Abi Cushman

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Kidlit Author/Illustrator ☔️ Soaked! 🚗 Animals Go Vroom! 🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky 🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list

"A chewy, crowd-pleasing treat." ~Kirkus Reviews. Image of pants on hangers, a chef penguin, and the book Penguins Don't Wear Pants by Abi Cushman. Coming October 13, 2026 from Greenwillow Books
Barrington Books presents Storytime & Draw Along Illustration Demo with Josh Funk and Abi Cushman. And the Kick Off to our 40th Birthday Summer Reading Program. Sunday, June 28, 11am.
Rabbit looking out of an arched doorway in a wooden tunnel.
Book cover of EVEN STEVEN: A Book about Sharing by Carrie Finison and Daniel Wiseman. Purple cover with kids sharing blocks, noodles, and book.
Book cover of picture book, Still Friends by Troy Wilson and Mike Deas. Dog sitting on top of a statue's head with three pigeons on her lap.
Mouse landing in whipped cream on pancake stack, surprising a bunny. Abi Cushman Author-Illustrator abicushman.com
Cover of Lots and Lots of Ocelots by Vicky Fang and Angel Chang. Green book with five ocelots
The Quiet Ocean book at the beach
Screenshot of The Quiet Ocean (by Charlotte Offsay and Abi Cushman) Amazon page showing it is an Editors' Pick for Best Books Ages 3-5
"This book is highly recommended for its clear, interesting writing, appealing format, and engaging illustrations." - School Library Journal Starred Review. Book cover: The Quiet Ocean by Charlotte Offsay and Abi Cushman. Underwater scene with fish tail.
Baby whale giving mama whale a kiss: illustration by Abi Cushman
One Mad Cat and the Missing Book cover by Vicky Fang. Mad cat (white cat with orange patches) looking at reader against a red background.
Grandfather and grandson watching snow geese: Cover of SNOW GEESE SEASON by Angela Burke Kunkel and E.B. Goodale
Cover of Penguins Don't Wear Pants by Abi Cushman. Features a crowd of penguins in various hats and one penguin wearing purple pants.
Penguin looking down at very sparkly, very purple pants he's wearing. Illustration by Abi Cushman - Author-Illustrator. abicushman.com
Book cover of Beatrice and the Nightingale by patricia Newman and Isabelle Follath. Woman (Beatrice Harrison) playing the cello at night with a nightingale.
Cover: Best Buddies: Save The Duck by Vicky Fang and Luisa Leal. Dog and Cat trying to reach rubber ducky.
Mama and baby whale kissing. Abi Cushman - Author-Illustrator, abicushman.com
Illustrator Abi Cushman (center), various illustrations surrounding: Whale and whale calf kissing, penguin in pants, The Quiet Ocean cover, dapper penguin in pants, pufferfish scaring squid in bathtub, penguins looking up at sky, scared dolphin in bike helmet, cat and bobcat snuggling.
Cover of Fortune Cookies for Everyone: The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat. Grandma and grandkids with bowl of fortune cookies sitting outside.
Scene from Penguins Don't Wear Pants by Abi Cushman: 4 penguins looking up at sky as an asteroid approaches.
Flamingo with bright red crop milk coming out of their mouth. Scene from Flamingos Are Pretty Funky by Abi Cushman
Illustration by Abi Cushman of Bear hula hooping in puddle. Scene from Soaked!
Book cover of The Traveling Taco: The Amazing & Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods by Mia Wenjen and Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong. Various food illustrated: ice cream, pasta, french fries, tacos, fish, onion, shrimp, orange
Cover of The Quiet Ocean by Charlotte Offsay and Abi Cushman. Pufferfish in ocean surrounded by dolphin, whale, squid, turtle, and shark.
Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros book cover by Jerrold Connors. Big orange rhino on left and little yellow rhino on right.
Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung book cover: Girl with glasses in an origami boat
Parent and child raccoon on rock pointing at moon reflection. Illustration by Abi Cushman.
Two snakes in a yellow car
Bear with badger and bunny climbing on him under an umbrella. Cover of SOAKED! by Abi Cushman
Parent raccoon and kid raccoon in a boat with the moon reflecting on the water. Kid raccoon has net to try to catch the reflection. Art by Abi Cushman.
Illustration by Abi Cushman showing a whale calf swimming in a sunbeam
AT THE WINDOW book cover by Hope Lim and Qin Leng. A girl walking her dog past a neighbor at her window.
Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit v. Vegetable Showdown picture book cover written by Lindsay H. Metcalf and illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.
No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change book cover - Three children holding up the world.
Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea book cover featuring giant manta ray
NESCBWI Spring Conference 2025: May 16-18, 2025, Stamford, CT. Illustration of raccoon, deer, fox, and bear looking at egg. (Artwork by Bridget Bick)
Cover of Pigs Dig a Road by Carrie Finison and Brian Biggs. Four pigs doing construction.
New Book Deal! Virginia Duncan at Greenwillow has acquired world rights to Penguins Don't Wear Pants by Abi Cushman, a humorous picture book alerting readers to the fact that something really bad happens when penguins wear pants. Publication is set for fall 2026; Kendra Marcus at BookStop Literary Agency negotiated the deal. Penguin standing by rocks.
Cover of Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime by Mia Wenjen and Kai Gietzen. Features baby in boxing outfit with fist in air.
Flamingos at nests
Book Cover: A GEODUCK IS NOT A DUCK: A Story of a Unique Pacific Northewest Mollusk by Candy Wellins and Ellie Peterson.
Lucas and the Capoeira Circle by Joana Pastro and Douglas Lopes cover
Three bears surround wolf dressed up like a grandma in a pink nightgown and nightcap in a picture book illustration
New Book Deal! Author of THE QUIET FOREST Charlotte Offsay's THE QUIET OCEAN, in which a playful puffer startles a squid, sending worry spiraling through the ocean until one mindful moment turns the tide, illustrated by Abi Cushman, to Catherine Laudone at Beach Lane Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in the summer of 2026, by Nicole Geiger at Full Circle Literary for the author, and by Kendra Marcus at BookStop Literary for the illustrator (world).
Wombats Are Pretty Weird picture book standing up on bookshelf with Crystal Kite Award sticker on it
Sketch of a rabbit knocking over a table and a mouse running over a logpile with a stack of pancakes.
White flamingo walking among nests with red liquid coming out of his mouth with other flamingo looking aghast. Scene from Flamingos Are Pretty Funky by Abi Cushman.
Cover of the picture book, WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney by Angela Burke Kunkel and Becca Stadtlander. Painted image of a woman in a rowboat in a river with purple flowers in the foreground.
Sourgrass by Hope Lim and Shahrzad Maydani
Skydiving hippo