Artwork by Ed Org

Tonight! Have you registered? ⤵️⤵️⤵️

#PBPitch A little blue ball leads to a monster-sized rivalry over whose side of the page is whose. An “graphic novel” picture book where the comic panels act as clearly defined property lines between two quarrelling monsters. “This is MY Side” (215 words / 99 unique) #kidlitart

Authors & publicists: credit is even more important when you're showing an artist's work for the first time, such as a book cover! It's win-win: by crediting them, it shows you acknowledge/appreciate their work, they're more likely to share, and you'll reach their fanbases.

One of the most fun events in Canada has a date! Mark your calendars now. More details to come to celebrate fabulous books by 🇨🇦 creators! #canscaip #ireadcanadian

"Education isn't something you can finish." -- Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

I made a sign for my front yard & I’m just tickled silly. Welcome to The Flower House! #quirkyart #quirkyhome #flowerhouse

This is Marta McDowell's book: #BeatrixPotter's Gardening Life. Some of you may have even attended her talk at the 2018 Beatrix Potter Society conference. Marta's conference presentation is available to watch on the members only section of the Beatrix Potter Society website.

Canadian folk art artist Maud Lewis, Three white cats with blue eyes, c.1955 #WomensArt

Today is #NationalMeadowsDay! 🥳 The loss of our uplifting hay meadow habitats in the UK makes my heart hurt, so I want to share with you the secret for turning your lawn into a mini wildflower meadow for *free* 👊 🧵 (1/9)

"Head of a Lady in a Medieval Costume" {1900} By ~ Lucien-Victor Guirand De Scévola

"I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." ~ Étienne de Grellet Village Road (1883) 🎨 Georges Seurat

Emillie Ferris, contemporary English embroidery artist #womensart #summer #July

The Rose Dress by Lizzie Riches

Happy #CanadaDay to #CDN creators of books for young readers & those readers who will be gifted by reading new #picturebooks, #YA, #graphicnovels, #MG, #NF and more in the remainder of 2023. So many to celebrate! Look for your next great read here canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2023/07/upcomi…

Creativity is revolutionary. It is resistance against a culture that too often prizes utilitarianism. Art offers questions & questions authority in all its forms. It offers possibilities & hope. It reminds us why we are here in this brief, beautiful life.

In case anyone needs to see a mouse paddling a teacup, here you go… (Art by DD McInnes)

Create what only you can create. Do not worry is it good or if others will like it. Just create. Create what is rooted deep within you that needs to find expression in whatever form it takes.

Karl Albert Buehr (1866 – 1952) Young Lady Crocheting (Expectancy) ca. 1911

“Anne was sitting at her open window...as she drank in the beauty of the summer dusk...The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that…” #GreenGables 🎨 Peter Ilsted