Anita Tran

Only 3 weeks left to register for the 2026 #12x12PB Writing Challenge!

If you want community, accountability, and a full year of picture book support, now’s the time to join.

Sign up: buff.ly/0YhC3PT

To my kidlit creators,
Join SCBWI SF/SOUTH on Feb 28 for this (virtual) PAL event with editor Katie Carella for an inside look at the Branches early chapter book line and discover how to craft engaging series for newly independent readers.

Register [https://lnkd.in/gwxWkYHZ...) #kitdlit #litevent

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

It's a little early, but I wanted to let #kidlit know that our first #KidLitArtPostcard event of 2026 will be Thursday, January 8th.
www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

A busy spider is toiling over a makeshift cauldron that also happens to be a frankenmonsters head.

This week's prompt for #ABLArt was "Chats by the Cauldron" ... Had fun thinking outside of the first idea and pushing into something more creative. I also really enjoy illustrating spiders lol

#kidlit #kidlitart @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Registration for the SCBWI 2026 New York Conference opens TODAY, October 14 @ 10am PST ! 🎉

⁠View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta

(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)

#scbwiNY26
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We have been doing non-candy treats for the past few years, and the kids in the neighborhood LOVE it!! I have discovered that the toddler toys are most popular—for ALL ages—so we’re doing a lot more “toys for little kids” this year than ever before

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and happy Halloween-Month! I am Marta, illustrator and author, and I am open to new projects, especially board books, picture books and book covers! I love anything funny, cute, but also spooky and magical!

I have been a writer for 25 years, a kid's book writer for 10. Today, I was told that the book of mine that came out last week is an instant NYT bestseller, debuting at #5.

It's been a long, shambling road.

Today, on the 1st anniversary of Abuelita’s Gift release, I’m celebrating the book is a finalist in the 2025 International Latino Book Awards🧡

I’m so excited and grateful that a book about a beloved Mexican tradition is being recognized with such an honor.

#kidlit #pb #diademuertos

Sewing Halloween goody bags out of scrap fabric. Making stuff out of other people's unloved craft stashes in general!

How wonderful! Congratulations!

Graphic for a book launch event. Green mottled background which mimics zombie skin. Header of Linden Tree Books. Image of a pile of pink pompoms and stickers based on the PB Zombie and Brain Are Friends. Arrows point to this image saying "Make-your-own-brain crafts!" and "Adorable stickers!" arrow points to Zombie and Brain Are Friends cover saying "storytime!" Event details on graphic say: September 7th @ 10:30 AM at Linden Tree Books 265 State Street Los Altos CA

Help me launch the most adorable zombie-brain duo ever imagined!

Me too! 💜

Thank you, Shirley!

💜

CALLING ALL ILLUSTRATORS!
Join us in-person for ILLUSTRATOR DAY on Sat, Sept 6 at Santa Clara University (SF Bay Area)!
Learn from ROB SAYEGH JR. (NYT Bestseller), EUGENIA YOH (Chronicle AD), & CINDY CHANG.
Critiques available!
Register by Sep 2nd, www.scbwi.org/events/SFSouth-Illustrator-Day-2025

The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.

I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week!

Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚

#kidlit

www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...

The Four D’s of Novel Revision: Revisions should increase the DIMENSION of your characters, the DRAMA of your action, the DISTINCTION of your prose, and the DEPTH of your themes and the reality of the novel’s world.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 projects for PB, GN, board & chapter books🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kidlit

Collage and paint illustration of a construction site. A cute little pig is driving a digger that has broken through a sewer pipe. Brown liquid is spraying everywhere.

🚜🐷 Help! I need to give this pig a name!

🎨 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day. I’m Mark Hoffmann & I’m a #kidlit author/illustrator. I’m rep’d by @literaticat.bsky.social with @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Interested in picture books, board books, kids editorial & more!

#kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #art

Asian girl with red glasses surrounded by life-sized origami animals (fox, penguin, rabbit, crane, frog, squirrel, dragonfly) on paper textured land by the sea.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
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I’m an author / illustrator and I love hugs. This is a close up of my upcoming book NUNU AND THE SEA, pub date 10/14/2025!
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I am rep’d by @literaticat.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: isabellakung.com
✨
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

Capybaras enjoying a soak in a lake full of lotus flowers. A girl dressed in yellow is sleeping on one of the capybaras, and a cat is sitting on another one of the capybara's head.

Happy July #kidlitpostcardday

I'm Phoebe Zeng, an Chinese illustrator based in Australia. I love nature and close observation of life's little moments, there's magic in everything! I'm represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

You can find more of my work on my website.

"Endless Pastures" by Maddie Sandell ☁️

Available as: an author-illustrator or #illustrator

Focuses: picture books and board books (open to all #kidlit projects, including MG)

Rep: @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
Website: maddiesketch.com
#kidlitart #illustration

And yes, #kidsbook readers (esp @angelajrey.bsky.social ) @dansantat.bsky.social has signed @libraryellen.bsky.social 's tiny #BookEarrings with #Beekle!

Summer is here! It’s time for sandcastles, rollercoasters, and … a #coding storytime! Join me at Moon and Back, a brand new bookshop in Medford, MA on Saturday afternoon!

#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

Art by Meridth Gimbel

🌟Illustrator Day 2025🌟
🎉REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!🎉

📆Saturday, Sept 6th, 2025 @8 AM - 5 PM, PST
📍Guadalupe Hall, Santa Clara University

Don't forget our VIRTUAL Pre-event Webinar on July 19th!
✅REGISTER: www.scbwi.org/events/SFSou...

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Friday is #NationalDoughnutDay! What are your plans to celebrate?I have dozens fun activities connected with my book Dozens of Doughnuts—including a video read-aloud, a downloadable Reader's Theater script, crafts, word searches & more. Sign up for my newsletter for access. www.carriefinison.com

It's ba-ack.
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!

Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.

Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart