who see it.

It’s one of those days!

My desktop wouldn’t function for the first two classes causing stress & chaos.

Someone must have snuck behind my desk and flipped the tiny off switch on my keyboard and under the mouse. Guessing that child is also the reason my capybara is missing.
#Skybrarian #library

A fluffy tuxedo cat sits on a black tshirt (still on its hanger).

It’s so much easier for the Library Kitty to cover my black school tshirts in cat hair when I lay them out in advance. She can cross that off today’s to do list and move on to sitting on the stack of books I plan to study this afternoon.
#cats #kidlit

A screen showing the message that Microsoft is “retiring” Publisher.

Yes, I’m old fashioned. I still like tangible books and creating book dummies in #Publisher.
#Microsoft is retiring it?
So I’m paying the monthly fee strictly for Word’s thesaurus? Guess it’s time dust off the paperback version (I’ve had since middle school) and cancel. #Skybrarians
#kidlit

My black cat wanted to share a recommendation too. JAMES’ READING RESCUE. It’s a great read aloud. Sara Casilda’s black cat depictions are a spectacular match for @dianneaws.bsky.social’s message.

Just finished this one!💖 I always try to push past my comfort zone, and I channeled the raw energy of these kids into trying new techniques. Never stop learning! Happy Autumn. 🍁
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator

Some students have said there are axolotls in Mexico that they get see when they visit in the summer. Those kids want to know more.

Others get excited about the concept but aren’t interested in the books. I think that batch of kids learned the word from Minecraft. The real ones aren’t so boxy.

Wearing this shirt as a reminder to myself.
This will be the fourth time we’ve read the chapter when the protagonist misses essential college classes to have his brain tumor surgically drained.
Even the oncologist says the kid is stuck in “a Groundhog Day” loop.
Yet, yay! It’s surgically fixable.

Is there a place you would recommend purchasing? Like maybe an indie that ships signed copies or a candy store that needs extra customers?

Have your students’ passion switched to canybaras and axolotl too? They must be involved in a you tube video because my little ones can’t get enough. Plus I hear a phrase I have never heard prior to this year. “It’s against the law to own one.” That sentiment is said more often than “6~7”.