Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and POCKET BEAR.
My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out now!
I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.
Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com Children's book illustrator and author in the UK. Urbansketcher. Creating colourful worlds & characters
🌐 https://nicolaschofield.com
✏️ https://nicolaschofield.com/newsletter/
💌 Hello@nicolaschofield.com
Represented by Sally Kim at ABLA
#kidLitArt
@clarionbooks.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social Home to award-winning books for kids
Awuradwoa Afful @rajieeee.bsky.social designer, artist & ceramist 🇨🇦🇬🇭
(she/her)
✦ pronounced ⇢ uh • ra • ju • uh
✦ ig: https://www.instagram.com/rajieeee
⚐ toronto
☺︎ https://www.awuradwoa-afful.com/ | prints & comics ▷ theartofmonday.etsy.com
Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social Aussie writer in SoCal. Kidlit, romcoms w/ Harper, Pan Mac, S&S (plus a secret TV thing).
Aka Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman. Avowed AI hater.
Open to work. She/her. Work stuff: jrasheed@ultraliterary.com
https://linktr.ee/stephcampisi
eileenwrobinson.bsky.social @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions PLUS. Author of 2 PB’s (2028). But even more importantly—lover of desserts!
渡辺由佳里 YukariWatanabe @yukariwatanabe.bsky.social author（エッセイ、洋書書評、翻訳)／「洋書ファンクラブ」主宰／Newsweek Japan、Finders, etc.
youshofanclub.com
https://www.youtube.com/@YoushoFanClub
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5147434.Yukari_Watanabe
丸善ジュンク堂書店 @maruzenjunkudo.bsky.social 丸善ジュンク堂書店の公式アカウントです。担当者が「気になる本」をご紹介いたします。
We are Maruzen Junkudo Bookstore, based in Japan.
https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/
江口絵理 @eguchieri.bsky.social 児童書作家／絵本作家／読みもの記事を書く人
書籍『ボノボ』『ヤモリの指から不思議なテープ』『ゆらゆらチンアナゴ』『アマミホシゾラフグ』『アフリカで、バッグの会社はじめました』『クジラがしんだら』の著者です
https://note.com/eri_eguchi7
https://erieguchi8.wixsite.com/eri-eguchi
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
muffy 💕 @muffywithlove.bsky.social ✏️ Art Director
🐶 Dog lover
🔎 Tiny speck
Naoko Takano / 高野直子 @naoko.cc Bluesky 日本カントリーマネージャー | Bluesky Japan Country Manager
🇯🇵→🇺🇸→🇯🇵🏝️ 離島（鹿児島県屋久島）で子育てとリモートワークしています。
https://naoko.cc/, @naokomc elsewhere
illustration @illustration-mg.bsky.social 1979年創刊のイラストレーション専門誌『illustration』（玄光社）公式アカウント✍️japanese illustration magazine📘
特集、展覧会、誌上コンペ「ザ・チョイス」関連情報などをつぶやいています。
Instagram ▶️ https://www.instagram.com/illustration_mg
web ▶️ https://illustration-mag.jp/
Jane Su @janesu112.bsky.social Column/Radio/Podcast 
Marika Tamura @marikart-t.bsky.social Visual Development Artist/Illustrator
Past: LAIKA
linktr.ee/marikart_t
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Simon Kids @simonkids.bsky.social Find us at https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/kids!
Doan Buu @dbuu.bsky.social Designer, Dude, Cleveland Sports Fan, NYC resident.
Joann Hill @joannhnyc.bsky.social Creative Director @disneyhyperiondesign , potter, Wife, Mom, Sister, Feminist, Friend, Ally, List maker, Headstrong Club.
Liz Dresner @lizdresner.bsky.social Art director and book designer 🌈
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Annie Kelley @anniekelley.bsky.social Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, ATmosphere, book blog etc: https://debbieohi.com/links/
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black)
DebbieOhi.com
Katie Klim @katieklim.bsky.social Assoc. Art Director • Book designer • big fan of rocks. 🔮 https://www.katieklimowicz.com/
Nosy Crow Inc. @nosycrowus.bsky.social ⭐️ Official US and Canada Account for Nosy Crow ⭐️
Award-winning children's books publisher
www.nosycrow.us
Jason Treat @jasontreat.bsky.social Senior graphics editor at NatGeo. Before that AD at The Atlantic. Work: https://www.jasontreat.com/ A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. -Zappa
Lindsey Chastain @lindseychastain.bsky.social Creative Director at Powerhouse Animation
and otherwise semi-functional human being // Never skip the titles // Opinions are my own.
Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social Director of Product Design at Adobe. Sketchbook junkie and stealer of pens. Late night game designer of the tabletop rpg, WanderSquares.com! He/Him - 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally - #BLM
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Jillian Tamaki @dirtbagg.bsky.social Bump on a log
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Jim Demonakos @jimdemonakos.bsky.social Convention Director of @lightboxexpo.com and Film Director of Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (streaming free now on Amazon/Tubi/YouTube)
Mengxuan Li @mengxuanli.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator/Concept Artist | She/Her |ENG/日本語/中文 お仕事のご連絡: mengxuanli121@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/mengxuanli
www.mengxuanli.com
Luisa Uribe @lupencita.bsky.social Colombian illustrator, eater of sweets. She/her.
PATCHWORK MEMORIES -written by Monica Rojas- out Sept. 1!
www.luisauribe.com
Elaine 🍀 tiny.clovers @tinyclovers.bsky.social Artist 🖌️ at a video game studio
Children's book illustrator 🎨 Represented by Bridgette Kam at Westwood
Personally managed by my tabby cat Sally in Vancouver, BC
https://www.elainechen.ca
https://www.instagram.com/tiny.clovers
DeAndra Hodge | Illustrator and Designer @deandrahodge.bsky.social NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator
Rep. By Christy T. Ewers @the_cat_agency
📍Washington D.C.
💌 hodgedeandra@gmail.com
www.deandrahodge.com
Jon Corby | KidLit Illustrator @joncorbyart.bsky.social Illustrator and Designer at HarperCollins Children’s Books 🍊Syracuse Alum / 🎨Rep’d by Jennifer March Soloway of Starling Literary Agency
🚀 Look out for I NEED SPACE 10/27/2026!
And 🌎 BLAST OFF TO THE PLANETS 01/2027
Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and mixed-media artist, nature lover | ADHD
Represented by the Bright Agency | odnatamyara.com
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
pintachan @pintachan.bsky.social Hello, my name is Pintachan and I am a full-time illustrator living in the north of Spain. Website: pintachan.com
Scott Rothman @scottrothmanwriter.bsky.social Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
www.scottrothmanwriter.com
ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ғᴏʀ ғɪʟᴍs, ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇs
https://calumalexanderwatt.com/
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 🌎📖💡
📘 Picture books
📕 Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
📗 Award winners
linktr.ee/eerdmansyoungreaders
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
Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/
Leslie Strock @nokkinatter.bsky.social ✨Art Director | Character Designer | Puppet Fabricator ✨
Creator of "Fins & Crinolines" on Webtoon!
Clients include Henson, LINE, Disney, & PBS Kids
✨Available for work!✨
💌 leslie.strock.art@gmail.com
Other places to find me: linktr.ee/lesliestrock
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
Taylor Price @taylornprice.bsky.social Illustrator ✏️
www.etsy.com/shop/TaylorPriceArtStudio
instagram.com/taylornprice
esther zhu @disasterzoo.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇺🇸 | calarts ca ‘26 
Will Steele @willsteeledesign.bsky.social N. Irish - Book designer (London) - Children's Fiction - Usborne. Insta - willsteeledesign
Keen runner and occasional photographer.
www.willsteele.co.uk
Michelle Kondrich @michellekondrich.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator
Designer @ The Washington Post
michellekondrich.com
Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander
LOVE IS POWERFUL
ONWARD: 16 Climate Fiction Stories
MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026
heatherdeanbrewer.com
instagram.com/hdeanbrewer/
bracketpublishing.com
Becka Moor @beckamoor.bsky.social Book doodler | Snr Designer
Agent: Hannah Whitty | The Plum Agency
www.beckamoor.com
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
Brizida Magro @brizidamagro.bsky.social Illustrator | Climber | Cat Lover
Boulder, CO
Rep by Andrea Morrison at Writers House
https://www.sweetbeyond.com/
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)
Marusha Belle @marushabelle.com ☆ Kidlit illustrator & author ☆ Pattern Creator ☆ Athlete☆ Ukulele player☆ life & ocean lover ☆
Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
https://hype.co/@marushabelle
Anitra Rowe Schulte @anitraschulte.bsky.social Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist
Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com
Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social Illustrator & Author from Bulgaria, living in the Lake District, UK
🌐 martinstanev.com
📚 Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com
✉️ hello.martinstanev@gmail.com
Cornelia Li @cornelia-illo.bsky.social Illustrator/story artist/bird lady.
Clients include Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Microsoft, NBA and more.
See my work at linktr.ee/corneliali 
Dorothy Leung @doroleung.bsky.social Illustrator
doroleung.com
Represented by Lindsay Davis Auld/Writers House
Anum Shafqat @anum-s.bsky.social Assistant Editor at S&S Children's, wildly unoriginal (desi, runs on chai, talks too much), avatar by the lovely Samairu ☀️
The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com The Animation Podcast, the original since 2005, created by Clay Kaytis.
Reboot (Season 2)… imminent.
https://linktr.ee/animationpodcast
Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social Author-Illustrator based in Brooklyn
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Dano Moreno @dano-moreno.bsky.social 👋 Hi! I’m Dano. I write for kids.
📘Pride is Love 🏳️🌈
📗Our Wish for You ✨
📕Hope for Ryan White 🌱
Rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
danomoreno.com
Emily Feinberg @ecfeinberg.bsky.social Children’s book editor. Loves dogs. Likes ducks.
Anthony Scott @anthonyscott.bsky.social Stop Motion Animator @ http://anthonyscott.net
IMDb: http://imdb.me/stopmotion
Matthew Burgess @matthewburgessj.bsky.social Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
Maggie Kang @maggiekang.bsky.social Writer/Director of KPop Demon Hunters
🇰🇷🇨🇦
Peter Sohn @peetsown.bsky.social Cinephile and diet ruiner. I work at Pixar Animation Studios. 🔥💧
Instagram: @petesohn18
Bianca Siercke @biancasiercke.bsky.social she/her
Story Artist at Netflix Steps | Treehorn | Kid Cosmic | Next Gen
past: DreamWorks Rise of the Titans | Wizards | 3Below
Animator 2D|CG The Little Prince | Cloudy2
http://instagram.com/bianca.storyart 
Tata Che @tatache.bsky.social Character designer in love with animation.
My portfolio www.tatacheart.com
About work email me at tatacheart@gmail.com
James A. Castillo @murfish.bsky.social He/Him · Emmy winning Director · Character Designer · Directing a movie about Goya.
Julien Rossire 🇨🇭🇨🇦 @jrossire.bsky.social Art director, story crafter and nerdy dreamer
https://www.julienrossire.com/
Natalie Nourigat @natalienourigat.bsky.social Director, Head of Story, Writer, Storyboard Artist for animation. Occasionally makes comics 💕
Tova Seltzer @talovala.bsky.social Assistant Editor @ Holiday House | Interior Designer @ Tova's House | Most Awkward Guest @ Your House
she/her ~opinions are solely my own~
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tova-seltzer/
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social Antifascist. Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
Liesa Abrams @batgirleditor.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Children’s Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social Inklore Editor | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | ✏️STEPPING UP and MAMI’s MAGIC WORDS | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Ace & Bi Afro🇩🇴 | #LatinxInPub | Rep’d: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
Shannon McNeill @littledrawings.bsky.social Illustrator and author based in San Diego, CA | Rep’d by Andrea Morrison, Writers House | HOW TO CHEER UP A FRIEND | SPARKLES, NO SPARKLES | WHEELS, NO WHEELS
Portfolio~ littledrawings.com
Please find me on IG @this_is_littledrawings for most updates!
LinoD @linodisalvo.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Director. Now: in Production, BADALISC. Then: Head of Animation Disney's Frozen. Supvr Animator Tangled, Bolt. GothamGroup @unitedtalent | SAG LinoDiSalvo.com
Alison Mann @alisonmann.bsky.social Co-Founder, BRIC Foundation & Talent Manager and President of Fourth Wall Animation at Fourth Wall Management. 2x Breast Cancer survivor. Twin Mom.
Masae Seki @masaeseki.bsky.social Freelance artist from Toronto, Canada
📧 masaeseki18@gmail.com
🌐 www.masaeseki.com
Floriane Marchix @floriane-marchix.bsky.social Art Director at Dreamworks Feature Animation.
Previous client Aardman / Google / Passion Picture.
Niklas Franz @niklasfranz.bsky.social Visual development artist / character designer from Berlin. Currently working for Angry birds 3 🐥
Other clients are DNEG, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Nexus…
https://www.niklasfranz.com
@carrececile.bsky.social @carrececile.bsky.social 
Melart @mel4rt.bsky.social Character designer & ceramic artist
☀️🌴 LA
www.melanytuna.net
Nucleus House @nucleushouse.bsky.social Art gallery in a 🏡
www.nucleusportland.com
Azusa Tojo @azuubanana.bsky.social Visdev artist🇯🇵
@jackiedroujko.bsky.social @jackiedroujko.bsky.social 
Nik Henderson @henderverse.bsky.social 
@marc-majewski.bsky.social @marc-majewski.bsky.social 
Jonathan Chen @wontonchild.bsky.social ✂️🏃🏻♂️🌈
🖍️ Available for work! Prev. @ Netflix, Pixar, Oddfellows, etc
✨ 📆: SJMade Friend Fest, Carriercon, SDCC
🦀 wontonchild@gmail.com
https://www.jonathanchenart.com/