Stephen Shaskan @sshaskan.bsky.social Creator of the best-selling graphic chapter book series PIZZA AND TACO.
Sarah Allen @sarahallen.bsky.social Award-winning author: WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF, BREATHING UNDERWATER, THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE, MONSTER TREE. Making silly sketches & songs & snuzzling cats. Better at Substack (sarahallen.substack.com)
PaperPencilPlay @paperpencilplay.bsky.social Kidlitart🎨📚📓
✨Children’s Illustration✨
❤️Picture Books and Middle Grade🫶🏻
Loriantubooks.com
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 💫
Jeremy Holmes @jeremyholmesstudio.bsky.social 
Miriam Singer @miriamsinger.bsky.social www.miriamsinger.com
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue
iOS: https://t1p.de/b3o4x
Android: Not available yet
❓ FAQS: https://t1p.de/24kj0
🐞 Bug Reports: https://t1p.de/phwii
💡 Feature Requests: https://t1p.de/8tmnc
Kevin Mercer @kevinmercer.bsky.social Creative person. Draws with scissors.
Stephanie Graegin @steph-graegin.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. I make picture books.
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
Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social ⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Lee Wade @leewade.bsky.social Publisher of Random House Studio
Mona Frodig @mona-frodig.bsky.social Artist/ illustrator
Audrey Helen Weber @audreyhelenweber.bsky.social picture book maker
gouache, watercolor, and acrylic paintings on paper
represented by Hannah Mann at Writers House
www.audreyhelenweber.com
Alex Eckman-Lawn @alexeckmanlawn.bsky.social Number one goopy guy. Collage artist and Illustrator working mostly in book covers, album art, and comic covers.
Dirty Hands Studio/ Tim Gough @dirtyhandsstudio.bsky.social Art, Design, and Illustration inspired by mid-century graphics, screen printing and loud music.
https://www.dirtyhandsstudio.net/work
Alli Katz @allikatz.bsky.social Cartoonist, other things 
Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social Cartoonist and illustrator
Podcast: Infinite Buckets of Popcorn
IG @snorewalrus
kidshay.com
MattPhelanDraws @mattphelandraws.bsky.social Author/Illustrator.
Liz Garton Scanlon @lizgardensalad.bsky.social Poems, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels.
All the world is all of us. 🌏♥️ She/Her
www.LizGartonScanlon.com
Vera Brosgol @verabrosgol.bsky.social books, bread, 'blivion. https://linktr.ee/Verabee
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Zack Rock @zackrock.bsky.social I write and illustrate books about animals in pants. linktr.ee/zackrock
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
Jude Buffum @judebuffum.bsky.social Jude Buffum is a Philadelphia-based pixel artist and illustrator renowned for his 8-bit-inspired designs and conceptual visual storytelling. Clients include Disney, Target, Hasbro, Sony, and BMW.
Jess Hannigan @jesshgn.bsky.social 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗 𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗, 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖑
🕸️ Spider in the Well 🐻 The Bear Out There
Mandy Sampson @rhubarbpies.bsky.social Production Director at Quirk Books, otherwise busy with my family, art, books, music, and too many hobbies.
Diandra Mae @diandramae.com 🇵🇷-Texan Illustrator 🖌️✂️🎨 | She/Her | ✨this✨close to wandering off into the woods forever 🏕️ Team#ADHD, so no method to my madness | TX ICE Impact Guide: https://tinyurl.com/TxICE |Portfolio: diandramae.com |
Rep’d by Carrie Hannigan at hgliterary.com
@annelambelet.bsky.social @annelambelet.bsky.social 
Lacey Librarian @laceylibrarian.bsky.social 📚 K-4 Librarian
💻 Tech + Book nerd
👶🏻 Wife + Momma🐾
📒 Resources for your library 💗
Mike Curato @mikecurato.bsky.social author & illustrator
🌈Gaysians, 🔥Flamer, 🐘Little Elliot
Aaron Zenz @aaronzenz.bsky.social Author and/or Illustrator of 45 books for kids
Anna Raff @annaraff.bsky.social Illustrator, educator, curious New Yorker. Rep’d by Wernick & Pratt. Books include:
🥳 PARTY ANIMALS, Disney-Hyperion
🚀 THE DAY THE UNIVERSE EXPLODED MY HEAD, Candlewick
🦘 IF I WERE A KANGAROO, Viking
https://linktr.ee/annaraff
Andy Wang @andywang.bsky.social they/them 🍒illustrator ✨book designer andywangart.com IG: @andywang.art
Whitney L-P 🩷💜💙 @whinknee.bsky.social She/Her
Children’s book Art Director and designer.
Website: whitlpdesign.com
Mom to a NB 8 year old and two black cats. Passionate about books, workers rights, equity, safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals, anti-racism, and picture book art.
Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social I am a children’s book art director, and that’s it. That is my entire vibe.
Oh, and pop culture stuff.
Right right right—I’m also drawn to politics like a mosquito to a bug zapper.
Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social 🌞 designer @ little simon & simon spotlight
🌙 illustrator, list-maker, friend to all dogs
https://linktr.ee/jshea_art
Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
Rep'd by Natascha Morris/ The Tobias Agency
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social (they/them) Children's book author & illustrator, cartoonist, games lizard.
(Accident!, Crab Cake, I'm On It!, Mr. Watson's Chickens, Pop Goes the Nursery Rhyme & more)
andreatsurumi.com
Darin Shuler @darinshuler.bsky.social 💥drawing💥
sketchbooks, comics, zines, picture books
Substack.com/@darinshuler
Alyssa Nassner @alyssanassner.bsky.social Design Director @ Morning Brew ☕️
—
South Philly 🦅
Art Direction, Wine, Weaving, & Illustration
—
www.alyssanassner.com
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Pamela Goodman @pamelagoodmanart.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and artist in the PNW🌲
linktr.ee/pamelagoodmanart
Emily Dove @emilydoveart.bsky.social Illustrator, author, and naturalist in Bellevue, WA
emilydove.com
Rep’d by Molly O’Neill of Root Literary
HELLO CLOWNFISH is out now through Chronicle Books!
Jessica Goecke @jessicagoecke.bsky.social Children’s book author + illustrator | 🖋️🎨BILLY AND THE HOLE (Flamingo Books 2026) | 🎨 IF MY SISTER WERE A WORM (Holiday House 2026)
Rep: Christie Megill at The CAT Agency
https://linktr.ee/jessicagoecke
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.
💙❤️
Olga Nenazhivina Art 👩🎨 @nenazhivina.com 👩🎨 Artist📍Based in Florida 🐊
Freehand dip pen сontemporary ink on paper 🖋️
Mostly drawings ✍️
Vegan 🌱🫶
nenazhivina.com/hi
No DMs. Any enquirers: olga@nenazhivina.com
@elivandenberg.bsky.social @elivandenberg.bsky.social 
David Witt @dwittart.bsky.social Story teller. Analog maker. Excellent Cartoonery & All Purpose Illustration. Minnesotan.
Damien Correll @damiencorrell.bsky.social Creative Director at Figma. Former baby.
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
Julie Fortenberry @julie410berry.bsky.social JulieFortenberry.com
Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social Illustrator, author, comics maker
Anne Hunter Illustration @annehunterstudio.bsky.social Picture book maker
Hawk Krall @hawkkrall.bsky.social Freelance Illustration since 1999.
Food enthusiast & New Age Drinks aficionado.
http://www.hawkkrall.net
http://hawkkrall.storenvy.com
http://www.instagram.com/hkrall
http://www.instagram.com/new_age_drinks
Miranda Harmon @mirandaharmon.bsky.social I draw!
Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Author-illustrator and mami born in Lima, Peru and living in the woods of SE Connecticut. Se habla español.
linktr.ee/juanamartinezneal
Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com Cartoonist. Picture books, GNs, Xavier Riddle & the Secret Museum, Ordinary People Change the World book series.
Molly Egan @mollyegan.bsky.social Illustrator based in South Philadelphia
Shop and portfolio @ https://molly-egan.com
Russ Cox @russcoxbooks.bsky.social Children’s graphic novel & picture book creator.
Music lover.
Vintage/retro fan.
Horror movie buff.
Rep'd by Jennie Kendrick at Red Fox Literary.
Portfolio: https://www.smilingotis.com/
Super Ari(o) @theduckmanz.bsky.social basketball, brand, charts, data, design, donuts, hockey, trading cards.
formerly @theduckmanz and @winkscards
https://winkitude.com
Denise Holmes @niseemade.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator & Champion Hula-Hooper | Chicago, IL | Rep'd by The Bright Agency | Baby Board Books Forever
niseemade.com
deniseholmes.substack.com
Merrill Rainey @littlerainey.bsky.social picture book creator • paper toy maker
Color, Cut, Create • Peek & Play series • My First Town @odddotbooks (Spring 2025)
Rep’d by @bookmarkliterary
http://linktr.ee/Littlerainey
Jordan C. Witt @spookywitt.bsky.social Pickle juice drinker. Salami mommy. Art maker. Huge bitch.
@spookywitt in places
jordancwitt.com
Richard Perez @skinnyships.bsky.social ➖ Colors & Shapes
➖ Design & Illustration
➖ Portland, OR
🖼️ skinnyships.com
orangerful @orangerful.bsky.social Librarian by day. Nerd 24/7. Probably thinking about board games.
(She/Her)
https://linktr.ee/orangerful
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
Joann Hill @joannhnyc.bsky.social Creative Director @disneyhyperiondesign , potter, Wife, Mom, Sister, Feminist, Friend, Ally, List maker, Headstrong Club.
Keith Warren Greiman @keithwarrengreiman.bsky.social Art. Philadelphia.
keithgreiman.com
keithwarrengreiman.bigcartel.com
Peter @petersbooknook.bsky.social maryland
librarian by day
📚🌈
Jesse Atwell @jesseatwell.bsky.social In exile. Read TEX on GoComics.
Terri Fry Kasuba @terrifrykasuba.bsky.social Illustrator
Matt Roeser @mattroeser.bsky.social Book cover designer // Art Director // Author // Jurassic Park conversationalist // Angela Lansbury signed my banner
mattmakesbooks.com
P. Dalkner @pdalkner.bsky.social A place for things.
More of me at www.pdalkner.com
Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social Comics friend.
Linktr.ee/lucyknisley
@selinisguven.bsky.social @selinisguven.bsky.social 
Chuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social I draw pictures, I bake bread, I go for walks.
Columbia county, NY
Alvina Ling @alvinaling.bsky.social Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
Aron Nels Steinke @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social Eisner-winning cartoonist. Public speaker and former classroom teacher. Creator of the Mr. Wolf’s Class series and SPEECHLESS (Graphix/Scholastic)
Links to all my stuff: https://linktr.ee/mrwolfcomics
rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social https://rachelelliott.me/
🏳️🌈 author-illustrator 💜s comedians tacos comics
THE REAL RILEY MAYES https://bit.ly/rileymayes
Preorder ZEB AND BEL: NIGHT OF THE BODEGA CAT here: https://bit.ly/zebbelbodega
Preorder ISAAC AND PEARL here: https://bit.ly/isaacpearl
Timothy Young @timothyyoung.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, Toy Designer and other Fun Stuff - https://creaturesandcharacters.com/
Anna Thompson @theannabeau.bsky.social Lapidary, Nature, Cats
Pierre @disc0p.bsky.social Henlo
Steve Antony @mrsteveantony.bsky.social Children's Author/Illustrator of internationally bestselling Mr Panda series, school staple The Queen’s Hat and ‘Best 2024 Picture Book’ Rainbowsaurus. And many more.
Dana Wulfekotte @danawulf.bsky.social Animator and children's book author-illustrator
Rilla Alexander @rillaalexander.bsky.social Illustrator . Designer . Author
📍L.A.
http://www.rillaalexander.com
Tim McFarlane @timmcfarlanestudio.bsky.social Visual Artist | Philadelphia, PA
Paintings, works on paper and assorted miscellany
TimMcFarlane.com
tim@timmcfarlane.com
[studio blog]: https://open.substack.com/pub/timmcfarlanestudio
[monthly email]: https://open.substack.com/pub/tmstudio
Allyn Howard @allyn005.bsky.social Pizza loving painter in NW Philly 👩🎨
🗝️ https://linktr.ee/allynhoward
Mary Sullivan 🌻🫘 @sullivandraws.bsky.social Picture book writer, illustrator of 7 pb’s and 2014 Geisel Honor winner for her pb BALL
https://www.shannonassociates.com/marysullivan/portfolio?image=0
https://marysullivan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sullivandraws?igsh=aWd1NzJqZTZnYWps&utm_source=qr
Taylor Sterling @taysterling.bsky.social Writer & Creative Director
Professional recommender, promiscuous reader
I write Moonbow, a publication about kids’ books for adults: https://moonbowbooks.substack.com/
Alice Lee @parallelpoint.bsky.social Illustrator (of birds, mostly) and ceramics hobbyist
https://www.parallelpoint.net/
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
@zeloot.bsky.social @zeloot.bsky.social 
Mike Petrik @mikepetrik.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids!
One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub.
Currently seeking representation.
https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik
Bear Edwards @bearedwards.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
Leslie H. 📚 🐕 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social I like big dogs | Freelance editor of #KidLit + select books for adults | Referrals deeply appreciated | EFA & SCBWI | She/her | https://bit.ly/LH_EditsBks
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