Anna Raff

Charise Harper and Anna Raff: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 235 Charise Harper and Anna Raff, author and illustrator respectively of A Big Surprise for Little Card, stop by the podcast to talk about a rainbow of books, thinking with pictures, and the fact that whe...

Listen Back: Charise Harper and Anna Raff share A Big Surprise for Little Card and talk about thinking with pictures. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/cha... 📚👍🏽 #kidit #ChildrensBkPod @annaraff.bsky.social

Gracias, mi amiga! It's such a great song!😍

Here are a few of my favorite details from
@eljurimusic.bsky.social 's CAMBIO. #animation #illustration #motionillustration #newmusic #musicvideo
Full video here ––>> tinyurl.com/mr44h9xa

Eljuri - CAMBIO (Video Oficial / Official Video) Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

I animated a music video for @eljurimusic.bsky.social's CAMBIO—the focus track on their new album. Cambio is an anthem for anyone who feels their voice is too small, burdens too great, the world too heavy. Somos el eco/We are the echo.tinyurl.com/mr44h9xa #animation #motionillustration #illustration

Press Release Fun: We Need Diverse Books, Authors, and Indie Bookstores Support Trans and Nonbinary Youth Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today!

Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today! #MagicStoriesAreForEveryone #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/28/p...

In this logo, colorful, playful lettering spells out, "the Zine Workshop with Anna Raff.

A child's hands, scraps of paper, and colorful drawing supplies are scattered across a wooden tabletop, photographed from above.

If you're a #teacher or #librarian looking for a fun, visual storytelling challenge for students, this might be just the ticket. Now booking for the 2025-26 school year. #skybrarians #TLsky #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart
For more information...👉 www.annaraff.com/the-zine-wor...

A photo of six science picture book covers on six different subjects, translated into Traditional Chinese. Clockwise from top left: Things That Float and Things That Don't; Light Waves; Magnets Push, Magnets Pull; Gravity; Solids, Liquids, Gases and Plasma; Simple Machines.

Hey, Brooklyn! Know any young scientists who are learning to read Traditional Chinese? Several copies of each book in my series with author David A. Adler are now available at the Brooklyn Book Bodega. #scienceforkids

Anna Raff Illustration—Zine Workshops at the Society of Illustrators About seven years ago, when I was still relatively new to teaching illustration, I was hired to lead an after-school program as a follow-up to an all-day school visit. I needed to come up with a story...

Hello #Teachers and #Librarians! I wrote a little something about my Zine Workshop, which I'd love to bring to your school and share w/ students. tinyurl.com/yc44xvja

YouTube video by Eljuri ELJURI - Salva La Tierra - Lyric Video

On #EarthDay, we stand and raise our voices for change. 🎶 🌍 Eljuri’s powerful anthem “Salva La Tierra” reminds us that protecting the Earth is up to us all. 💚🌿
🎥 youtu.be/d8wTLrVyPpQ?...
#salvalatierra #EcoMusic #ClimateAction #latinmusic #AwardWinningVideo @annaraff.bsky.social

Anna Raff Illustration—A Mini NJ/NY Book-Signing Tour This week, my husband and I set out on an impromptu mini book-signing tour to the Garden State and New York City. On a lark and in inclement weather, we visited several New Jersey locations that ...

Last week, I set out on a mini, impromptu book-signing jaunt in NJ and NYC, and wrote a little something about it. www.annaraff.com/blog/2025/4/...

It’s #WorldRatDay! When real life rats abound we've reason to curse worse than "RATS!" Here’s Horace from PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social & the gang from WORLD RAT DAY by J. Patrick Lewis. Wishing you best wishes avoiding—as Pat would say, “the wrong-doer in the soer.”
#KidLitArtPostcard

Press Release Fun: Happy Inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever.

Happy We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever. #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/03/p...

Come see me in conversation with @joannhnyc.bsky.social on April 6th!

Illustration of a duck, dressed up in St. Patrick's day regalia, with a very annoyed expression.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀💚 Here's one from the Ornithblogical archives, aptly named "What the Duck?"...something I find myself saying lately on a daily basis.🤬

“Nice to see you, but I gotta go!”

Tara Lazar & Anna Raff, "Party Animals" Watchung booksellers is a vibrant, independent community bookstore located in the heart of Montclair NJ.

Helloooo New Jersey! 🎉📚Come join us tomorrow at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair…✨ watchungbooksellers.com/events/45161

Thanks, Elizabeth!🥳💖

Thank you, Kristen!😘🎉📚

Woohoo, 3-minute videos! Previous limit was 1-minute.
Plus more improvements. I'll be updating my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky (see my pinned post) soon. #BlueSkyTips

It’s PARTY ANIMALS book birthday! 🥳📚 Gotta say, I’m pretty proud of this one. A hilarious, sweet tale of friendship and empathy by @taralazar.bsky.social and published by Disney-Hyperion; I hope readers have as much fun with it as I did! tinyurl.com/5ek7a8ax

Hey, New Jersey and resident Party Animals! @taralazar.bsky.social and I are having a storytime event this Sunday, 3/16 at 2pm @ Watchung Booksellers in Montclair to celebrate our new picture book, PARTY ANIMALS! 🥳📚 Come join the party…and have a cookie! 👉 watchungbooksellers.com/events/45161

This AM, I’m making my way to Milltown, NJ for a school visit to share PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social and me for the first time!🥳📚 Thankfully, my route is a little more direct than Horace here. (And yet I’m a day late for #kidlitartpostcard.)

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It’s pretty cool that PARTY ANIMALS is in this stack! Thanks, Melissa!😍

It’s almost party time! PARTY ANIMALS by @taralazar.bsky.social and me from Disney-Hyperion is out in the world a week from tomorrow!🥳 Here’s a goofy little thing I put together to mark the occasion.📚🎉 #kidlit #childrensbooks #illustration #animation #oartyanimals

Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking my “Zine Workshop” to the Society of Illustrators as part of their Winter Art Academy, and helped a great group of NYC kids build their own 8-page, illustrated stories. So. Much. Fun! Thanks, @soi128.bsky.social! 😍📚

Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

Looking forward to my favorite NY State book festivals this year and thrilled to participate again. See you in Hudson on May 3rd, and Chappaqua September 27th, sharing the love of books and illustration.📚

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue.

TWENTY.

As in, they call that getting slammed.

So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.

TWENTY is a lot.

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