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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 07/08/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! My big question for you: how do you like your marshmallow? Golden brown, burnt to a crisp, or right out of the bag? #kidlitart #authorillustrator

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 03/08/2026

#showmeyourknits I heard we were sharing shawls! My Fantastitch by Stephen West, knit with a bunch of stuff from my stash!

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 23/05/2026

The summer I spent waiting for a towel.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 23/05/2026

Neighborhood memories.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 22/05/2026

Took my daughter to CVS today and it got me thinking about all the little trips with Mom growing up.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 02/04/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Julia, I love cute animals and funny stories. I work in watercolor, print making, colored pencil, finger paint, etc. Rep'd by Rebecca Sherman at Writers House @rebeccagent.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitartpostcardday

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 29/03/2026

Heya! I'm Julia and I was feeling a little burnt out so I played with my gel. Printing plate and then made this. Gel print plus colored pencil on colored paper. Support human artists! #illustration #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard

Three bright primary color panels with primary colored rocks and an adorable bird chasing a spider.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 20/03/2026

Just consider this an animation about how I feel about AI generated anything.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 20/03/2026

My name is Julia and I spent a lot of time making this silly thing. #illustration

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 09/03/2026

This may be the best unintentional composition I've ever created. #artteacher #gelliprinting #accidentalmasterpiece

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 08/03/2026

#showmeyourknits A couple favorite sweaters through the years! I like short sleeves!

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 11/02/2026

I really dislike Ai but when I search stuff I sometimes get the summary. I try not to read it, but today I skimmed and saw this.... Tell me again why Ai is great?

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 09/02/2026

Wanna read my #hourlycomicday comics? I made it to 4:30,ok! That's pretty good.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 08/01/2026

Once again it's #kidlitartpostcardday ! I'm Julia and when I was a kid we didn't have snow boots so we would put bread bags on our feet to go sledding! I dream of making a cozy mouse book! #kidlitart #illustrator #picturebooks #mice #postcardday

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 06/12/2025

It's my 2025 Christmas card! The mice are back this year! I was inspired by Christmas past, when my sister and I would make paper chains and homemade Advent calendars. Then on Christmas Eve we would snuggle up and read... My little mice are reading something special... #kidlitartpostcard

Two mice snuggle and read in a watercolor painting.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 30/11/2025

Found this sketch in my iPad, forgot I even did it! #aiartstinks #aiart #illustrator #humanartist

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 27/11/2025

"Mrs.Mills, is this water?" This is why I'm tired. #artteacher

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 02/11/2025

Tiny started out as a joke but then I ended up having fun with it. Maybe I'm in my 80's flashback era?

A small fluffy dog stands on a pile of decapitated stuffed animals in a parody of 80's movie posters.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 17/10/2025

@mrwolfcomics.bsky.social I feel seen with the separate blankets in this book! Loving "Speechless"!

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 03/10/2025

I made it to #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julia, I'm a writer and illustrator and public school art teacher! I love friendship stories and funny animals. Also goats have very strange eyes! #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #goats

A gouache illustration of a goat parking at a table full of delicious pastries. The goat's mouth is watering in anticipation.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 21/08/2025

I flew on an airplane for the first time in a decade and to combat my fears I drew this. Inspired by Greta, my bestie's dog who ate the salt water taffy I brought. Whole. With the wrappers. I really want to go full 80's Boris Vallejo with this one. #illustration #kidlitillustration

A tiny fluffy dog biting the head off of a stuffed animal in front of an apocalyptic scene.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 12/08/2025

In typical art teacher fashion I can't throw away pretty scrap paper. Brayer paper is one of my favorite textures ever!! #artteacher #picturebookillustration

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 23/07/2025

I know this is incredibly silly but the lighting and the way this table was constructed made it look like the crumbs were levitating. #cool

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 16/07/2025

Very important question. Which possum are you today? #possum #illustration

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 15/07/2025

This is the part of making books that isn't so glamorous. Writing, sketching, taking ideas and trusting them enough to put on hours and hours of work. This is why we need to support human writers and artists. We put in the work. #kidlit #writer #illustrator #supporthumanartists

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 14/07/2025

Yesterday was #worldrockday and I forgot to post this fine specimen of rock I painted in my book Robinson's New Thing. Painting rocks is my favorite! #rocks #picturebookillustration

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 07/07/2025

I found the paper dolls my mom and I made when I was about 5. Mom's is on the left. I love seeing how I tried to copy the way she drew. I remember loving the way she made eyes. My mom is a big reason I am an artist today.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 06/07/2025

Did you know you could have bread with butter and jam for lunch?

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 03/07/2025

A cute loaf in response

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 03/07/2025

It's #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Julia and I'm a writer and illustrator. I love cute animals and big emotions. The little guys below are a trio that I just might be writing about 🐿️ 🐦 🐿️ (Hammy, Lu and Mars are their names) #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday

A birdbath in a garden. A squirrel is taking a nap, a bird is watching a chipmunk bellyflop into the water. Rendered in a watercolor style.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 19/06/2025

Detail of what I created to cover an ugly box in my classroom. It had two holes staring at me so I covered them up! I actually cut open the eyes to paint them the correct color. #artteacher #spongebob #edusky #classroom

A wooden box painted to look like sponge Bob

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 19/06/2025

It's always sad to see the room packed up. The paint splatter cleaned, forgotten projects trashed, materials tucked away. My hope as a teacher is that my students felt safe to create, laugh, and explore. Now it's my time to create. #artteacher #edusky

A clean art room with blank bulletin boards

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 18/06/2025

When I get gifts from students I always make my own thank you cards. #illustration

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 16/06/2025

I got to see my favorite musician over the weekend and here's some of my favorite moments from the evening.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 07/06/2025

I got wonderful news today! I AM STUCK is the 2025 winner of the Charter Oak Children's Book Award. This award is chosen by k through 3 grade students in Connecticut. It makes me so happy to know that so many children love turtle and possum! #kidlit #authorillustrator

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 05/06/2025

Heya it's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julia, a writer, illustrator and art teacher. I like big emotions and cute lil animals. These ducks are ink and pan pastel on sandpaper with digital collage. I'm all about playing with materials. #kidlitpostcardday #illustration

An illustration of three silly baby ducks done with ink and pastel

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 28/05/2025

Perhaps I had too much fun making my example for my class's illustrated manuscript inspired lesson... #artteacher #avatarthelastairbender #zuko

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 27/05/2025

It's me! Art teacher, author, illustrator, knitter!

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 26/05/2025

What do you like to doodle? #kidlit

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 26/05/2025

Made pork roll egg and cheese for lunch as to appease the NJ summer gods.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 23/05/2025

Happy #worldturtleday from me and my favorite turtle!

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 11/05/2025

I made this in 2020 and it's still accurate.

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Julia Mills @jamills.com · 05/05/2025

When the librarian is weeding books and you have to take some to make buttons! Do you know the titles of any of these books I made into buttons? #kidlit #illustration #buttonmaker

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