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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Things that frightened me as a child 1. E.T 2. E.T Key ring i got as a joke present 3. Then later on, the alien at the kids party from Signs 4. The alien on the roof in Signs 5. The alien in the corn field in Signs

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 Hello, my name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Close up illustration of plants, flowers and bugs. Ants march across a rocky floor whilst winged insects sit on the tops of grasses.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 03/09/2026

Hey illustrators, How about this, to celebrate the 1st #kidlitartpostcard of the fall season (Labor Day is so late this year!) I’m going to offer a free 1 hour portfolio review + coaching session via Zoom. To enter share 1 image from your portfolio below and a winner will be chosen at random. 💙❤️

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Very excited about this, 🥳 painting this right now!

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you see this, post your marine-themed art! 🐋 #kidlitart

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 06/08/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🎨 📚 I'm Diandra Mae, an author-illustrator who is REALLY missing salads and berries this summer. 😩 You can see more of my work at diandramae.com or reach out to my agent Carrie Hannigan at HGLit. #kidlit #kidlitart #summer #berries #bear

A digital illustration of a brown bear lying amongst brambles, stuffing his face with berries.

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Marie-Helene Babin @mhbabin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! ☀️ Im a canadian picturebook illustrator and currently open to new projects! I love stories filled with nature, animals, whimsical, and magic, whether they are fiction or non-fiction. Also seeking representation! ⭐️ Portfolio www.mhbabin.com #picturebookillustration

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Heegyum Kim @heegyum-kim.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Hi! I'm Heegyum Kim, a Korean illustrator based in New York. I love bringing whimsy, warmth, and a touch of humor to my illustrations. I'm currently open for picture books, board books, and other related projects. Represented by @publishing_eve at @redfoxliterary

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Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hello editors & art directors! I’m Sojung Kim-McCarthy, Korean author & illustrator based in the UK. Today’s #KidLitArtPostcard is of a girl and a dragon summoning rain & rest upon thirsty earth ✉️ sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com 🏡 sojungkimmccarthy.art 🏢 Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary

#KidLitArtPostcard from author & illustratir Sojung Kim-McCarthy.

Portfolio: sojungkimmccarthy.art
Email: sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Instagram: @creativesojung
Agent: Susan Hawk (Upstart Crow Literary)

Image caption: A girl is riding on the back of a blue dragon over a landscape of fields and distant mountains browned from continued droughts. They look upon the sky to summon rain with their superpowers.

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Toshi(ki) Nakamura | 中村俊貴 @artoftoshi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Toshi and currently seeking for new projects! Interested in #picturebook, #boardbook, #chapterbook, and other illustration projects! Portfolio: artoftoshi.com/illustration Rep’d by Hannah Mann at Writers House Thank you😊 🎨 a sneak peek from Wanderers(out on Oct 6th)

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Honoured to have a book included in this shortlist!

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Herons sat in nests in silhouetted trees against a sunset landscape of hills and trees

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay, my name is Gordy and I’m an illustrator from Scotland. I paint my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic 🎨 View my full portfolio at gordywright.com

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 This is an illustration is about vikings using ravens to navigate the seas! When released if it came back they kept sailing and if it didn't.. they knew there was land nearby! 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So happy about this! Chosen by the children reading the books too! 🥳🥳🥳

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Thank you for the 2k followers. So grateful to have left twitter and found community here! 💛 Please enjoy this photo of Odie enjoying the bounty of spring

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Toshi(ki) Nakamura | 中村俊貴 @artoftoshi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hi #Portfolioday! I’m a children’s book illustrator, currently looking for new projects! Interested in kidlit books and any illustration projects I’d be a good fit for. Portfolio: artoftoshi.com/illustration Email: artoftoshi@gmail.com Rep’ed by Hannah Mann at Writers House Thanks you😊 #kidlit

Personal illustration by Toshiki Nakamura. A kid playing a kite with his dog.

A spread illustration from Listening to Trees, written by Holly Thompson and illustrated by me. George Nakashima hiking in the woods.

Personal illustration by Toshiki Nakamura. A kid and his mom talking in the bedroom before going to bed.

Personal illustration by Toshiki Nakamura. On the first day of elementary school, a kid is about to get on a bus to go to school.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay ✨ My name is Gordy and I’m an illustrator from Scotland painting in gouache, inks and acrylic 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Represented by the Bright Agency #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today’s #NationalPoetryMonth pick: “The Sahara” by David Elliott from IN THE DESERT, illustrated by @gordywright.bsky.social 🦂 A beautiful example of how poetry & vivid art can bring an ecosystem to life — great for classrooms exploring nature, geography, or imagery in verse. #kidlit #poetry

Book cover for In the Desert by David Elliott, illustrated by Gordy Wright

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Meneka Repka @menekarepka.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🌸🌼Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!🌼🌸 I love drawing animals, nature, old-timey scenes, and magical things. I'm rep'd by @charlottewenger.com at Prospect Agency. 🕸️: www.menekarepka.com/personalwork #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #childrensillustration

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Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! My name‘s Martin and I’m a #kidlit illustrator & author. I’m looking for more opportunities in picture books, novelty and other kid-related projects. 🌐 martinstanev.com 📖 Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com ✉️ hello.martinstanev@gmail.com #kidlitart #illustration

A spring and Easter-themed illustration, depicting a nature scene with a green field and trees. There is an Easter bunny in the right foreground carrying a basket full of painted eggs, in front of a line of spring flowers and foliage. On the left, there is a pond with mum & baby ducklings. There is a cottage in the distance behind the bunny, and the sky is clear blue with several white clouds.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 This is an illustration from a book I've just finished painting about Great Blue Herons! 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Kid lit postcard with an illustration of an underwater scene. A heron watches from above the surface and underwater creatures watch from below.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We've got one last author visit lined up before the Easter holidays...don't miss Jules Howard talking about his brilliant book 'Choose You Own Evolution' at 11am on Friday. Sign up via the link on the Online Author Visit Schedule... @juleshoward.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Cover reveal for... 𝙄𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 ✨ 🌊 🪼 🐡 🐙 🐋 🦑 🛳️ 🦈 🐟 🦀 🐠 ✨ Publishing w/ @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social May 5th! Written brilliantly by Brooke McIntyre. Very happy to include a star review from: publishersweekly.com/9781797226514 #illustration #childrensbooks #kidlitart

Book cover with the title 'If You Went to the Bottom of the ocean' in big neon letters. The illustration goes from light to dark blue with lots of sea creatures scattered around and a yellow submarine partially illuminating a giant squid.

Review from publishers weekly on top of a light bluey green ocean illustration.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In today's author spotlight, choose your own adventure with Jules Howard in his brilliant book 'Choose Your Own Evolution', shortlisted in our Non-Fiction category. Where will you evolution take you? @nosycrow.bsky.social @gordywright.bsky.social @juleshoward.bsky.social youtu.be/T06rDxFWNac?...

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Choose Your Own Evolution - Jules Howard - Shortlist Spotlight - Non-Fiction

YouTube video by Spark! School Book Awards

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Clive McFarland @clivemcf.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Howdy folks! I’m so excited to share that the brilliant Nick Jonas will be reading a book I illustrated on TV tonight! Tune in to CBeebies at 6.50pm with your little ones for a very special reading of The Ballad of Cactus Joe! 🤠❤️ @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Here we have three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise. 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks #sciart #paleoart

Illustration of three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise.

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Thomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Nikolai Kochergin (1897-1974)

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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · 26/01/2026

need to book a few more things to make the bills this month

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm a queer illustrator from Scotland painting my work in gouache and inks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 You can see more of my work at gordywright.com

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Happy new year! Here's some of my projects from 2025. Had lots of ups and downs but I am so grateful for the work I got to do ✨ Wishing everyone the best for 2026! #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Photo of me in the centre with 8 other squares of illustrations from 2025

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Nadhir @nadhirnor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

some horticulturist spell cards from Putikala :3

Melur wrestling with a friend while they both hold branches of flowers

Manjala hugging a small, glowing sac of pests with threads of web in front of him

A closeup of Suma with tears on her cheek, with a flower below her gathering the water.

Nimki resting in a chamber with a burst of seeds exploding above her, slowly falling into pots below her.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

It's #KidLitArtPostcard again! Hello, my name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #illustration #childrensbooks #kidlitart

A painting of a poppy field at dusk. There are pops of red poppies against a blueish field with the end of sunset in the distance.

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★ Artic ★ @articbleu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I love seeing BTS like this bc it comes from a piece of art where you're like "How did he do that??" to watching carefully over the process and going "Ooooooh, so that's how he did that" and unlocking some new knowledge for yourself that makes art seem less impossible

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Day 1: Our first book in the Non-Fiction category is 'Choose Your Own Evolution' by @juleshoward.bsky.social & @gordywright.bsky.social - an innovative and highly engaging approach to the topic of evolution! @nosycrow.bsky.social 🎄🎁📚 #Spark12BooksofChristmas

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Joe Lillington @joelillington.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A little crop of my illustration of Aaron exploring a forest in Spain for Wild Journey by @amdassu.bsky.social which is out now! @edpr.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social #illustration #kidlitart

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Fawnlorn @fawnlorn.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A little art sale. If you’d like to give any a home, just drop me a DM. Yule Elf 🌲 £200 + P&P Flower Faerie 🌸 £200 + P&P Hob 🌿 £200 + P&P

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bunny ✤ @oakfrogs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

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Thomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Eyvind Earle

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Highlighting 19th-century women in palaeoart (Alice Woodward (1862–1951))

Pterosaurs of various species catching dragonflies (source https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/alice-b-woodward/)

Archaeopteryx pair, from Evolution in the past / by Henry R. Knipe; with illustrations by Alice B. Woodward

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Clive McFarland @clivemcf.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Happy #BookWeekScotland! We’re super excited that every P2 child in Scotland is receiving a copy of The Ballad of Cactus Joe. That’s a lot of books in the hands of young readers! I hope everyone enjoys the story. Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

My god facebook is just a cesspit of AI videos

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

If you see this, post your bird art! 🐦 #birds #artshare

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Shiho Pate ペイトしほ Illustration @shihopate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Happy #KidlitArtPostcard day✨ I'm Shiho Pate, represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social . Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work. #kidlitart #illustration

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Gordy, a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 Happy to share this artwork from a new book I have coming out next year - 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 🌐 gordywright.com #childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

Deep sea submarine diving through the epipelagic zone or sunlight zone. There are seals, turtles, dophins, a diving gannet, a ray and lots of fish.

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🍃Sage Morgan 🍃 @grumpydwarfpottery.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Slugs and snails on little pots 🤎

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Nadhir @nadhirnor.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Some Black & White commission work (100USD) that I've done recently. I'd love to do more, feel free to dm for more details!

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