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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

✨ I'm so excited to share the cover of my newest picture book, When Night Sleeps, which will be released in January of 2027 by the wonderful team at @postwavebooks.bsky.social !! This idea has been percolating since 2012, and I can't believe it's finally a book! Available for pre-order now!

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Character sketching for a new picture book idea🤞 🐺 🎉 🎂 #kidlit #authorillustrator #kidlitcommunity

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📖 3 weeks away! Super excited for the Sussex Children's Book Festival in Milton, Delaware! I hear there's a petting zoo and food trucks... 😃 📆 Saturday, May 2nd 📍 Milton Public Library ⏰ 10-2 #kidlit #bookfestivals #delaware

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🦀 Oh my Cod!!! Blabby Crabby is going to be a REAL book, and is hitting shelves in summer 2027! ❤️ I'm even more excited to work with the incredible team at Scholastic! A HUGE thank you to John Rudolph, Cindy Loh, and Patti Ann Harris! #kidlit #kidlitpublishing #childrensbooks

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Tasha Goddard Illustration @tashagoddard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My agency @illustrateit_agency will be having a big Art Show in September! VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th illustrate-it.co.uk Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.

An illustrated poster with a lilac background and showing a tall yellow mushroom and three red and white toadstalls, with some grass in the background and a snail, ladybird and woodlouse in the foreground.

Meg Auchenbach
Liesel Beukes
Alicia Fairbourn
Tasha Goddard
Anna Kambruis
Jessie Keen
Olena Kloeeperner
Yuhan Lo
Tim Mock
Charlotte Regan
Jan Schmidt
Gemma Stanton
Adrianna Stratton
Andrea Voros
Vendela Vrensk
Katie Weymouth
Lori Weitzel

Illustrate It Agency
www.illustrat-it.co.uk
Mel Amann (Agent)
hello@illustrate-it.co.uk

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Friends, I need your help deciding between two grumpy boss characters for a new book dummy. Which Bob do you prefer, Blobfish or Beluga? TIA for helping with this incredibly serious and difficult decision. (I love this career) 😂 #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New book deal! 📖 Coming 2026 I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜

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davidgwyn.bsky.social @davidgwyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Storyteller's Society Book Club Meeting #1 is in the books! Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social @katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social We talked about... - opening chapters - reading vs. audiobook - character development And more!

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, a picture book author-illustrator from PA. We're inching toward Spring, but I loved working on this holiday piece! ✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret ✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com #kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 18/01/2025

This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post. Pls: 📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy 🔁Repost to share bsky.app/profile/debb...

Illustration of open book with text "Kid Lit Mega Feed" on its pages. Beside the book are two QR codes, one going to the feed and the other going to more info and how to be added. Link to the feed itself is shown below the book.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 04/12/2024

When I was teaching 7th grade a student’s dad came up to me in the grocery store once & told me he was worried about his son. “He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?” My answer? “Get him more graphic novels.” #LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, an author-illustrator from PA, and I love stories with whimsy, magic, and nature! ✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret ✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com ✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart #kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 25/11/2024

This is not how books work. It's not a quantity game. Reading is an intensely focused act. Readers notice everything. You should see the letters we get. You can't chase trends, you have to set them, and that requires intuition, and the ability to spell Strawberry.

Screenshot of article with the headline: New Publisher Spines aims to disrupt industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone.

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

Want to know a secret? 🤫 I hid my kids inside IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! They think it's pretty cool that they get to say they're in a book! #illustration #ifyouareanartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitartists #kidlitartist

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 30/07/2024

Reminder to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit readers, creators, agents, editors, art directors, publishers posting about books & book events. Adding one of the HASHTAGS in the previous sentence will help your post get discovered by feeds. Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Hilary! ❤️

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

I wrote some portfolio 💼 to-do’s and some don’t-do’s according to my long and winding #kidlitart journey. 👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou... (I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)

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Crafting an Illustration Portfolio

1/2 part how-to, 1/2 part don't do

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Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Hi, #kidlit artists! I'm seeking a MG (ages 9-12) illustrator for a coming-of-age mystery story featuring friendship, adventure, and an elusive white wolf. Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator. Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it

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Renée M. LaTulippe @reneemlatulippe.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

Ta-daaaa!!!! It's a FREE VERSE poetry contest for kidlit -- because kidlit is NOT just about rhyme. You can do it! And we can't wait to see what you create. Get all the details at www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

📚 I had a blast this weekend at the Cecil County Library Children's Book Festival. I got to chat with fellow kidlit author and illustrators, meet awesome kids, and enjoy PERFECT weather. If you are ever in the area, this is the most gorgeous library I've ever seen! #kidlit #childrensbooks

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

📚 I'll be at the Cecil County Public Library Children's Book Festival in Maryland tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th) from 10-2! Any kidlit friends in the area? I'd love to chat! . . . #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #childrensbook #publiclibraries #cecilcountymd

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Almost forgot it was #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, a published #picturebook #authorillustrator who loves to paint starry skies, animals, land and seascapes, and all things magical and whimsical! 📧 Get in touch at megauchenbach@gmail.com 🎨 www.megauchenbach.com

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

✍️ Daydreaming and storytelling - two of of favorite things! Anyone else prefer to live inside their head? #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebooks #picturebookart #childrensbooks #ifyouareanartist

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

🎨 Maley found If You Are an Artist at the Wyomissing Barnes and Noble! If you haven't gotten your copy yet, take yourself on a little book date and check it out! #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #kidlitartist #picturebooks #artteachers #arteducation

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

I'm on chapter 4 of my psychological thriller. I have no idea what I'm doing, and it might be terrible and stay locked away in a drawer, but I'm trying it anyway. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #dontbeafraidtosuckatsomethingnew #writingcommunity #firstdraft #writinglife #authorcommunity

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

If You Are an Artist was featured in the Reading Eagle this Sunday! Super stoked! 🎨 #kidlit #picturebook#arteducationmatters

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Incredibly grateful! It's taken me a minute to process, but I recently had my launch event at Aaron's Books. It was a great turnout, and I felt so supported. ✨💕 If you want to read more about the day, check out my latest blog post! www.megauchenbach.com/journal #kidlit #picturebook #booklaunch

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

🎂 Yay! It's finally here! Happy Book Birthday to IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! 📖 Thank you so much for all of your support during this launch- reading ARCS, requesting the book at your library, leaving reviews on Amazon, purchasing the book, reaching out for school visits... I am so appreciative! #Kidlit

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

🦋 🎨 If you're at all curious about the winding and topsy-turvy path to publication, I recently detailed my experience in a blog post. Hop on over to my website to read! 👉🏽 www.megauchenbach.com/journal #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitcommunity #writingcommunity

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

As if there are not 100 half-written PB manuscripts, a book launch, an art business, two small children, and a house that hasn't been cleaned in an embarrassingly long time...WHY DON'T WE ATTEMPT TO OUTLINE AN ADULT THRILLER??? WHY NOT??? 😭 . . #whyamilikethis #ADHD #WritingCommunity #sendhelp

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Nancy So Miller @nmillerillo.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

I spoke with @megauchenbach.bsky.social, author and illustrator of If You Are An Artist, published by Peter Pauper Press Inc. Listen: www.anchor.fm/nmillerillus... Meg's Work: www.megauchenbach.com Thanks for listening! #podcast #kidlitartist #kidlitauthor

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

📕 TIME FOR A COVER REVEAL!!!! 🎨 I am SO excited to share the cover of IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! (Peter Pauper Press) Available to pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. #kidlitcommunity #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #arteducation #steambooks #creativethinking

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

👀 COMING SOON! Check back on Wednesday, Jan 3rd for an official cover reveal & pre-order links for my upcoming release, IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST, from Peter Pauper Press! #kidlit #kidlitart #artbooks #kidscreativity #creativethinking #artteachers #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks #steam #sel

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Hi #artdirectors! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! In addition to writing and illustrating my own picture books, I'm super interested in illustrating for other #kidlitauthors. #kidlitpostcard #kidlit #kidlitcommunity 🎨 www.megauchenbach.com Rep'd by John Rudolph at @dgandbgrams

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

📚 Hi #kidlit friends! I would love it if you would consider subscribing to my newsletter for bookish banter, #illustration & life updates, and new offerings. Oh, and you can also have this butterfly phone wallpaper I designed! 🦋 Subscribe Here: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/587613...

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Meg Auchenbach @megauchenbach.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

📖 While I'm eagerly awaiting revealing the cover of IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST, I am currently on submission with this one! It's currently titled, SILAS AND THE STATUE. Crossing fingers and manifesting 🤞🏼 that Silas gets a yes! 🦋 . . #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #kidlitartist

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