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Saoirse Doyle- Sweet Dreams celebration🍓🍰😴 @ladyofart123.bsky.social a future book writer and illustrator working on two debut books: "the meditating crocodile and other tales" (short story collection) and "our magically cherished things: an Autumn beginning" (novel) AI is Not allowed
Jessica Fujimori @jessicafujimori.bsky.social
Jacqueline Lopez - Author @jlopezwrites.bsky.social Mexican American~ Desires to Improve this World Through Books, Pre-Order Glow Power: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJT2TP4S Education, retaking our humanity; living our values & lessons from greats like Sor Juana Inez, President Benito Juarez, Nelson Mandela
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
Henk-Jan Kooiman @hajeka.bsky.social My daily made photos and some others
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.
SCBWI en Español @scbwiespanol.bsky.social Comité de la ✨Sociedad de Escritores e Ilustradores de Libros Infantiles✨ para hablantes de lengua hispana. ✉️slc@scbwi.org 🪁 Newsletter: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/international-central/la-cometa 🔗 Links: https://linktr.ee/scbwiespanol
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT 🎨 CharleneChua.com 🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links ✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
David Buist @davidbuist.bsky.social Comic and children's book illustrator. Father of 3 and lover of music and beer.
BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com Website: http://brianmcl.com Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/53s84hmf Comic Tutorial Videos: http://bit.ly/3EvX8CX shop: http://brianmcl.threadless.com Author of Spruce Street Squad in Owl Magazine he/him demi/ace #KidLitArt #TTRPG
James Braithwaite Kidlit/Animation @thebathwater.bsky.social Illustrator, author, animation director (in that order) Lost an Oscar. Won an Emmy. Represented by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA. deborahpaquette@shaw.ca deborahpaquette.com
Anu C. @anumation.bsky.social Art director - Greenhearth Necromancer / Character designer / Kid lit illustrator and author! 🇨🇦 #kidlitart Rep’d by Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency anumation.ca
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼 Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary @starlingliterary.bsky.social PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN www.heycrystalsmith.com
Shirley V T 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇵🇭🇹🇼 #veryasian #GN kidlit illustrator @svtworks.bsky.social Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |CLIPSTUDIO- AFFINITY-CAD & No 🧌, no TMI.
Mathieu Benoit @mathieubenoit.bsky.social Auteur de bande dessinée, illustrateur jeunesse. Portfolio — www.mathieubenoit.net
@almafullerton.bsky.social @almafullerton.bsky.social I write and illustrate children’s picture books and novels. I teach, mentor, love to garden, raise farm animals and make things. SCBWI member. Repped by Deborah Warren at East West Literary she/her Www.almafullerton.com
Benson Shum @bshum79.bsky.social Award-winning Author-Illustrator & Disney Animator on #Zootopia2 #Encanto, WE ARE LION DANCERS, ANZU THE GREAT KAIJU. Rep: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary 🎨 www.bensonshum.com 📑 www.bensonshum.com/activities/ 🌟 https://linktr.ee/BensonShum
Annely So @annely-so.bsky.social Kid lit illustrator and writer, educator, and outdoorsy girl. Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social at Essie White Literary www.annelyso.com
Becky (Rebecca) Allen @tigerlilygraphics.bsky.social Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator from London ON Canada 🇨🇦 My assistant is Archie the ginger cat 🐱 When I'm not creating art you can often find me playing video games or curled up with a good book. www.tigerlilygraphics.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!
Manue Illustrations @manueillustrations.bsky.social Illustratrice/Freelance de la Ville de Québec, Canada. Spécialisée en édition jeunesse, illustrations, générale et bédéiste 🇫🇷 Illustrator/Freelance from Quebec city, Canada. Specializing in children's publishing, illustration, general and comic art 🇨🇦
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
Nicole Anne. @nicolewalker.bsky.social Illustrations, Writing, Comics Used to be a lot of things BC, 🇨🇦 “Talk less smile more - Never!” Actually I have Feeds; I can give you less or more Shares neurodivergence, Aphantasia & Life so far (Ideas -WIP, OC) NO AI nicole@westcoastfloraandfauna.ca
Roz MacLean @rozdraws.bsky.social Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring! #kidlit https://rozmaclean.com/blog/
Lisa Chen-Wing @lisachenwing.bsky.social I make picture books. Recovering advertising art director. agent: Andrea Cascardi, webcomic: Whiny Whiny Pancakes, Canada Council for the Arts 2021 grant recipient. portfolio: http://elsiedub.com/
april dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social Often writing, always drawing! NORA AT NIGHT out now :) 🍏 currently: ubc mfa crwr 🥝 rep'd by Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social 🍐 fun newsletter: mygutisacosmos.substack.com 🍋‍🟩 portfolio, etc: aprilmilne.com
Tommy Doyle @tommydoyle.bsky.social Canadian Kidlit Illustrator Available for work Rep by @lemonadeillustrationagency 🏳️‍🌈✌️- 🚫AI
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨ rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com email: torikcole@gmail.com
Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social Canadian Illustrator 🇨🇦 💌 info@maxinevee.com 🌷 https://maxinevee.com 🌸 https://linktr.ee/artofmaxinevee
Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social Author, comic artist and and animator. 📚: What’s Up Beanie, Emi Isn’t Scared of Monsters, The Great Puptective series, My Sister The Werebeast (oct 7, 2025). Currently living in 🇨🇦 whatsupbeanie.com
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Zoë Robertson @zoevsrobots.bsky.social Picture book maker, author/illustrator, poet, musician, non-serious person, avid looker of out the window. Represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency. www.zoevsrobots.com
Farida Zaman @faridazaman.bsky.social Author. Illustrator - telling a story through words and illustrations.
JenniFurArt @jennifurart.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator, Dreamer, #KidLit, #KidLitArt, #illustration, #art Portfolio: JenniFurArt.com
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Genevieve Kote @genevievekote.bsky.social KidLit illustrator from 🇨🇦 Represented by the Bright Agency https://www.genevievekote.com/
Ronnie Szo 🌱 @ronnieszoart.bsky.social ✏️ I draw silly nature art & stationery! 🌳 Children’s Book Illustrator 🌱 Nature educator in ON, Canada 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 (they/she) 🛒 shop: www.ronnieszo.art 🖼 portfolio: https://ronnieszoart-portfolio.carrd.co/ 🌻 insta: www.instagram.com/ronnieszo.art #art #KidLitArt
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡) 📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling 🎨Studio life & behind the scenes ✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com 🖤🩶🤍💜 www.clairelordon.com/links
Meaghan @megsscribbles.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Ink enthusiast. 🍁 My books for young readers include The Bear House, Movers, and Cheat Code. Lydia Cooper is a Lie coming (Summer 2026). Books: https://meaghanmcisaac.com/ Illustration: https://draw.meaghanmcisaac.com/
Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist. Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS. Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder. https://www.jesskeating.com/ Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
Kate Phillips @katephillipsart.bsky.social Children's book illustrator / award-winning comic artist / cartoonist of The Usual and High Tide. www.katephillips.net
Margaret Salter @margaretsalter.bsky.social Canadian KidLit Illustrator tangledginger.com
MiliFayArt.bsky.social @milifayart.bsky.social Story Artist, Illustrator, Author, Globe Trotter 🏆 Roger Allers Story Artist – Notable Contribution 2026! 🌎 On art and writing. ✍🏻 Staying positive most of the time. 💕 ☀️ 😊 https://milifay.art
lana🍵 @chanartings.bsky.social 🍳 painting and doodling ✉️ lana.zh.chan@gmail.com 🎨 cargocollective.com/chanartings
Aidan Cassie @aidancassie.bsky.social Island-dwelling picture-book-maker. Author & illustrator of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER • LITTLE JUNIPER MAKES IT BIG • THE WORD FOR FRIEND and... CAT SHAPES, spring 2026! portfolio at http://aidancassie.com
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
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
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA 🌟anti-racism through reading 🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth 🌟posts by teacher Ruth and translator Sarah
Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader. Multilingual author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈 He/él I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Ruth @bookishruth.bsky.social 🌎 reading international children's books for #WorldKidLitMonth 📚
H Helen Wang @helenwanglondon.bsky.social UK-based researcher, translator, editor (silk roads, textiles, money, collections, Chinese children’s books). Previously at the British Museum, currently at Zhejiang University, and University of Leeds
Rachel Ward @racheltranslates.bsky.social FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @FwdTranslations@zirk.us
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) @wearealsc.bsky.social The world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. 📖 Find us at ala.org/alsc We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Tiffany Obeng | Author Attorney Advocate @sugarcookiebooks.bsky.social Hi, I'm Tiffany Obeng and I equip organizations and individuals dedicated to improving literacy rates among Black children and Black boys with a curated collection of diverse and engaging children's picture books.
KidLit Works @kidlitworks.bsky.social We are a group of children's book creators with books publishing in 2024 and beyond.
edna cabcabin moran ✨🌈 🌺 kid lit author/illustrator @kidlitedna.com I'm an author/artist/educator who dances up stories and paints with words. ✨ PB & MG GN :)✨💫 #ResistanceMatters ✨ #wethepeople "Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ~Bob Marley ☺️ bio.site/kidlitedna 💜 #diversekidlit 🚫 no gen AI
Tamla T. Young @tamlatyoung.bsky.social I write for children. I teach children. I mother 2 children. My debut PB Ready, Set, Mango!🥭 available where books are sold! April 25’ 🥰 #PBRisingStars HM 24’ #12x12 25’ #PBParty HM 25’
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
Author Sanyu @authorsanyu.bsky.social 📚Children’s Book Author Global Tales, African Hearts 🌍 📍Houston, Texas Visit me at www.AuthorSanyu.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
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
The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social small press | big dreams Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations. www.theemmapress.com
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans. Rep: Brent Taylor www.RajaniLaRocca.com
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
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth. Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social Writer and illustrator of silly things.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26) Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26) Profile pic by Yas Imamura Prettyokmaggie.com
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Yugntruf - Kinder-Loshn Publications @yugntruf.bsky.social Promotes Yiddish by creating opportunities for learning/immersion. Publishes classic works of Yiddish kids lit in bilingual editions. http://kinderloshn.org https://www.yugntruf.org/
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Pushkin Children’s brings the world’s greatest stories to young readers - to be read and read again. Children's imprint of @PushkinPress https://linktr.ee/pushkinchildrens
Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning literature from around the world in the San Francisco Bay Area. www.transitbooks.org
ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social An online magazine & micropublisher. ALQ & Books: http://arablit.org/ * Reader-supported: http://patreon.com/arablit, http://arablit.gumroad.com * PACBI signatory
Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social Reader & occasional blogger of #WorldKidLit, huge fan of Finnish translations, beginner weaver, library advocate, magpie
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse.
Nanette McG @nanettemcg.bsky.social Soprano & Artistic Executive Director of Ensemble for These Times (E4TT). Translate books and graphic novels for children & adults from French and Italian (mostly), Spanish and German (occasionally) into English (she/her)
Melek Ortabasi @mortabasi.bsky.social Mother, scholar, voter. Unsinkable. Expertise in World lit, Japanese lit, children’s lit, translation studies, and general saltiness. Contributor to @roganslist.bsky.social since 2017 🤯
Leah Janeczko @fromtheitalian.bsky.social Italian-to-English literary translator
Greystone Books @greystonebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of naturally great books about science, culture, and nature––for adults and kids.
Archipelago Books @archipelagobooks.bsky.social a non-profit press devoted to contemporary and classic international literature
Holly Thompson @hatbooks.bsky.social New: LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER. Author of verse novels, picture books, poetry, prose. Teacher. Writing Consultant. KidLit translator (J>E). Japan longtimer. Website: https://www.hatbooks.com/ Blog: https://hatbooks.blogspot.com/
Hongyu Jasmine Zhu 朱弘昱 @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social hoarding words & songs editor-at-large for china @asymptote | fellow @littranslate.bsky.social‬ @scbwi.bsky.social‬ @larb-workshop.bsky.social‬ @frontline cnf translation 在場非虛構翻譯 tr. Little Squirrel and Old Banyan by Zhou Jianxin (2025 Balestier Press)
Outside In World @outsideinworld.bsky.social The organisation dedicated to exploring and promoting children’s books in translation https://www.outsideinworld.org.uk
Groundwood Books @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social At Groundwood we believe all children deserve access to good books. Distributed by Jaguar in Canada and PGW in the U.S. Visit our website: https://groundwoodbooks.com/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky_profile
Firefly Press @fireflypress.bsky.social Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year www.fireflypress.co.uk
Gecko Press @geckopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of internationally award-winning curiously good children's books from around the world.
HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social HopeRoad: Independent publisher supporting neglected voices. Books from and about Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Small Axes publishing post-colonial classics and fiction in translation. https://www.hoperoadpublishing.com/
@levinequerido.bsky.social @levinequerido.bsky.social
Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social 📖Children/YA imprint of Oneworld Publications 🌊Publishing books with complicated characters and diverse voices✨☀️💪
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age. Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
UKLA @uklitassociation.bsky.social A supportive community for literacy educators. Research. Awards. Publications. CPD. Sign up here: https://app.sheepcrm.com/ukla/login #ukla25
Laura Watkinson @laurawat.bsky.social Literary translator, lover of lemurs and lemon drizzle cake, wearer of silly hats, hoping for better things. She/her
Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social @soila.bsky.social fangirling over African Science Fiction and Fantasy stories 🪘🧜🏾‍♀️🛸 Header/dp by @sirnare on IG/X Follow and like the feed🫶🏾↩️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n55mtkmoxkwkftrglxmwmcgt/feed/aaaa4bqivaely
Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social Visit us online - florisbooks.co.uk
Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social Literary translator from Spanish, bookworm, cat lover... https://ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/
AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social Trans rights are human rights. Professional aunt. Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff. “Don't waste hate on pink geranium.” 5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.
The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social Website dedicated to celebrating Aotearoa-New Zealand literature for children and young adults. With editors Harriet, Faith & Nida. Pitches welcome!
Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social Māori, Mum, 'Decent writer' 🇳🇿 I write books and tv. Should get a proper job but I like working in my pj's. she/her/ia My YA novel 'Migration' is out now! It's a Storylines Notable book, NZ Booklovers winner, and NZCYA finalist🏆💕