Jason Chapman @jasonchapman.bsky.social Author, illustrator, picture book maker
https://jasonchapman.co.uk/
Shop: https://jasonchapman.bigcartel.com/
@bobmcmahonart.bsky.social @bobmcmahonart.bsky.social Creator of the Cookie & Broccoli early reader series, Dial Books Random house.
Be honest, be silly, be kind. 
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
@carsonfellis.bsky.social @carsonfellis.bsky.social 
Marla Frazee @marlafrazee.bsky.social Author/illustrator • HOW ELEGANT THE ELEPHANT • IN EVERY LIFE • THE FARMER BOOKS • BOSS BABY • IT TAKES A VILLAGE by Hillary Clinton • 3x Caldecott Honoree 💫
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and writer of children's books, based in Devon.
I’ve made lots of books with pictures, including the Adventuremice series with my co-author Philip Reeve: jabberworks.co.uk/books / Adventuremice.com / youtube.com/@jabberworks
@scottcnash.bsky.social @scottcnash.bsky.social Artist. Author. Advocate.
Ellen Weinstein @ellenweinstein.bsky.social Illustrator, Author, New Yorker
Five Stories, Holiday House
Yayoi Kusama:From Here to Infinity, MoMA
IG: www.instagram.com/ellenweinsteinilloz
WEB: ellenweinstein.com
https://linktr.ee/ellenweinstein
Joyce Hesselberth @joycehesselberth.bsky.social Author-illustrator of picture books for children. My newest book is WHEN MOLLY ATE THE STARS, Chronicle Books. Repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio. #kidlit
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
MUTTS @muttscomics.bsky.social The official home of Patrick McDonnell's award-winning MUTTS comic strip. Our mission is to inspire empathy and compassion for all living beings.
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com Scruffy-looking word herder. PB + YA author. 🚀 ROCKET SHIP, SOLO TRIP (Viking, '24). ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS (Viking, '25). 🇮🇹 | 🏳️🌈🩷💚💙 | She/Her | Photo credit: Lauren Barkume
www.chiaracolombi.com
Scott Magoon @scottymagoon.bsky.social Author, illustrator of kidlit; lefty. Boston. Rep’d by @emily_van_beek @foliojr bio.site/scottmagoon
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/
Becky Gehrisch - kidlit picture books @gehrisch-arts.com - #kidlit picture book #Author-Illustrator 👩🏻🎨
-Former IC of Cen/South Ohio #SCBWI. 🖌️
www.gehrisch-arts.com
-Creative Director at Bookling Media 🎨
www.booklingmedia.com
National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org NCTE is the professional organization for literacy educators spanning preK through college. ncte.org
Alexandra Thompson @alexandradraws.bsky.social Children's illustrator & author in Maine. Rep'd by Hannah Mann at Writers House. See more at alexandraco.com
@abbottzoey.bsky.social @abbottzoey.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Partridge @epartridge.bsky.social Author of books for kids and adults: hidden histories that need telling, artists and photographers whose work needs to be seen. National Book Award finalist. Coming in August: Imogen Cunningham: Her Life and Work. (Viking).
www.ElizabethPartridge.com
S&S Children’s Books @simonkidsuk.bsky.social The home of Simon & Schuster Children’s Books and Gallery Kids.
NubeOcho @nubeocho.bsky.social Editorial infantil comprometida con la igualdad y la diversidad. Libros divertidos para acercarse a emociones y primeras experiencias.
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
Lisa Varchol Perron @lisavperron.bsky.social Author:
Patterns Everywhere (Lerner '23)
My Love for You (S&S '23)
Tell Me About Space/Oceans (S&S '23/'24)
All the Rocks We Love (RiseXPenguin '24)
Wonder Why (Harper Kids '25) + more
Rep: Tricia Lawrence, EMLA
https://lisaperronbooks.com
Joyce Sidman @joycesidman.bsky.social Children’s book author. Poet. Collector of stones, shells, mushrooms, and bits of beauty all around.
Www.joycesidman.com
Emily Feinberg @ecfeinberg.bsky.social Children’s book editor. Loves dogs. Likes ducks.
📚✨Caroline L. Perry ✨📚 @carolinelperry.bsky.social Picture book author
www.carolinelperry.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/carolinelperry
My books:
📘I AM NOT HAPPY! 🇦🇺 🐾
📕 Messi’s Magic ⚽️ 🥅
📙The Memory Cake 🇲🇹 🍰
📚 The Corgi and the Queen 🐾 👑
COMING SOON!
📕 I AM NOT GRUMPY! ☹️🐸
📗Nighty Knight 🛡️🏰
Jennifer Doehring @jenniferdoehring.bsky.social Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
LANDING IN A NEW POND
(Charlesbridge ’26)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (Albert Whitman ‘26)
Portfolio: www.jenniferdoehringbooks.com
Rep’d by Fairbank Literary
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.
JoAnn Early Macken @joannearlymacken.bsky.social Author of Grow; Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move; Waiting Out the Storm; and more. Sewist of upcycled clothing and Boomerang Bags. Collector and planter of seeds, baker of pies, fan of springtime and waterways and creatures that fly. www.joannmacken.com
Misty Wilson @mistywilsonwrites.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of the YA romance FALLING LIKE LEAVES & the award-winning MG graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL; teacher & RN; @mistywilsonwrites on IG; Rep: Daniel Lazar; she/her
Joanne Levy @joannelevy.bsky.social I write books for kids and make things with wool, wood, and a bit of magic.
Some of my books: LET IT GLOW (with Marissa Meyer), BIRD BRAIN, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS , THE SUN WILL COME OUT, FISH OUT OF WATER, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE.
www.joannelevy.com
Maria Scrivan @mariascrivan.bsky.social 📕 New York Times Bestselling Author
📚 Author: NAT ENOUGH series
🖋 Syndicated Cartoonist: HALF FULL
🎤 Speaker: mariascrivan.com/author-visits
👀 http://www.mariascrivan.com
Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia @lizbedia.bsky.social Children's Book Author
BESS THE BARN STAND STRONG (PSK)
ARTHUR WANTS A BALLOON (Trigger) | BALLOONS FOR PAPA (HarperKids)
A DINOSAUR'S DAY Series (DK/PRH)
Repped by Charlotte Wenger, Prospect Agency
https://elizabethgilbertbedia.com
Charles Ghigna @charlesghigna.bsky.social Poet, children's author, syndicated feature writer. FatherGoose.com
Stef Wade @stefwade.bsky.social 📕Children’s Author | Picture Books
💫A PLACE FOR PLUTO
🍁THE VERY LAST LEAF
🚫Q & U CALL IT QUITS
✨MOVING TO MARS
🎉 EVERY DAY’S A HOLIDAY
🌲THE VERY EAGER EVERGREEN (8/26)
🍄 THE FUN GUY (11/26)
Rep’d by Christa Heschke - McIntosh & Otis
@clarionbooks.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social Home to award-winning books for kids
SANDRA MARKLE @sandramarkle.bsky.social Sandra Markle's books are DISCOVERY FUN! She's the award-winning author of 270+ books and noted for In-Person and Virtual Visits packed with science magic plus stories from camping with penguins in Antarctica and MORE!
Ian Duncan (he/him) @ian-duncan-pb.bsky.social Kidslit writer and collector! Teacher, Parent, and Proud Partner. Preorder "RJ and the Ticking Clock" with Scot Ritchie (OwlKids) August 2025!
https://linktr.ee/ian_duncan_pb
Linda E. Marshall @lindaemarshall.bsky.social Writer of children's books (fiction and non-fiction), swimmer, nature-lover, humanitarian. Rep'd by Christa Heschke & Daniele Hunter at Mcintoshandotis.com www.lindamarshall.com
katie turner @katiecturner.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator. 🩷 katieturner.net
Hannah Salyer @hsalyer.bsky.social Slow makings and musings of the illustration, sculpture, and storytelling variety.
Diana Schoenbrun @dianaschoenbrun.bsky.social Artist
Award-winning illustrator. Children’s Books, Comics, Editorial.
Rep'd by Lara Perkins @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Comics for the Washington Post & NYTimes
Artist-in-residence at Ragdale 25'
www.dianaschoenbrun.net
Kristy Caldwell @kristycaldwell.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator | Exploring imagination + literacy + community through visual narratives
✏️ Asst. Professor, Queens College, CUNY
📍NYC | 🌱 Louisiana
📍kristycaldwell.com
Jessie Sima @jessiesima.bsky.social Indie and NYT Bestselling Author & Illustrator of a stack of books for kids.
https://www.jessiesima.com/
Kay Healy @kayhealy.bsky.social Casey’s Cases author/illustrator. Artist. Philly. Cat mom. Dog mom. Girl mom. Community Gardener. Neighborhood bird feeder. Irrigation system enthusiast.
kayhealy.com
caseyscases.com
Elizabeth @elizabethbaddeley.bsky.social Author, NY Times Best Selling Illustrator, Sewist, Mom, Boston Terrier enthusiast. Living in the liberal part of Kansas. She/her. Elizabethbaddeley.com
@saravaron.bsky.social @saravaron.bsky.social 
Dean Robbins @deanrobbins.bsky.social Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, The Fastest Drummer, Two Friends, The Shape of Things, the You Are a Star series, and more. 
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
Colleen Paeff @colleenpaeff.bsky.social Rhymes with laugh | Sibert Honor author of THE GREAT STINK | Next up: FIREFLY SONG 6/25 and RAINBOW TRUCK 3/26 | School visits are my favorite! | Los Angeles, CA
www.colleenpaeff.com
Agent: @steelworksliterary.bsky.social
Megan E. Freeman @meganefreeman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Poet. Wildflower enthusiast. Novels ALONE and AWAY available from Simon & Schuster. Rep’d by East West Literary. I love connecting with readers and educators for school author visits. linktr.ee/meganefreeman
Ashley Barron @ashleybarron.bsky.social Illustrator & Author (Toronto, Canada)
www.ashleybarron.com
Sylvie Kantorovitz @sylviekant.bsky.social Creator of comics for young readers.
Graphic memoir: SYLVIE (ages 9 - 14)
Monti and Leo (ages 7 - 9)
A New Car for Pickle (3 - 6)
Some things I enjoy: all kinds of art, quiet things, ordinary days, peanut butter.
www.sylviekantorovitz.com
Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social Children’s book author and former-yet-forever teacher.
GATHER GRATEFUL * TWINKLE, TWINKLE, WINTER NIGHT * DIRT AND BUGSY series
www.meganlitwinbooks.com
Kadir Nelson @kadirnelson.bsky.social Artist and Author
Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit
MG Graphic Novel #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Picture book #AmaraAndTheBats 🦇📚🏳️🌈♾ AuDHD
Loves #Bats .She/Her. Rep'd by Thao Le
Website: emmareynoldsillustration.com
Links: linktree.com/emmaillustrate
Pamela Goodman @pamelagoodmanart.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and artist in the PNW🌲
linktr.ee/pamelagoodmanart
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Lucy Fleming @illustratelucy.bsky.social Manchester based children's author, illustrator & brush maker 🌻Sitting in a cosy corner with a cup of tea. Agents: @the_bright_agency 💛
Briony Dixon @brionyillustrates.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator. Cut paper and collage ❤️✂️ SCBWI member.
https://www.brionydixon.com/
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree
Jenni Desmond @jennidesmond.bsky.social Illustrator and author // picture books
London
https://www.jennidesmond.com/
Wendy Mass @wenmass.bsky.social Children's book writer. Collector of unusual hobbies. 
Mary Wagley Copp @maryfkwc.bsky.social Author of Wherever I Go and Yoshi’s Big Swim. Coming soon: Sometimes We Pray. Represented by by Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency
Stenhouse Publishers @stenhousepub.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: @stenhouse_publishers
April Jones Prince @apriledit.bsky.social Children's book author. Agent/nurturer at Studio Goodwin Sturges. PT faculty @RISD. Cheerleader of young writers. Believer in hearing and empowering all voices. Lover of history, juicy words, and coffee. She/her.
JacobGrantBooks @jacobgrantbooks.bsky.social Author - Illustrator - Dad
🏆 2024 Bologna Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Winner
https://jacobgrantbooks.com/
Phoebe Wahl @phoebewahl.bsky.social Author, illustrator, surface designer 📚🍄🌷
Kevin Mercer @kevinmercer.bsky.social Creative person. Draws with scissors.
Hannah Chung @hannahchung.com Writing and illustrating children's books!
✎ THE MOST PERFECT PERSIMMON
✎ BREAD DAYS
Rep: Rebecca Sherman at Writers House
hannahchung.com/books
Tiffany Jewell @tiffanymjewell.bsky.social Author
Mama
Educator
Aaron Meshon @aaronmeshon.bsky.social Award winning illustrator, children’s book creator, muralist, map maker, cartoonist and bath taker living in The Barkshires.
Website: aaronmeshon.com
Shop: popandpals.etsy.com
Cars: backseatdrafter.com
Visit: railroadstcollective.com
Isabel Roxas (Isabel Raw-hass) @studioroxas.bsky.social Author, illustrator, magic-bean buyer.
Kayla Stark @kaylastark.bsky.social Author / Illustrator
mocculere @mocculere.com Author/illustrator of Picopaco & Mojčica comics
Soria, Spain. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
📚 Rep'd by Lorna at Darley Anderson
📯 hello@mocculere.com
🌐 www.mocculere.com
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
Amanda Driscoll @amanda-j-driscoll.bsky.social UNDER ANNA'S UMBRELLA author, picture book author/illustrator, graphic designer, book worm, bird nerd, and early bird.
Corinna Luyken @corinnaluyken.bsky.social author/illustrator THE ARGUERS (May ‘25)• THE BOOK OF MISTAKES • ABC & YOU & ME • MY HEART • THE TREE IN ME • IN THE DARK • PATCHWORK • ADRIAN SIMCOX • NOTHING IN COMMON • SOMETHING GOOD
www.corinnaluyken.com
https://linktr.ee/corinnaluyken
Jonathan Hill @oneofthejohns.bsky.social (He/Him) Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. Serve on the board of directors for Literary Arts.
www.oneofthejohns.com
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Jewell Parker Rhodes @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social New York Times bestelling author and educator.
www.jewellparkerrhodes.com
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. emmakantor.com
Allison Cole @allisoncole.bsky.social 🖌 Illustrator and Artist
✨ Adjunct Professor at RISD
📚 Represented by Analía Cabello @analiacabello.bsky.social at ABLA
allisoncoleillustration.com
Zara González Hoang @zarprey.bsky.social I make picture books and fill sketchbooks.
Rep'd by Andrea Morrison @ Writers House
https://linktr.ee/zarprey
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
Ashley Belote @ashleybelote.bsky.social Hi! I’m a kidlit author/illustrator!
WITCH & WOMBAT, SHEEPWRECKED (PRH)
LITTLE RED & BIG, BAD FRED (PRH 11/18/25)
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara, Triada US Literary Agency 📝🎨📚
Brook Gideon @brookgideon.bsky.social Wrangler of words, watercolors, pets, and plants. Lover of sharks, science, and second breakfast. Salty.
Yuko Shimizu @yukoart.bsky.social NY based Japanese illustrator. I did NOT create Hello Kitty. Yukoart.com
Michelle Edwards @michellejedwards.bsky.social Creator of books for children and illustrated knitting essays. Slinger of words, painter of #studioscrawls. Author of ME AND THE BOSS, A HAT FOR MRS. GOLDMAN and many other books.
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social children's writer, college professor, Minnesotan etc etc (new book in 2025: Scattergood). She/her. Protect trans kids (and adults). hmbouwman.com
Jolly Fish Press @jollyfishpress.bsky.social We believe in connecting authors and readers through the magic and discovery of simply good books. An imprint of North Star Editions.
jollyfishpress.com
Jen Arena @jenarena.bsky.social Kids book author and kids book editor
Check out some of my books! Acorn Was a Little Wild (S&S), Besos for Baby (Little Brown), GIVE (Knopf), Marta! Big and Small (Roaring Brook)
agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox
jenarenabooks.com
Alex Lu @waxenwings.bsky.social Editor at Random House Graphic, Writer-in-progress
Steve Mack - Illustration @steve-mack.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator for all kinds of fun products!
#KIDLIT #KIDLITART
stevemack.com
Christine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social illustrator 🇵🇭 I DANCE (Holiday House ‘25), I TUCK IN MY TRUCK (Holiday House ‘26)
📚 rep’d by Full Circle Literary
available for freelance!
https://www.christinealmeda.com/links