Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Kaushani Mufti @padfootblack25.bsky.social 🌟Kidlit and Middle-grade Illustrator from🇮🇳
🌟Open to Representation
🌟 SCBWI India - Illustrator Co-ordinator
🌟 https://kaushanimufti.com/
✉️ kaushani.mufti@gmail.com
Reetta Linjama @kelipipo.bsky.social I’m not ’comics-crazy,’ I’m comics focused. I’ve never felt more comics-sane!
For hire: kelipipo@gmail.com
Comics portfolio: behance.net/kelipipo | she/her | Vancouver BC | No AI. NO!
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Phyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by @KTerrette.bsky.social at Martin Literary.
Books:
THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️
CLAUDE 🎨🐶 3 Starred Reviews
THE DAY KINDNESS CAME🌲🐻
Illustrated over 30 children’s books.
Website - https://www.phyllisharris.com
Kirsten McGonigal @kirstenmcgonigal.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator, kid lit author, nature lover, reader, music maker, dreamer, SCBWI, #pbparty 2024 finalist, She/her
Rep’d by Becca Langton at Darley Anderson Illustration
kirstenmcgonigal.com
Evie Richner @evierichner.bsky.social Children’s book writer and illustrator. Artist. Teacher.
www.eviewoltilrichner.com
Lauren Tregenza @laurentregz.bsky.social Artist | Book Illustration | Urban Sketching. Based in 🇨🇦
#Seekingrepresentation #kidlitart
#SCBWI Member
#UskToronto urban sketching
Portfolio and Prints: https://lauren-e-tregenza.com
Sourcebooks Library @sbkslibrary.bsky.social The Sourcebooks library team offering updates, news, reviews, and a whole lot of library and educator love! 📚 linktr.ee/sbkslibrary
Kirsten Pendreigh @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illust & Performers. @canscaip.bsky.social The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) is a national arts service organization dedicated to supporting the creation of Canadian literature and performance for young audiences. https://canscaip.org/
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
Emanuel picturebook illustrator @kidlitillustrator.bsky.social ✏️I am a dutch writer/ illustrator of #picturebooks. And more #kidlit #illustration 📚Published 46 titles since 2016. Rep @ksonnack.bsky.social
Website: www.emanuelwiemans.com
Other sometimes non pbrelated stuff on @emanuelwiemans.bsky.social
Cailyn Creative @cailyncreative.bsky.social Traditional Artist I Kidlit Illustrator I Small Business I Cozy art (she/her) 🇨🇦
I make silly guys to help people smile🪴
🧡Etsy🧡: https://cailyncreative.etsy.com/
#artshop #art #cozyart #kidlitart #illustration
Mirto - Open for collab @mirtocomune.bsky.social I l l u s t r a t o r - s t o r y t e l l e r
He/They - 🇮🇹 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
🌈 https://linktr.ee/mirto_comune
📩 mirtomastroieni@gmail.com
🌟Hidden Under the Sun author with @martaart.bsky.social
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Cindy Kang @cindysykang.bsky.social Illustrator📍NYC
Represented by Sean McCarthy
cindysykang.com
Reshu Lakra @dibbarangeen.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator
•Crocodile Christmas, out with PRH
•Longlisted by Picturebook Makers for 'The Unpublished Picture Book Showcase 7'
•Seeking representation
•Email: dibba.rangeen@gmail.com
•Portfolio: www.dibbarangeenstudio.com
Julia Morris @juliamorris.bsky.social Sr Designer at Hallmark by day, freelance illustrator by night. 🎨 juliammorris.com/ • instagram.com/julia.m.morris
Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and mixed-media artist, nature lover | ADHD
Represented by the Bright Agency | odnatamyara.com
Heegyum Kim @heegyum-kim.bsky.social Picture book author-illustrator. www.mrfox.nyc
Ala Flora @alaflora.net painter/illustrator 🐢 they/them
agented by Stephen Barr at Writers House
Open For Work:
portfolio: alaflora.net
"media tab": archive.alaflora.net
scrapbook (aka my good posts): @gzygzak.alaflora.net
jibber-jabber: @cygaj.cc
Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social she/her
Art Director/Illustrator
(artists: please don't send your portfolios to my personal email)
www.jwahlgren.com
Natascha @socalledyalife.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/natascha
Website: www.nataschamorris.com
Ana Lobo @lobomaravilha.bsky.social Children's Illustrator
SCBWI member
Currently seeking representation
https://lobomaravilha.carrd.co
Malia Pila @maliapila.bsky.social 📮✨rep'd by James McGowan @ BookEnds
half hawaiian children's book illustrator based in Austin, TX.
maliapila.com
#kidlit
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book illustrator
✨The Illustration Department & SCBWI member
🔔Available for PBs, board books, and editorial projects
🚀Rep'd by Tracy Marchini Literary
Portfolio: claryillustration.com
•••
🐌Snailing It! (Sourcebooks, Spring 2027)
Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com Argentinian illustrator based in France.
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
💻 https://victoriamaderna.com
✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com
Prints: https://inprnt.com/gallery/vmaderna
Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
FISHING FOR RABBITS, V.E. Publishing Oct 2026
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Dec 2025
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI
LoFi Bedtime Very Tales @lofibedtimevt.bsky.social LoFi Bedtime Very Tales is a kid-friendly positively-humorous podcast for stories, songs, and poems. It helps kids learn how to manage emotions, feel empowered, and snicker themselves silly. It's on the main podcast platforms and Youtube. I hope you dig it
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Helaine Becker @helainebecker.bsky.social Writer of words and artist of art. Kids books and pretty pictures are my thing. And coffee. Lots of coffee. Helainebecker.com and Helainebeckerart.com.
Vicki Gausden @vickigausden.co.uk Illustrator, friend to dogs & fan of the 6B pencil. Love a dress with pockets. Books with Little Tiger, Farshore & HarperCollins.
www.vickigausden.co.uk
Dena Davis @denadavisbooks.bsky.social 🌺🇬🇷 Pre-pub #KidLit author, disability rights advocate, SB library board ‘22-‘26, former teacher, optimistic realist #SCBWI #CBA #12X12 #50PreciousWords Winner ‘22 & ‘26, Santa Barbara Writers Conference Scholarship Winner ‘26, she/her 🌺🇬🇷
Allison Strick @byallisonstrick.bsky.social Kid Lit Creator--PB, CB, GN, illustrations. Rep'd by Adria Goetz of KT Literary. She/her Instagram @ByAllisonStrick www.allisonstrick.com
The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social We support the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. 🇨🇦🧒🏽📚 bookcentre.ca
Polina Gortman 🎨 | Illustrator @polinagortman.bsky.social Picture book maker • Reader & star gazer
✨ SEEKING REPRESENTATION ✨
📚SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23
📚WIDE OPEN SPACES ‘26
📍PNW🌲
www.gortmanillustration.com
Meneka Repka @menekarepka.bsky.social Children's illustrator, represented by Charlotte Wenger/ Prospect Agency.
Website: https://www.menekarepka.com
Courtney Pippin-Mathur | Kidlit artist & writer @pippinmathur.bsky.social author/illustrator, teacher, painter of journals, maker of creatures and things, she/her
www.pippinmathur.com
Anna Stenger @annastenger.bsky.social Illustrator | Designer | Storyteller
www.annastenger.com
Suzzana Magalhães @suzzana.bsky.social Brazilian kidlit illustrator based in France.
hello@suzzana.fr
www.suzzana.fr
Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
https://serendipiti.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maryjanelange4?igsh=ZngzZTBpdW5qbW1m
Bailie @bailierosenlund.bsky.social she/her |🏳️🌈 | Illustration / Comics / Design
Canadian
GLAAD award Comic artist : Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, IDW |🚫AI |
Star Trek Holoween ll this October!
Open for Freelance!
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara @ Triada
Portfolio: http://www.bailierosenlund.com
Laurel Dundee 🍂 @kingmoths.bsky.social Illustrator, comic artist, and barn owl enthusiast 🕯 she/her 🌾 no AI ❌
💌 laureldundee@gmail.com
www.laureldundee.com
Tami Traylor @traylorillo.bsky.social kidlit author/illustrator, library fangirl, mom of humans, servant of felines.
traylorillo.com
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Teagan Beemer @teaofgan.bsky.social 🌻 Illustrator & curator
🍄 Lover of birds, flowers, & all silly things
🚫 Anti-AI
📍Whitehorse, Yukon
www.teaganbeemer.com
teaofgan on insta
Briony Dixon @brionyillustrates.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator. Cut paper and collage ❤️✂️ SCBWI member.
https://www.brionydixon.com/
Marta Taylor Art | picture book illustrator @martataylor.bsky.social Picture book author & illustrator
Quirky & humorous stories
Bold & colourful art
Devon Holzwarth @devonholzwarth.bsky.social 📚Picture book creator
Color enthusiast, dog lover, lake swimmer 💦
✨Publishing ‘25✨
📕BIRDLORE (March 18/Knopf)
📘SAND CAKES (April 22/Tundra)
www.devonholzwarth.com
Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau
Kayla Stark @kaylastark.bsky.social Author / Illustrator
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
🎱 Kelly Pringle 🎱 @kellypringle.com illustrator // No DMs! Please reach out through kellypringleart@gmail.com // kellypringle.com
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Danielle Bennett @daniellebennett.bsky.social ✏️ Artist & illustrator based in Ontario, Canada
🐞 Portfolio, newsletter, & YouTube ↓
daniellebennett.com/links
Scott Campbell @heyscottcampbell.bsky.social (Also Scott C) I am a painter and a creator of comics and children's picture books. Hug Machine and Zombie in Love. Also, video games at Double Fine Productions. linktr.ee/heyscottcampbell
Ham 🌱 @hamtarto.bsky.social 🎨 Dubious Little Artist Looking for Work! 🖌️
🖼️⇢Titmouse • Netflix • Disney TVA • Nickelodeon • Sesame Workshop
( • ͜> • )
hamfirouzan.com
Feather Flores ❄️☕️ @featherfully.bsky.social editor & maker of good trouble • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
🩷💜💙
Naomi Krueger @naomijkrueger.bsky.social Writer and editor based in the Twin Cities, MN.
Interests: children's books, local journalism, gardening, democracy, and the extraordinary ordinary.
www.naomikrueger.com
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Julia Ringeisen @juliaringeisen.bsky.social 
Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator & Interior Designer, mom of 2 bugs 🐛🐞, magic maker 🔮, ♥️ the forest🌲and the sea 🌊, vintage hunter, 🥑 eater | 🏡OR | Rep: Nicole Tugeau
Next 📖: Families of a Feather, Little Big Foot/Sasquatch out March 2025
https://linktr.ee/ladykbuzz
anoosha syed ✏️ @anooshasyed.com award-winning author/illustrator for children’s books, character designer & art educator📚
✎ resources, books, & more links ↓
https://www.anooshasyed.com
JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social Artist • She/Her•Ace •Looking for Joy in art • Winner of 3 SILA awards•❤️ 📚, libraries, 🪴
All MY LINKS: https://linksjlmeyer.carrd.co
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u88415558
HIRE ME: https://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/jennifer-l-meyer
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
Kidlit- Nicole Tugeau @the_t2_agency.bsky.social
Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social Serbian kidlit illustrator & author based in Berlin ✧˖° (she/her) #NoAI
Contact: katriaraden@proton.me | Portfolio: www.katriaraden.com
Zoe Keller @zoekellerart.bsky.social Artist and illustrator creating highly detailed nature drawings in the NE United States (Woodstock, NY) Prints: zoekeller.com
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
@formerlyfairytales.bsky.social @formerlyfairytales.bsky.social 🌻 Books, learning, & play
📚 Author of Kindness is a Golden Heart
🏫 MFA in Writing
📖 Science of Reading mom
🇨🇦 Treaty 6 Territory
Tintentupferl @tintentupferl.bsky.social 🐻 Kidlit illustrator of children’s books, patterns and more
☀️ welcome to my world of cute and heartwarming illustrations
💛 find me @tintentupferl on IG
🤗 www.tintentupferl.de
💌 info@tintentupferl.de
🙃 https://wonderl.ink/@tintentupferl
DA Children's Book Agency @da-childrens.bsky.social Your words, our passion! ✨ We are Clare Wallace, Becca Langton, Kristina Egan, Lorna Hemingway, Lucy Irvine, Chloe Davis, Kat Lenahan and Maleeha Mir
http://www.darleyandersonchildrens.com
Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.bsky.social 
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Jeremy Tankard @jeremytankboy.bsky.social Jeremy's just this guy, you know? Authorstrator of Grumpy Bird, Yorick and Bones and other books.
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Nosy Crow Inc. @nosycrowus.bsky.social ⭐️ Official US and Canada Account for Nosy Crow ⭐️
Award-winning children's books publisher
www.nosycrow.us
Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social Award-winning children's books
📚 Stories for kids, also in ebook and audiobook
🐦 Find us at nosycrow.com or linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Buster Books @busterbooks.bsky.social Award-winning independent children's publisher, imprint of @omarabooks.bsky.social. We publish non-fiction, activity & picture books to spark imagination & creativity!
Flying Eye Books @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social Books to take your children's eyes on a journey of wonder. Publisher of award winning fiction and non-fiction for children. 📚
Puffin Books @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social 
Pan Macmillan @panmacmillan.bsky.social We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages.
Owlkids Publishing @owlkids.bsky.social Publishing award-winning books and magazines for children ages 2 to 14 since 1976 📚
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Chronicle Books @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 
Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social Publishing diverse, inclusive, feminist books that entertain, educate, and empower. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @_secondstory
Visit our website and learn more: https://linktr.ee/_secondstory
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.
Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social Canada's leading independent publisher of books for kids and teens.
Our books are written and created by talented humans, not AI.
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Autumn G Quigley @autumnquigley.bsky.social Artist/Illustrator • Library worker •Enthusiast for quiet
Pacific Northwest
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