On display in the Long Branch Free Public Library: A VISIT TO MOSCOW, a #graphicnovel inspired by a trip to the Soviet Union by Rabbi Rafael Grossman in 1965, a dangerous period for Jews there. At the time, Rabbi Grossman was the rabbi of Long Branch's Congregation Brothers of Israel.

Have you seen it? The cover for TUMBLE is live! It's available for pre-order wherever Scholastic books are sold. Pub date is 6/6/23, ISBN is 978-1338828665

Wait... What? "Chicago Public Library recommends this title [Falling Short] as one of the best books published for kids in 4th through 8th grade in 2022." I am floored. Wow... just wow! Thank you to every librarian in the Chicago area! #FallingShort East West Literary

Congratulations to @ZNayberg! I HATE BORSCH!, her story of a young girl who despises Eastern Europe’s most beloved soup, published by Eerdmans Books For Young Readers, is one of the @NYTimes Best Books for Kids 2022: on.nypl.org/3OFudSR

Here's my #artvsartist2022 I have many prints of what you see here, in my online SHOP. The link can be found in my bio. Which illustration is your favorite? P.S. Yes, I'm holding a frog in that picture. We were in Scotland. It looked cold. #illustration #kidlitart

It’s almost the end of 2022. Here is some work I created this year. I plan on creating a lot more in 2023. Thanks for all the love and support. ❤️❤️❤️ #artvsartist #artvsartist2022 #artvartist2022 #kidlitart

Pinch me! I can't believe a dream I had since I was seven-years-old is coming true!

I can't believe I finally get to say this, but I'm going to be a published author/illustrator! Thank you so much to Anna Olswanger, Alexandra Cooper and Quill Tree Books for believing in me. I feel so very lucky. 😆 #dealannouncement #kidlitart

Announcing new deals for Julie Flett, @howlsmovingjenn, Cynthia De La Torre, @itsmeaubrey + more pw-ne.ws/ff05e

A new Olswanger Literary deal! LETTERS FROM TÍA LUZ MARIA by Cynthia De La Torre, her debut picture book about a young girl who learns to keep her tía's memory alive through a beautiful Mexican tradition, sold to Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books. Coming in 2026.

Congratulations to Martin Lemelman! His #graphicnovel THE MIRACLE SEED, about an extinct seed reborn after two millennia thanks to the work of two 21st-century Israeli scientists, has received a PJ Library Author-Illustrator Incentive Award from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

Here's a new illustration for another PB that I will be going out on submission with soon. Any guesses as to what is going on in the illustration? #ghoststories #kidlitauthorillustrator #kidlitartist #cutpaperart #kidlitart Anna Olswanger

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, enjoy this sneak peek of an illustration from the ghost story "La Niña in the Mirror," one of THREE TALES OF LOS MUERTOS by Cynthia De La Torre, whose cut-paper technique is rooted in her Mexican heritage. Now out on submission.

Ghost stories are a large part of the heritage of author-illustrator Cynthia De La Torre. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she uses cut-paper, also rooted in her Mexican heritage, to illustrate her stories. Here's a sneak peek at THREE TALES OF LOS MUERTOS. Now out on submission.

In THE LITTLE FANTASMA by Cynthia De La Torre, Doña Angelina arrives at the abandoned orphanage she has just bought and discovers a little ghost searching for love and her place in the world. Illustrated in a cut-paper technique rooted in Cynthia's Mexican heritage. Out on submission.