Happycrumble ⭐ @rumwik.bsky.social Permanently baffled internet artist, fractone appreciator, and bug viewer ♥
she/her, Florida. No genAI, just me!
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🥕 Tiny Tip Jar: https://ko-fi.com/rumwik
🌽 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rumwik
Drew Shields (commissions open) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social Illustrator / Animator
✨⚡️🤖☠️🦂🍑⚡️✨
www.gnarlyghost.com
Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social Artist, editor, dinophile, shark lover, comics type. 
Schweinchen Hannes @schweinchenhannes.bsky.social schweinchenhannes.ch
Kent Culotta @kentculotta.bsky.social Artist●Illustrator●Animator
Joe Lillington @joelillington.bsky.social Picture book Illustrator based in the UK!
I make #joesbrushset brushes for @Procreate - https://ko-fi.com/joesbrushset/
Some #gamedev!
https://linktr.ee/joelillington
Thaís Mesquita @thaismesquita.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, and author
Represented by Alex Gehringer at The Bright Agency
www.thaismesquita.art
⚲ Germany
Jeremy Ross @jeremyross.bsky.social Mexican/American Kidlit Author/Illustrator, artist for makeawishamerica, rep’d by Sera Rivers, Speilburg Literary Agency.
https://www.jeremyrayross.com
Little Rights @littlerights.bsky.social We make children's picture books and media teaching digital and AI literacy, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills. Women-owned and supporting all kids. littlerights.com.
lily hoang-zhu 🍎 @ Singapore PTS & ANYC @liliuhms.com illustrator & designer! ✏️ i run an art shop for my original goods & happy knick knacks! i also dabble in picture books! / denver, co
linktr.ee/liliuhms
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Kate Arnold @illustratebykate.bsky.social Illustrator | Cat Enthusiast | SCBWI Member
Represented by Emelie Burl at Susan Schulman Literary Agency
www.katearnold.net
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
(shorturl.at/1obFR)
Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social Cartoonist and skiffy writer. 2022 Inkpot winner. Narbonic, Skin Horse, Willowweep Manor, Steam. Repped by Brent Taylor.
https://www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
This is Goblin @thisisgoblin.bsky.social A Goblin and his skull streaming on Twitch
☞ thisisgoblin.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Boum @boum.bsky.social Eisner Award-winning cartoonist • Author of THE JELLYFISH, BOUMERIES, A SMALL REVOLUTION & others • (she/her) • FR/EN 🇫🇷🇨🇦
https://www.boumfolio.com • https://www.patreon.com/boum
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Shelby Rock @shibswashere.bsky.social 🎨 Kid Lit Illustrator
🔎 Seeking Representation
🚫 Ai
www.shelbyrock.com ✨Booking 2026 Projects✨
Gregor @loadingartist.com I make comics (Loading Artist | Plucked Up)
🙏 https://patreon.com/loadingartist
🛍️ https://shop.loadingartist.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.
Rachel @rachelbachman.bsky.social Artist. Librarian. Enthusiast.
Manifesting my dream of becoming a
✨children’s book author✨
#kidlit #kidlitart #librarian
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
The Book Shepherd @thebookshepherd.bsky.social Canadian Librarian, basket of feelings, east coast ennui. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🫐
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
www.pbrisingstars.com
Rebecca Sinclair 🎨 @rsinclair-art.bsky.social Creating stories through pictures ✨
*SCBWI MI📍
*Rep’d by Lane Clarke
www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com
Todd Herlitz @toddherlitz.bsky.social I am a Chicago-based Designer, Illustrator, and Author working in the Toy, Consumer Product, and Entertainment industries.
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
https://stejdesigns.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Gabby Correia Illustration @gabbycorreia.bsky.social Award winning Children's Book Illustrator from South Africa. Member of SCBWI
Proudly represented by @illoagency
http://www.gabbycorreia.com/
#kidlit
Lee Draws Stuff @leedrawsstuff.bsky.social 
Caroline McPherson @carolinemcpherson.bsky.social ✏️Picture Book Author-Illustrator
📚Represented by @kellydhouse.bsky.social - Tobias Literary
#kidlit | #kidlitart
✨ https://carolinemcphersonillustration.com
✨ https://www.instagram.com/caroline.mcpherson.art
✨ https://thetexturedpage.substack.com
Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social Covers of comics, duh. I do not own this artwork, and I mostly do not own these pictures.
(Avatar: Detail from the cover of Marvel Graphic Novel 2: Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Dreaming City, by P. Craig Russell.)
Andrea Zupcsan @andreazupcsan.bsky.social Youngstown, Ohio based kidlit Illustrator. Ex Librarian. Grumpy animals. Cute Kids. Dogs.
www.andreazupcsan.com/links
Claire Woodend @clairewoodend.bsky.social Budding picture book writer.
CANSCAIP '25 Long List (x2)
#PBParty '25 Honorable Mention.
Trivia nerd. Would do anything for my cats.
Victoria, BC. 🏳️⚧️
Rebecca J. Gomez @rebeccajgomez.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator, story time enthusiast, young-ish grandma of seven (so far).
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Kasey Snow @kaseysnow.bsky.social Illustrator. Sculptor. Comic maker.
Former teacher. Art streamer.
Nature lover. Kid at heart.
Mostly art posts.
Twitch.tv/kaseysnowart
instagram.com/kaseysnowart
linktr.ee/kaseylsnow
#KaseySnowArt
#TheArtGym
Kandeel @olirhe.bsky.social She/her 📚 Writer & Illustrator | BA Creative Writing 🌛 | Currently reading: The Raven Scholar
Portfolio: Kandeelillustration.com
Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv The game show where the rules change every show. Hosted by Sam Reich.
▶️ https://www.dropout.tv/shows/game-changer
Make Some Noise @makesomenoise.dropout.tv A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts. Hosted by Sam Reich.
makesomenoise.dropout.tv
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
tilde_ish || Matilde Sannito @tilde-ish.bsky.social Illustrator based in Italy with an unexpected background in archaeology ✨
🎨 picture books, chapter books, book covers, board games, product design
👩🏻💻 www.matildesannito.com
📮 matilde.sannito@gmail.com
Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social Illustrator from São Paulo - Brazil (he/him) - 🚫 AI
Seeking representation
Website: gustavorinaldi.net
Instagram: @gus.rinaldi
#illustration #art #kidlitart #fantasyart
Kyle Reardon @kylereardon.bsky.social Children’s Picture book Author/Illustrator rep’d by Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency.
www.kylereardonart.com
Public nuisance.
Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com Argentinian illustrator based in France.
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
💻 https://victoriamaderna.com
✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com
Prints: https://inprnt.com/gallery/vmaderna
Neal Layton @neallayton.bsky.social Award winning Children’s author & illustrator. New books WHAT IS A.I? And BOING! also PLANET FULL OF PLASTIC, THE TREE... Rep'd ARENA
Ed Vere @edvere.bsky.social Picture book maker
www.edvere.com
David Hillman Illustrator @illustrator333.bsky.social Freelance illustrator/Author
Specializing in picture book illustration.
https://davidhillmanill.com/picture-books/
The T2 Agency @thet2agency.bsky.social Your premiere boutique literary agency for children’s publishing. Talent from around the globe. https://www.tugeau2.com
_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social Artist/Illustrator Dead & Lovin’ it
Milena Milak @milenamilak.bsky.social #kidlit illustrator | Procreate artist | #sketchbook scribbler
Biting n Clawing @bitingnclawing.bsky.social Mira ~ writing and illustrating because I like the process of it. My pets are my muses most of the time 🐾 #HumanArt
https://ko-fi.com/bitingnclawing
Bear Edwards @bearedwards.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
Aubo 🏳️⚧️ @aubryjoi.bsky.social Aubry • they/them • 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ • making cute & colorful critters • creator of Egg the Trans Raccoon • 1/2 of Catmint Studios 💜
Shop, socials, & more: ⭐️ https://aubryjoi.carrd.co ⭐️
MuirinArt @muirinart.bsky.social Artist, author, wife, mother.🇫🇮🏳️🌈
My books: muirin.art/books
@andyjpizza.bsky.social @andyjpizza.bsky.social 
DerFlix.de @flixxx.bsky.social Comiczeichner. Schreibt. Zeichnet. Trinkt zwischendrin Kaffee.
Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social making quiet art in a loud world
djamilaknopf.com/store
Sam Shaw @samshawdraws.bsky.social Creator and Director of Duck & Frog on CBBC & IPLAYER now🦆
Animation man at Sun & Moon Studios in BristoL.
Toon Boom Ambassador
Duck enjoyer
(I think i have to say views are my own)
Kyle Ferrin 🧙♂️✍️ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social Illustrator, Game player, and friendly guy in general. he/him.
Eustace from OVER/UNDER
🌞✨Not currently taking commissions, sorry!✨🌝 KyleFerrin.bigcartel.com
Laan 🌟 Illustrator-Author @laancham.bsky.social 🌻• NYT Bestselling Illustrator
✨• SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ✨ MAO MAO’S PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DAY ✨ ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS (link below 💕)
🌷• Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
🌼• queries & books: laancham.carrd.co
🥀• NO AI art ❎ NO NFTs ❎ NO stealing
Roisin Hahessy @roisinhahessy.bsky.social Telling Stories with Pictures, represented by Becca Langton at The Darley Anderson Agency
.
www.rosha.ie
Kelly Leigh Miller @bookofkellz.bsky.social Illustrator & Author | Agent: Thao Le | She/Her |
Links: bio.site/bookofkellz
💥 Cassidy 💥 @caswasshere.bsky.social 🤺 Cartoonist of On Guard! w/ Random House Kids
✏️ UI/UX Artist for Games (Prev: Hearthstone, TFT)
cassidywasserman@gmail.com
📚publishing rep @jenazantian.bsky.social 🌟
https://linktr.ee/CasWassHere
Mutuals ask about my alt :0
Kelsey Gomez @kelseymgomez.bsky.social 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞
𓇼 Writer for ✨🌊 Upper MG-YA ✨🧞♀️
𓇼♡ Disney & my pug
𓇼Neurodivergent
𓇼♡ Languages
⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚Currently querying my Modern Fantasy Ocean book
➜ Dark Tides🌊
⋆.˚ 𓆉 Dylan’s🐳 & Zelda’s🐙 story
𓇼 Instagram: @Kelseymgomez
⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚
𓇼Ticktock: @KelseyMGomez
Polina Gortman 🎨 | Illustrator @polinagortman.bsky.social Picture book maker • Reader & star gazer
✨ SEEKING REPRESENTATION ✨
📚SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23
📚WIDE OPEN SPACES ‘26
📍PNW🌲
www.gortmanillustration.com
Lorna Suzuki @authorlsuzuki.bsky.social 🇨🇦Builder of worlds,a destroyer of nations; been called a liar & mass murderer but mostly a YA & epic fantasy novelist.Working to develop my series for TV! Real & word ninja,martial arts instructor all while battling cancer! https://www.imagochronicles.com
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
Emilius Duckberry @emiliusdraws.bsky.social Drawer of little guys! Artist on Card Hog. Posting doodles everyday for 9 years. (He/Him)
Here's my portfolio, consider commissioning me to draw something
emiliusdraws.weebly.com
Or support me on Patreon
patreon.com/EmiliusDraws
Linda Kay Chavez @lkccreates.bsky.social Writer and Illustrator just 1 year into digital illustration. Busy learning and soaking up everything. Newly retired from a career in education.
Ana Lobo @lobomaravilha.bsky.social Children's Illustrator
SCBWI member
Currently seeking representation
https://lobomaravilha.carrd.co
Nematode Pulse XL ✨🐖✨ @nematodepulse.bsky.social 🎞️Currently making cartoons, primarily in backgrounds, storyboards and writing assistance. Open for commissions in Animation. Let me make you a music video or animated trailer.
https://nematodepulse.neocities.org/
Katie McDee @katiemcdee.bsky.social ✨Kidlit Illustrator
Clients include: Scholastic, Highlights, VeggieTales, etc…
✨Represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at Bookends Literary @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
Website: www.katiemcdee.com
IG: @katiemcdee.art
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social portfolio: rachelelliott.me
luvs comedians tacos comics
queer kentucklahoman teacher she/her/y’all
author-illustrator of THE REAL RILEY MAYES (harpercollins 2022)
and ZEB AND BEL (harpercollins 2026)
all views and expressions are mine, not my employers’
Eliza Kinkz @elizakinkz.bsky.social Makes Funny Books for kids and their grown-ups 
Jess Golden @goldenillust.bsky.social illustrator. dog person.
Diana Mayo @dianamayoillo.bsky.social Illustrator, represented by Andrea Morrison at Writers House.
Currently working on a picture book with Farrar Straus & Giroux
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
LK Literary Agency @lkliterary.bsky.social Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Stacy McAnulty @stacymcanulty.bsky.social Author of over 40 books for children. Loves brunch, Taylor Swift, and the Green Bay Packers.
Veronica Miller Jamison @veronicajamisonart.bsky.social Children's book illustrator with a day job in textile design. Current titles: UP PERISCOPE!, THIS IS A SCHOOL, and A COMPUTER CALLED KATHERINE. Represented by @lkliterary 📚 veronicajamisonart.com
Lauren Semmer @laurensemmer.bsky.social NYT Best Selling Illustrator. The ABCs of Women’s History is out NOW!
www.laurensemmer.com
Rep - Lori @ LK Literary
Camille Andros @camilleandros.bsky.social Children’s book author 📚
Public Health/Infectious disease nerd
Obsessed with ending tuberculosis💉, equitable access to healthcare 🩻, and Scotland 🏴.
North Carolina
She/Her
Zanni Louise @zannilouise.bsky.social Bestselling Australian author writing and living in The Netherlands. 50+ books for kids and teens.
“It takes a village to raise a reader.”
www.zannilouise.com Rep’d by LK Literary #kidlitchat
Mike Malbrough @mikemalbrough.bsky.social Author & Illustrator Children's Books. Repped by Lori Kilkelly at LKLiterary!- K Kim Piddington @kpiddington.bsky.social MG writer repped by Lori Kilkelly. In my spare time I'm raising two grandsons, a herd of horses, a pack of dogs, and a passel of cats. Recharge by traveling, gardening, reading, and riding.
Shawna JC Tenney, Kidlit Author-Illustrator @shawnajctenney.bsky.social A storyteller painting imaginative tales for children with pictures and words! Represented by Lori at LK Literary. #kidlit #kidlitart
Lauren Eldridge @eldridgestudio.bsky.social Dimensional Illustrator.
Weird but it works.
Rep’d by Lori Kilkelly @lkliterary 💥
eldridgestudio.com
Joslin Brorsen @joslinbrorsen.bsky.social MG Author
Rep: Lori Kilkelly
WILDERNESS HACKS (Knopf, 2026)
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
E. B. Goodale @ebgoodale.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of children’s books 🌝
Repped by LK Literary 🌞