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Sheree Tomba @shereesketches.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I am available for illustration projects and I have several book dummies available on request. You can contact me or my agent @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social #KidLit

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Tamisha Anthony @tamishaanthony.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It’s another #kidlitpostcard day and I wanted to celebrate diversity! I’m rep’d by @annebrightart at @the_bright_agency - I adore books that celebrates a variety of people. I love making my characters dance and move and flow. I love depicting movement. Also, I love to add a vintage vibe to my work.

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 02/07/2026

An unused illustration from a book dummy that I might revisit in the future, for July's #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌌 Look out for the Perseid meteor shower in a few weeks! More work here: NicolaSchofield.com Rep by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitart #illustration #pb

An illustration of a boy in a woolly jumper and bobble hat, about to bite into a jam sandwich. He is sitting in front of a beautiful night sky filled with stars and meteors. Text reads "Nicola Schofield.com children's illustration. Rep by Sally Kim at ABLA"

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Kerry Valenzuela Kidlit Illustrator and Writer @kerryvalenzuela.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hola 👋 #kidlitartpostcard day!! I’m Kerry Valenzuela an author-illustrator 🤗 I’m looking for representation woohoo 🎉 Enjoy all the amazing beautiful work artists are posting today and have a wonderful day!! #kidlit #kidlitart #KidLitArtPostcard

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Do you like a good mystery? A who-done-it? Are you three dogs stacked in a trenchcoat? So many questions. 👋 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am rep’d by Jenn Laughran (@literaticat) with @andreabrownlit. #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Thaís Mesquita @thaismesquita.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We blink and it’s #kidlitartpostcard again! Editors and art directors, I’m on the lookout for new summer projects ☀️ Check my full portfolio linked in my bio and get in touch with fabulous Alex Gehringer if I’m the right fit your book projects.

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Sometimes finding wonder is just spending time in a field. I’m an illustrator and product designer, available for picture books, middle grade, covers, and surface pattern design too. Rep’d by @adriagoetz.bsky.social at @ktliterary.bsky.social #kidlitart #ktliteraryart

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#Folktaleweek is here, and I’m playing with the origin story of a Celtic storm goddess. This is Bera, and she has no idea what’s about to happen. @folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #ktliterary #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #picturebook #ktliteraryart #illustration

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

So cool, I was able to capture the perfect light of a Fall golden hour, red leaves, and #archieandpip - Happy Halloween everyone!!! 🎃🍁🍂 #ktliterary #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #picturebook #ktliteraryart #illustration #halloweenillustration #halloweenbooks

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Happy #portfolioday everyone! I’m Mari Richards, I’m an author-illustrator, surface pattern and toy designer. I love illustrating magic, monsters, nature, the weird, and the quirky! Stop by my portfolio at MariRichards.com Rep’d by Adria Goetz at KT Literary #kidlitart #illustration

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A Very Happy Birthday to Archie and Pip’s second book - A Halloween Costume Surprise! Will they figure out their costumes in time? #archieandpip #kidlit #kidlitart #fallpicturebooks #fallillustration #halloweenpicturebooks #halloweenillustration #childrensbooks #kitliteraryart

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It’s the cover reveal for Archie and PIp’s SECOND BOOK! Archie and Pip, The Halloween Costume Surprise launches July 1, preorders available, see my links! Thanks to @zoewodarz, the team at @cottagedoorpress and @adriagoetz #coverreveal #coverreveal #archieandpip #kidlit #kidlitart #kitliteraryart

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Archie and Pip are having far too much fun to stop! Thank you @cottagedoorpress for your continuing commitment to this series, @adriagoetz for all that you do, and to @zoewodarz for creating great characters. Book 2 launches this summer! #kidlit #kidlitart

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author-illustrator who loves every creative challenge thrown my way - but especially magic, nature and mischief of all kinds. I’m rep’d by @adriagoetz at @KTLiterary #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlit #illustrator #childrenslit #picturebook#kidlitartpostcardday

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Stealing a little extra love to share with all of you. ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensillustrator #childrenslit #Valentine

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Over the moon to be a Fellow - I’ve wanted a Jerome fellowship since I was finishing my MFA in Visual Studies. To be a Fellow as a WRITER is surreal and amazing!!! And this group of twelve mentees are unbelievably talented. Thanks @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social #kidlit #childrenslit

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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Let's do a quick query drive for trans kids, folks! Please see the @printrunpodcast.bsky.social thread for details. Pay what you can, but suggested donation is $50. Can't afford to contribute? We also have gifted spots available. Just email us and we can all do some good in the world.

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Today we're having our very first publisher preview of Spring 2025 titles from Enchanted Lion Books. Be ready! These are some SERIOUSLY gorgeous titles. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/22/p...

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

🌟But since we can’t wait…we’re hosting a social media GIVEAWAY! 🎁 You could win ONE MONTH FREE of Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB courses at The PB Retreat! How to enter: 1. Follow us 2. Repost! 3. Tag a friend in the comments! A winner will be chosen on Friday, 1/10! Enter on IG too to DOUBLE your chances!

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It never gets old! This was last weekend at a favorite local bookstore - Happy 40th anniversary to Red Balloon Bookshop! @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social #kidlitart #illustration

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

And it all ends well. Thank you #folktaleweek for a whirlwind 7 days of creating, I enjoyed it all! THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 7: Blossom As the cure blossoms, what’s lost is found. Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekBLOSSOM #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The magic of trees, condensed in the bones of a tree! #folktaleweek THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 6: Bone Cure the curse with the branch’s bone Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekBONE #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

But can she find the cure? #folktaleweek THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 5: Depth In the depths of a Raven is a girl. Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekDEPTH #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Who wants to go for a hike through a creepy woods? #folktaleweek THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 4: Trail Follow the trail to find her cure. Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekTRAIL #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I took some liberties with the word “blight’, but I like it! #folktaleweek THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 3: Blight Search to find the blighted key. Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekBLIGHT #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

#folktaleweek is just getting started! THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 2: Gate Spy the cursed Raven’s Gate. Thanks @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweekGATE #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek2024

Girl looking at cursed gate while her sister turns into raven, leaving her shoes behind.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

just texted my agent (bc hc publishes my stuff) that it's an automatic no from me & i encourage everyone published by hc to let their agents know ✌🏻 even if you desperately need the $$$ know that this is basically crossing a picket line. if enough ppl take a stand they won't have good training data

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m so distracted from drawing today: outside my window the neighbor is using a big construction lift to get Christmas lights on their big pine tree. 😮🎄

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It’s officially #folktaleweek ! I’m so excited to finally join in this year, I just hope I can keep up with all 7 days! Welcome to my story: THE MYSTERIOUS MAGIC OF BLIGHTLEY MANOR Day 1: MIST Discover the Winged Mist calling. Thanks @folktaleweek #folktaleweekMIST #kidlit #kidlitart

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I'm thrilled to announce my debut picture book FORTS, illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social, published by Viking. Release date: 7/29. Preorders now open! Signed copies are available through Dotters' Books. dottersbooks.com/pages/contac... #kidlit thx to @joycesweeney.bsky.social for everything.😘

the cozy cover of the FORTS picture book shows a girl and a cat sitting in a treehouse. It's autumn and the leaves are turning colors in the tree.

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Wow I’ve been offline all week wrapping up a big deadline, and I come back to Bluesky to see so many new things going on! Go Bluesky Kidlits Go!!! #kidlit

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day - I thought I’d send a little hug to everyone. I’m an author-illustrator who loves drawing nature, magic, and imaginary worlds. Let’s make something! I’m rep’d by @adriagoetz at @KTLiterary

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 06/11/2024

This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me: "In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Something keeps dinging little update notifications and I don’t recognize the sound and I can’t tell if it’s my desktop, my phone, or my iPad and I may go mad.

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I just sat down at my desk and told myself, Ok, let's get back to making that new world. Not a bad pep talk for a Monday morning. Hello, I'm a World Maker, erm, Illustrator!

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 08/10/2024

💙❤️ all the #portfolioDay posts! Illustrators, I’m an executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group. Interested in working together? I’ve created an illustrator contact form just for you! 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

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Hello! My name is Brian LaRossa, I’m executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group, where I’ve worked for 20 years. I oversee our Branches and Acorn imprints which are beginning ...

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Yeah, I have dogs, they’re sweet. But all I really want right now is ravens by my side. #halloweenillustration #kidlitart #october #halloweeniscoming #spookyart

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! Hey hi hello! I’m Mari, an author-illustrator who loves drawing nature, magic, and imaginary worlds. Let’s make something! I’m rep’d by @adriagoetz at @KTLiterary #kidlitart #kidlit

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Rise & Shine! Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953) Swedish author/illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman & Aunt Green, Aunt Brown & Aunt Lavender.

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

Working from my home studio was my favorite place until the wasps invaded and I spent a lot more time at my favorite library instead. I think I might make this spot a regular habit! Do you see any super sneak peeks of Archie and Pip book 2?!) #archieandpip #kidlit

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Mari Richards @maririchards.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

It’s publication day for my illustration debut, Archie and Pip:The First Day of School ! It’s wonderful to finally see this out in the world, yaaaaaay!!!! cottage-door-press.myshopify.com/pages/archie...

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