Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle every Thurs on Insta
📘 BOOGY & TEE and TWINKLE & HEW: 9.1.26
🚫 No AI Art
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social DC area. Ex-journalist, writer, editor, book blogger, podcaster, author of OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS and other books.
Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social Cartoonist, Printmaker + Educator 🔥🔥🔥
PVD, she/they.
FOX RIVER COMICS CAMP! Out 10/6/26!
Pre-order my new children's graphic novel today! foxrivercomicscamp.com
Links: bio.site/cathygjohn
valerie 🌷🐌 @snailerie.co Illustrator and Designer 💫 drawing a lot of critters 🌷 sometimes making little paper goods 🐌
https://www.valerie-nelson.com/
https://snailerie.co/
Julie Benbassat @juliebenbassat.bsky.social Philly Illustrator | Avid Sketcher | Soft Tofu Stew Lover
Mungo On His Own (2026)
WEBSITE: https://www.juliebenbassat.com/
CONTACT: mail@juliebenbassat.com
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
@kmimagine.bsky.social @kmimagine.bsky.social 
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social 
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | TANGLED TALES OF AN UNDERGROUND MARKET coming Fall 2027 | #SCBWI | she/her
Brian Lies @brianlies.bsky.social NYT bestselling children’s book author and illustrator. Caldecott honoree. Visiting author. Gardener, woodworker, fan of “how to” videos and making stuff like pickles, cheese and kimchi. - 4 @4amshower.bsky.social @4amshower.bsky.social
Meg Hunt @meghunt.bsky.social Illustrator and mentor working in kids books, packaging and character design. Let’s work together.
Repped by Lara Perkins at ABLA and Scott Hull Associates.
http://www.linktr.ee/meghuntillo
http://www.meghunt.com
Julia Mills @jamills.com Author/illustrator I AM STUCK Clarion, '23
ROBINSON'S NEW THING Clarion, '25
Public school art educator
Knitter
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Robin Rosenthal @robinrosenthal.bsky.social children's book author + illustrator
SWEET BABE! A Jewish Grandma Kvells, Coming 2/18/25
TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE PHILOSOPHERS, and BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE ENVIRONMENTALISTS
robinrosenthal.com
https://linktr.ee/robinrosenthal
Ana Aranda @anaranda2.bsky.social 🇲🇽 #Kidlit author illustrator
📚OUR DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION - Penguin/Paulsen
Represented by Adriana Dominguez/Aevitas
www.anaranda.com
Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social Illustrator, author, comics maker
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Boulevard, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. Brooklyn, NY. emmakantor.com
Dylan Teut @dylan-teut.bsky.social K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
💚HAROLD THE ICEBERG IS NOT A SUPER FOOD💚 is now available wherever your favorite books are sold.
Simon Han @simonhan.bsky.social Nights When Nothing Happened (Riverhead Books, 2020)
Also: Whyyyyy
Lily Qian ✨🏹 @lilyqian.bsky.social Illustrator | Brooklyn
editorial • books • fashion
Pulitzer Prize nominated artist
faculty at FIT
📚A Cat in Central Park
🎨 https://www.lily-qian.com/
Symone P. Harris @symonepharris.bsky.social Wannabe film producer currently in book publishing | Once misquoted by The Guardian
Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning literature from around the world in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.transitbooks.org
Jen Keenan @charmingstudio.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator, art director
📚 Seeking Children's Book Rep
🛠️ Fixing up an old house in the Catskills
👩🏻 She/Her
Portfolio: jenkeenan.com
Studio: charmingstudiony.com
Grace Kendall @gracekendallbooks.bsky.social Executive Editor of award-winning and bestselling children’s books at FSG Books for Young Readers (Macmillan). Books, food, fine art, cocktails/mocktails, and Manhattan née Brooklyn. Opinions mine alone.
auroraparl @auroraparl.bsky.social ✿ Art Director @ Macmillan Children's Books
✿ she/her
✿ icon by Veronica Mang
Holly Hoover @hollyhoover.bsky.social Art Director, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 📚🎨✨
https://www.hollyhooverdesign.com
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social Celebrating the best books for children and teens since 2006.
https://linktr.ee/CybilsAwards
Erin Clarke @emclarke.bsky.social lover of books, runner of races, publisher at Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books
Stephanie Graegin @steph-graegin.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. I make picture books.
Kate Berube @kateberube.bsky.social NY Times bestselling illustrator & author of picture books • HANNAH & SUGAR • MAE’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL • JOHN’S TURN • WILLOW THE WHITE HOUSE CAT
Yon Lee (李勇辉） @yonhlee.bsky.social Raised on Kopitiam. I like writing and drawing.
🐕 🎵 🍵 🌈 🇲🇾 🇺🇸
Annie Kelley @anniekelley.bsky.social Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities
Martha Mihalick @marthamihalick.bsky.social Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
Vivian Lee @vivianlee.bsky.social Senior editor at Little, Brown
Not a girl, not yet a dad
Instagram: vleebooks
vivianwmlee.com
Danielle Collins @daniellecollins.bsky.social Hi I’m Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Children’s // (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles.bsky.social Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
http://bit.ly/juliambooks
Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
www.editoralexborbolla.com
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.
Yvonne Lam @yvonnelam.bsky.social About 📚, 📚+🎨, 🧣 & 🏀
book designer + art direction @ Scholastic Canada
Instagram @yvonnelamdesign
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at CCNY (Critical Writing) & Pratt (Typography). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent:
@liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
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
YUK FUN @yukfunwow.bsky.social Lucy Cheung (she/her) and Patrick Gildersleeves (he/him). Illustration/design duo based in Portslade, on the south coast of England. We just like making stuff.
www.yukfun.shop
Patrick posting here mostly, don't blame Lucy for my nonsense
Linzie Hunter @linzie.bsky.social Author-illustrator. Doodler. Scot.
www.linziehunter.co.uk
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
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
Michelle Cusolito, M.Ed. ❌👑 @mcusolito.bsky.social Award-winning author of books for kids. Educator. Science Communicator. Ocean Evangelist. Preorder JELLYFISH SCIENTIST and IN THE WORLD OF WHALES. Adjunct @SimmonsUniversity MFA. Rep: @jmcgowanbks #SciComm she/her
https://linktr.ee/mcusolito
Linda Ludke @lindamludke.bsky.social Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist 
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. 📚
@andreleebassuet.bsky.social @andreleebassuet.bsky.social 
Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social #kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady
COMING OCTOBER 20: Licorice, a mg novel retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca with a feline twist. Preorder NOW wherever books are sold! 🙀
https://linktr.ee/karalareau
Anika Aldamuy Denise @anikaadenise.bsky.social Award-winning author of Planting Stories (Pura Belpré Honor, 2020) Phenomenal AOC (Pura Belpré Honor for illustration, 2022), Gato Guapo, A Girl Named Rosita, La Bandera (2026), and more.
Pam Vaughan @pamvau.bsky.social Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Jennifer K. Mann @jenniferkmann.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Children’s Books. Most recent: THE CAMPING TRIP, MAPLE AND ROSEMARY, CLIMBING THE VOLCANO, THE RIDING LESSON. Coming soon:GOOD MORNING, MORNING!
Christopher Silas Neal @csneal.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of picture books.
https://direct.me/csneal
@ravenhowell.bsky.social @ravenhowell.bsky.social 
Eliza Kinkz @elizakinkz.bsky.social Makes Funny Books for kids and their grown-ups 
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Booklist Publications @ala-booklist.bsky.social Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
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.
Juliana Perdomo @julianaperdomo.bsky.social Kidlit Author and Illustrator
Poet 🌞
Ezra Jack Keats Honor 2023
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
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
@woohooellensu.bsky.social @woohooellensu.bsky.social 
Rilla Alexander @rillaalexander.bsky.social Illustrator . Designer . Author
📍L.A.
http://www.rillaalexander.com
@thesmilingsun.bsky.social @thesmilingsun.bsky.social 
Eric Fan @ericfan.bsky.social Picture book artist and author. One part of the Fan Brothers. Repped by Kirsten Hall at Catbird Agency.
https://www.thefanbrothers.com
Terry Fan 🐋 @terryfan.bsky.social Picture book author and illustrator. One part of The Fan Brothers. Repped by Kirsten Hall, Catbird Agency.
www.thefanbrothers.com
USBBY @usbby.bsky.social The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) is a nonprofit organization devoted to building bridges of international understanding through children's and young adult books. 
Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 🦁📚✨ We publish wonder-saturated illustrated books from around the world!
https://enchantedlion.com
Amy Hevron @amyhevron.bsky.social Children's book author, illustrator, birder, baker.
Recent books: 🪵 Log Life 🍃 City of Leafcutter Ants 🐜 Poo Pile on the Prairie 💩
Coming 2026: Bog Buddies www.amyhevron.art
Greg Pizzoli @gregpizzoli.bsky.social Maker of picture books, comics, early readers and screenprints. Preorder my new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721979/earl-and-worm-1-the-b
Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social An Illustrator! In Honolulu! Probably drinking coffee.
Rep'd by @ksonnack.bsky.social
www.adventurefun.club
📗: Anything? Anything! (Summer 2027)
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
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
rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social she/her. executive editor @ aladdin/s&s.
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Naomi Kirsten @naomikirsten.bsky.social Freelance Editor | Creative Consultant 💫
Formerly Senior Editor at Chronicle Books 📚
SOS: Secrets of Submitting on Substack 👀
www.naomikirsten.com
Catherine Chung (CC) @catherinechung.bsky.social 
Yuko Torii - Author-Illustrator of Children's Books @midnightatelier.bsky.social Webpage : www.MidnightAtelier.com
Instagram : @ midnight_atelier
Represented by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency.
My debut Picture Book, "My Someone" is on sale now! (RISE x Penguin Workshop).
Ericka Lugo @erickalugo.bsky.social Puerto Rican Illustrator / Couch Potato / Expert Plant Murderer/
www.erickalugo.com
Repped by @ksonnack.bsky.social
Vicky Fang | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @fangmousbooks.bsky.social Author, illustrator, designer. LAYLA & THE BOTS, INVENT-A-PET, FRIENDBOTS, BEST BUDDIES (Scholastic, '23), AVA LIN (Candlewick, '24), & more.
Kim-Hoa Ung 黃金花 @autumnleaflet.bsky.social Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
Rebecca M Davis @rebeccamdavis.bsky.social Children's book editor; loves books, nature, animals, poetry, walking, and so much more.
Rebecca Davis Editorial Services
nancyillustrator 🐘GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT🐘 @nancywhitesides.bsky.social 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 illustrator. GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT Chronicle, 2023. SMALL THINGS MENDED Rocky Pond Books, 2024. environmentalist. rep: Rebecca Sherman
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
Erika DiPasquale | KidLit Editor @erika-dipasquale.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books
Opinions my own
She/Her
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/erika-dipasquale/
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social Author and illustrator of all the books you like. No, not that one. No, not that one either
Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('23 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements