International News! Journalist Scott Sonner, who has long been a watchdog on issues re #wildhorses (I've often seen him in court) breaks story of mustang deaths in Bureau of Land Management - National The Associated Press apnews.com/article/mustan…

The 11 deaths so far include five young foals, four horses with broken necks and a stallion with a snapped rear leg that was chased by a helicopter and horseback rider. nbcbay.com/1UXAVv3

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“It is too seldom acknowledged that the greatest novelist this country has ever produced was a single Black mother,” doreen st. félix writes. nyer.cm/PtQ3Z7J

#amquerying I had a bookseller edit my query, and that’s when the requests started pouring in. She underlined the sentences that made her want to stock my book, and I removed the rest. Don’t forget about the booksellers and librarians!

We made it! Overwhelmed with emotion to be THIS close to the stage with my mom (her first concert in 35 years!) with a copy of the book Taylor Swift made possible by helping my family in 2020. Hoping to get it to someone who can get it to Taylor tonight. #SeattleTSTheErasTour

The Strong Man #kidlitart

From the #IDPodcast archive: In Episode 164, Giuseppe spoke with Felicita Sala about why illustrators need to find their “why”; what makes it so difficult to write books for children; and more. illustrationdept.com/podcast/giusep…

"Boats, boats, boats! The magic of the sea, sails & brilliant lumberjack shirts are captured in this beautiful #boardbook for all the small seafarers in your life… Combining gorgeous prose...& layered illustrations...this is a winner."- INSTA@ PhloxBooks Thanks for featuring!

Our next exciting event is coming soon! Deadline to submit your illustration is August 9th! scbwi.org/events/2023-il… #kidlit #childrenbookillustration #illustrators #portfolio #virtualevent #scbwi #kidlitart

I finished making The Wild Robot Protects a while ago. Proofs were checked/adjusted/approved + books are being printed. Now I’m just waiting for publication day (Sept 26) + hoping readers enjoy the new Wild Robot installment. Glad I’ve got other projects to keep me busy! #books

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I find it’s very off-putting to have my email address anonymously added to a newsletter for beginning drawing and then greeted as ‘friend’. So what are you really trying to tell me ‘friend’?

Hi #PortfolioDay ! My name's Gustavo and I'm an Illustrator interested in PB, KidLit, GN, Editorial Projects and other fun projects. Below are some of my published artworks. Represented by *on maternity leave*

To all who commented on my post below, it was a wishful thinking APRIL FOOLS joke. But thank you for the enthusiasm. Hopefully there will someday be more of Logan’s story to tell. But for now, that book cover only exists on March 32nd… aka #April1st

Ruth Heller was born on this day, April 2, in 1923. After years of rejections, she sold her first book in 1981. It was later featured on “Reading Rainbow”. Heller helped children build a sophisticated vocabulary—as she believed they wouldn’t be intimidated by big words.

Hello there to all Art Directors, illustrators, publishers and agents! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 📩 [email protected] 🖥️ matjonesillustrations.co.uk I am mostly inspired by family dramas, or as below a kid pretending to be a superhero playing baddies! #kidlitart

if you're self publishing your book, hire me to do your book cover!! i do all the genres and i illustrate as well for folks who don't want a photographic cover 🥰 or we can work with an illustrator you like/license existing art—i can help you through that process :) hire meeeee