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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Wow! We’re doing it! Keep showing up!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Please take the time to read this. I don’t know this person but her compassionate and dialectical approach echoes many thoughts I’ve had the past 1.5 years.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 15/05/2025

I believe deeply that teaching our children to love reading at scale is the only thing that can save us from ourselves.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Kidlit writer and student is still locked up. For what? Stating her opinion. Yes, she locked up for free and protected speech.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This cracks me up! Love it, Rekha!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 01/05/2025

Today's #KidLitARTPostcard Day, when #KidLit artists worldwide share art on 1st Thu every month. Founded by @ginaperry.bsky.social ❤️🎨 Note: Don't forget the "art" in #KidLitARTpostcard! Some are mistakenly posting #KidLitPostcard instead. More info: ginaperry.com/postcard

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All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

It’s #earthday today and I’m reminded of this poster I made several years ago. Sadly it’s all still true today. Climate change is real and we humans aren’t the only ones feeling its effects—but we are the only ones who can stop it!

A poster with illustrations of endangered animals that are partly painted, partly sketched, to give the impression that the animals are disappearing.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This is why government funding is so important to academia. Governments give money to universities, which in turn use it for research to save us all from the next pandemic, global warming, etc. Trump defunding research institutions is not just short sighted, it’s dangerous!!!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe, vulnerable, and alone. But when we find ourselves surrounded by courageous people and brave institutions, we can more easily find courage inside ourselves. This is the beauty of solidarity.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 17/04/2025

Hi, I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi. I live in 🇨🇦,where I write & illustrate bks. My newest #KidLit bk: I Want To Read ALL The Books (Simon & Schuster). Next: I'M BUSY (written by @michaelianblack.bsky.social, illus by me). Find #BlueSkyTips in my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. My work: @work.debbieohi.com

Collage of book covers from children's books illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, some also written by Debbie. In the lower left corner is a photo of Debbie reading a copy of WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? and looking quizzically up at the books.

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Lynda Mullaly Hunt @lyndamh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Would you like me to visit your school? To enter my contest for a free school visit (sorry, USA only) please pre-order WISH IN A TREE and then go to this link: forms.gle/rtgFbhP8jmXh... @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Hi! It’s still #portfolioday in my neck of the woods! I’m an adolescent psychotherapist turned author/illustrator of picture books & beyond. I love stories full of human connection, natural beauty and sprinkles of magic. Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social See more at www.melissagardnerart.com

Illustration of a ramshackle house on legs. It is wading through the ocean and has a child, grandmother and kitten dancing on the roof.

A child wearing an abstract colorful dress climbs a tree as birds of the same abstract colors take flight

A poster of animals that are going extinct. The animals are partially sketched and partially fully rendered to illustrate that they are disappearing from our world.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Ready to make your own voice heard? Head to ala.org/showup to learn how you can fight for library funding. Call or email Congress, write a letter to your local paper, or bring your elected officials into your library! We need everyone to show up #ForOurLibraries. (3/3)

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Show Up for Our Libraries

Join us and Show Up #ForOurLibraries.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We stand with you ALA! Thank you for making good trouble!

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Kelly Esparza Is Agented Again! @kellyesparza.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hey, #writingcommunity! I'm looking for more editing work! I edit in all genres, all age groups, and business writing too! I have 4+ years of editing experience and BAs in English and Creative Writing! kellyesparza.wordpress.com/editing-writ...

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Editing Services

Hi there, writers! I am offering editing services! As you’ll see, I edit poetry collections, poems, short stories, novels, flash fiction, nonfiction books, screenplays, all types of business …

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is amazing! It should be a book.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Eugene, OR was there with you in spirit, Portland!

Cars driving over a bridge that is lined with hundreds of colorful protesters for the 2025 HandOff rally.

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Marie Hermansson @mariehermansson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! My name is Marie, an illustrator bringing all kinds of nature stories to life for amazing authors & their equally amazing publishers! Get in touch w/ your book project! 💚 📚 Rep'd by @CarynWiseman @AndreaBrownLit 📚 www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com #kidlit #kidlitart

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MayumiSasage @mayumisasage.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hi, #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Mayumi, a #kidlit illustrator who loves drawing nature, children and magical stories. I would love to work on book covers too!!! ✨ #kidlitart Rep'd by lovely @essiewhite.bsky.social at @stormliterary.bsky.social 🌐 mayumi-sasage.info

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Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! I’m an illustrator and author and I like to explore themes of connection between humanity and the natural world in my work. I would love to collaborate on more picture books and board books! martinstanev.com Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com #kidlitart #childrensbook

An illustration depicting a parent and child walking through a flower meadow at sunset. The child is pointing to a hare in the foreground and you can spot a deer in the distance. A snowcapped mountain peak stands tall in the background.

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Adriane Tsai @theartofadriane.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard ! Hi I’m Adriane and I enjoy illustrating joyful scenes that bring child-like wonder to life. I am available for picture books, board books, and covers! 🌧️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social jmcgowan@bookendsliterary.com 🌈 adrianetsai.com

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Hey #kidlitartpostcard! Can’t believe April showers are here! I’m a storyteller/illustrator living in the rainy & majestic Pacific NW. I’m looking for new projects from #picturebooks thru YA. I’m rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social And you can see more at www.melissagardnerart.com #kidlitart

Illustration of an delighted alligator wearing a blue raincoat and holding a blue umbrella. He stands next to two yellow taxi cabs as it’s raining all around

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an author/illustrator of books for kids. I'm always looking for funny book projects with heart and a touch of surprise. 💫 Here's my portfolio: www.andreabrownlit.com/illustrator/... ✨ I'm rep'd by the amazing @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

A wonderful bug climbs a ladder with a bucket of yellow paint. He is in a black and white world, bringing some yellow joy to his corner of it all.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist

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Josephine Macey @josiemacey.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to all illustrators, agents and publishers. I am writing this while waiting for a flight home after an inspirational two days at Bologna children’s book fair.I am currently looking for representation. #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustratorsofinstagram

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 02/04/2025

Agents seeking #KidLit illustration talent! I encourage you to browse this thread of art samples from artists seeking representation: debbieohi.link/illustrators... #KidLitArt

ext reads: "Agents! Looking for children's book illustrators seeking representation? Browse this thread on Bluesky!" Larger handwritten text reads: "KidLit Illustrators Seeking Representation" above an illustrated artist figure beside a QR code.

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Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

#illustrators I'm currently looking for an artist whose work is more painterly/ atmospheric/ bordering on abstract for a YA project. Please reply to this thread with a few samples of your work with a link to your portfolio if you think you might fit this criteria 🎨🖌️

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I'm seeing a lot of cynical reactions to this move from Cory Booker. And I get it!! But performative opposition is a necessary part of effective opposition from the minority. Not sufficient, but necessary. And our electeds need to know we notice when they do well and not just when they do poorly.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

📚 Looking for books to celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay next week? We have twenty-six suggestions for you! Be sure to check out our announcement post to learn more about how you can celebrate We Need Diverse Books Day! Here are twenty-six books we recommend celebrating with 🧵

Pastel, multi-colored graphic titled, “Twenty-Six Books to Celebrate We Need Diverse Books Day.” In the bottom right-hand corner is an illustration of a book with its pages splayed open, and each page is a different color.

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

✨Please Share!✨ WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO GO . . . I AM SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE SAL'S PREORDER CAMPAIGN!!! I'm partnering with three amazing Indie Bookstores. Thanks so much for the early support 💛 Links to all three are on my LinkTree! <3

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Ai ‘art’ is not art. It’s a hollow facsimile that has the potential to ruin us illustrators. If our years of dedication to our craft can be so blatantly and quickly pirated (while undercutting our value livelihoods ) then literally and figuratively, we are rendered useless and demoralized.

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Couldn’t have said it better myself. AI ‘art’ is not art— it’s a hollow facsimile that has the potential to uqf

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The painful irony of this makes my head hurt.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🎉 We Need Diverse Books Day is April 3rd! #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay was created to celebrate a decade of WNDB’s efforts to diversify the publishing industry. This holiday is intended to highlight the importance of reading books that reflect our beautifully diverse world.

Illustrated promotional graphic displaying a light yellow sky dotted with fluffy white clouds. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of five young people splayed out atop a grassy hill and reading books. The title text says, “Celebrate We Need Diverse Books Day!” followed by the date April 3rd, 2025.

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Kristin Sorra @kristinsorra.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I am proud to join this first ever event in NYC for Filipino American comic and book creators. Check out the kickstarter link www.kickstarter.com/projects/ram... to see how you can support. Thank you, friends! 💙🌟❤️

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

There’s a reason that fascists burn/ban books and shutter Libraries. Library funding is currently on the chopping block.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Trump is trying to gut libraries. Fight back with ALA. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association

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Thalamus Plank @thalamusplank.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and #worldbookday! 🤗 Thalamus Plank here, author/illustrator interested in picture books, non-fiction and black and white illustrations. Rep'd by @mskanin.bsky.social of @greatdoglit.bsky.social 🐶 Look forward to working with you! www.thalamusplank.co.uk #kidlit

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Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! With everything going on, this illo might be just how I’m feeling these days but I’m still plugging away, making art in the beautiful Pacific NW! I love making things full of heart, poetry & a bit of magic! www.melissagardnerart.com Rep’d by @sandraproudman at GZLA.

Illustration of a child wearing a crow hat and protectively holding a kitten in a storm. The child faces the storm head on, with a defiant look on their face.

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mona 𓃵 مونا @nazarjoon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

my first #KidLitArtPostcard ! i'm an illustrator who loves fantasy, history, and anything folk. i'm looking to do more picture books, and would love to do covers, chap book spots & graphic novels too 🖍 portfolio: mdanesh.myportfolio.com agent: janinele.com email: monadaneshillu@gmail.com

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