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Lenny Wen

@lennywendraws.bsky.social

Children's books author-illustrator 🌢️Spicy Spicy Hot! (LBYR) πŸ‘»Wolfgang in the Meadow (Clarion) 🐭Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days (Clarion) ✏️Sister Scribbles (Viking) Represented by Christy Ewers @thecatagency.bsky.social www.lennywen.com/links

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That's so kind of you! Thank you so much 😊

06.12.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Charlene!

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Thank you!!❀️

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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
I'm Lenny Wen, author-illustrator who loves to draw knick knacks, anything nature and supranatural, spooky to sweet.
You can check out more of my works at:
www.lennywen.com

04.12.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!πŸ˜€

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COVER REVEAL for my next authored/illustrated book: SISTER SCRIBBLES, published by Viking, out in Aug 2026. It's a tale of sibling rivalry that shows your greatest competition may also be the one person who understands you the most!
Pre-order: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773554...

#kidlit

26.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! ⭐️
My name is Farah, I’m a children’s book author & illustrator and I love creating characters with their own stories to tell.

Open to work on PB, fiction and MG projects.

⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social

#kidliart #illustration #cutecharacters

06.11.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PIPPO'S PERFECTLY PECULIAR DAYS is out today!
Pippo is a shrew whose routine is suddenly disrupted by peculiar events that compel him to draw on his inner resources to navigate uncertainty.

Published by @harperkids.bsky.social

#picturebook #bookbirthday #kidlit

28.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tomorrow Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days will be out into the wild!

#kidlit #picturebook

27.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bear playing tons of instruments walking over a bridge into a sleep little town

A bear playing tons of instruments walking over a bridge into a sleep little town

A new piece for a manuscript I’ve been working on! I hope this one makes it all the way! Ask me about it! #kidlitart #kidlit

23.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Jacob!

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Thank you!πŸ˜€

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Gouache and watercolor πŸ˜€

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a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? πŸ™πŸ½πŸ’› #KidLit

15.10.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 11
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Happy #PortfolioDay I'm a children's book illustrator-author based in Austria. I love to draw and write a lot of things from nature to supranatural, spooky to sweet, peculiar to mundane.
You can check out my work at: www.lennywen.com

βœ‰οΈ lunartcy@gmail.com

14.10.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
Promo illustration by Gina Perry. Night scene of colorful bugs making music and nibbling on leaves. Beetle plays ukelele, grasshopper plays a tin whistle, bee shakes a maraca. Fireflies add atmosphere.

Promo illustration by Gina Perry. Night scene of colorful bugs making music and nibbling on leaves. Beetle plays ukelele, grasshopper plays a tin whistle, bee shakes a maraca. Fireflies add atmosphere.

Black and white illustration by Gina Perry. From the book Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling. A group of girls surrounds and loves on a scruffy dog. One girl has no arms, one girl has a unibrow. Scene is framed as a polaroid.

Black and white illustration by Gina Perry. From the book Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling. A group of girls surrounds and loves on a scruffy dog. One girl has no arms, one girl has a unibrow. Scene is framed as a polaroid.

Illustration from the book TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! by Gina Perry. Two monsters are in a very messy kitchen. The big blue monster, Moe, is washing dishes in the sink, looking annoyed by the small monster, Peanut. Peanut is covering his chin and head with bubbles (aka bubble beard and hair). Art and text by Gina Perry

Illustration from the book TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! by Gina Perry. Two monsters are in a very messy kitchen. The big blue monster, Moe, is washing dishes in the sink, looking annoyed by the small monster, Peanut. Peanut is covering his chin and head with bubbles (aka bubble beard and hair). Art and text by Gina Perry

Illustrated promo by Gina Perry. Forest scene, with a number of vehicles driving in the foreground while a fox peers from the shade of trees and ferns. A chipmunk is in the back of a truck with a boo-boo on his head, assisted by a girl gnome. Another gnome drives a flatbed truck with a load of beets. A girl gnome pedals a tricycle towing a jar of flowers.

Illustrated promo by Gina Perry. Forest scene, with a number of vehicles driving in the foreground while a fox peers from the shade of trees and ferns. A chipmunk is in the back of a truck with a boo-boo on his head, assisted by a girl gnome. Another gnome drives a flatbed truck with a load of beets. A girl gnome pedals a tricycle towing a jar of flowers.

Happy #PortfolioDay - I'm a children's book author and illustrator. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy. More work at: ginaperry.com #kidlitart

14.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My illustration process for VAMPURR cover, written by the fangtastic @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and published by @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
VAMPURR is available for pre-order wherever books are sold!

#picturebook #illustration #paintingprocess #coverillustration #cat #vampurr

13.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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My author copies arrived ❀️ Pippo will come out in two weeks! From @harperkids.bsky.social

#picturebook #author

13.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of an upcoming picture book, VAMPURR.
The title apperas over a full, flourescent green/yellow full moon in the top center of the square book image. Beneath it is a vampire kitten. She has long pointy, pinkish ears, green eyes, black fur, and long fangs. She wears a purple cape. She is surrounded by ethereal fog that moves through a cemetery filled with tombstones all around her. In back of her is a cemetery entrance gate with a Latino boy entering the cemetery through it. Purple, twisting trees border the entire image. It's purples, blues, pinks, and greens/yellows.

The cover of an upcoming picture book, VAMPURR. The title apperas over a full, flourescent green/yellow full moon in the top center of the square book image. Beneath it is a vampire kitten. She has long pointy, pinkish ears, green eyes, black fur, and long fangs. She wears a purple cape. She is surrounded by ethereal fog that moves through a cemetery filled with tombstones all around her. In back of her is a cemetery entrance gate with a Latino boy entering the cemetery through it. Purple, twisting trees border the entire image. It's purples, blues, pinks, and greens/yellows.

COVER REAVEAL

MEET VAMPURR
Her fur shines blacker than a raven’s feathers.
Her eyes glow greener than a witch’s brew.
But most unusual of all are her long, needle-sharp fangs.
This is her story...

In bookstores on 7/6/26
Written by me, illustrated by the incredible
@lennywendraws.bsky.social

11.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 510    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
A fake email offering a fake deal.

A fake email offering a fake deal.

An illustrator alerted me to the attached email. Someone is impersonating me! Offering #kidlit illustrators fake deals!

This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!

Please let me know if you receive an email like this!

10.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 1
kip's October 2025 KidLitArtPostcard showing a pencil drawing of a young witch and her pumpkin, frog and cat pals

kip's October 2025 KidLitArtPostcard showing a pencil drawing of a young witch and her pumpkin, frog and cat pals

hello #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Kip and I'm an illustrator! I would love to illustrate a book in black and white in this style ☺︎
🌐 kipalizadeh.net
For publishing I'm represented by Mandy Suhr at Storywise ☺︎

02.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Vertical illustration. A kid vampire is laying in his coffin, curled up with his cat and a book named SUN KID. The book is emitting a warm glow. Text reads Gina Perry www.ginaperry.com Rep'd by Sean McCarthy

Vertical illustration. A kid vampire is laying in his coffin, curled up with his cat and a book named SUN KID. The book is emitting a warm glow. Text reads Gina Perry www.ginaperry.com Rep'd by Sean McCarthy

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Gina Perry, an author and illustrator of children's books, and creator of this monthly event. I'm rep'd for books by Sean McCarthy, more work at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit

02.10.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days got another lovely review, this time from The Horn Book!

It's available for pre-order wherever books are sold!
www.harpercollins.com/products/pip...

#picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart

02.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What are YOU reading this Wednesday?

Emma's reading EMPANADAS FOR EVERYONE from Jackie AzΓΊa Kramer, @lennywendraws.bsky.social, & @simonkids.bsky.social!

picturebooksummit.co...

#amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
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Happy Pub Day to JUST KEEP GOING! This book is a reminder to myself that this is really all I can do at times. This career I’ve chosen is hard, with lots of ups and downs, and the only way through is to keep my head high, take one step at a time, breath, envision what I want, and Just. Keep. Going.

30.09.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Love her already!!

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Have you hugged the trees, picked the wildflowers, watched the clouds, and stargazed before the summer ends?

www.lennywen.com/wolfgang-in-...

#illustration #picturebook #summerween #ghost

01.09.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wrote Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days during the time when I felt so much anxiety with uncertainty or peculiar events happened in my life and the world. Life is always complex and sometimes peculiar.

#picturebook

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A trailer I had made for Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Day. It will be out this October! It's available for pre-order wherever books are soldπŸ˜€

#booktrailer #picturebook

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Sunny springy studio

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