Skylaar Amann

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Artist in Oregon 💙🌊 EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED (Norton, 2027)Author-illustrator inspired by the ocean, the natural world, and scientific wonder. Sea hag.🚫No AI. Rep: Lauren Scovel, Laura Gross Literary Agency https://www.skylaaramann.com

Pilot house and pilot ship on the Columbia River
Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River
Wolf eel in a tank at a science center
Looking through a sea cave at the Pacific Ocean from inside Devil’s Punchbowl on the Oregon Coast
Blue whale skull and several vertebrae mounted above some construction equipment on a sunny day
The Western Flyer boat docked in Newport, Oregon
Part of a whale skull among the rocks on the beach
Dead sturgeon on the sand
Waves at Depoe Bay
Dense trees and bushes creating a small entry way from the street to the the sidewalk
Mt. St. Helens in the distance with trees in the foreground on a sunny day
Trees in a forest
Moss growing on a tree
A bunch of trees, ferns, and other plants on a sunny day in Oregon
A watercolor illustration of a girl sitting on a rock looking into a tide pool with many sea creatures around.
Watercolor illustration of a blond girl carrying a helmet
My book Alone Sometimes on a bookshelf at Maggie Mae’s Bookshop in Gresham, Oregon
Illustration of a happy sheepdog on a beach
Watercolor illustration of a girl with yellow hair, yellow shirt, blue striped pants, and red shoes walking through a forest
A stack of watercolors fanned out with just a little bit of each painting visible.
Watercolor painting on gray whale with some shells and rocks on the paper
Close up on a patch of blue watercolor paint on paper
A larger conifer tree in front of a colorful sunset
A tree with a half-cloudy and half-sunny sky behind it
Sunset and trees
Sun behind a headland on a beach in Oregon
A bunch of purple ochre sea stars on a rock near anemones and sand
Haystack Rock and a wide sandy beach on a very sunny day in December
A reservoir, evergreen trees, and a dusky sunset from Mt. Tabor
Tall evergreen trees at dusk on Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon
Cat attacking a plush avocado dog toy
Several container ships in the Columbia River
Bridge, river, and rooftops in Astoria, Oregon
Two lit jack-o-lanterns on a beige porch at night. One has Xs for eyes and two buck teeth. The other has crescent eyes and a big toothy smile.
A rainbow peaking through the trees and over a rooftop after a heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest
Rough pencil sketch of an angry girl next to a green pencil that says “this machine kills fascists”
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report. Category: Children’s Picture Books. July 2, 2025. Skylaar Amann’s EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED, based on the real-life event in Oregon in which a town facing the distressing problem of a dead whale on the beach decides the only way to properly handle it is by blowing it up—with woefully unforeseen consequences, to Kristin Allan’s at Norton Young Readers, for publication in winter 2027, by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Agency (world).
Sandy beach with some rocks, a tree-covered headland, and the ocean
A sticker of Bigfoot wearing a rainbow pride sash
A tree with long roots grown over the stump of another tree
A ton of anemones and barnacles on a rock
Rocky shore, tree-covered headland, sand, and ocean on a sunny day in Oregon
Runoff pouring over a cliff by the sea
Several sea stacks in the ocean with the sandy beach in the foreground
A short white lighthouse perched on a seaside cliff
Bull kelp on sand
A cliff and the ocean
A headless plastic skeleton draped over a tree branch on a neighborhood street corner
Rainbow in a cloudy sky with a faint second rainbow above it
The three graces in 2024 and in 2025. The little tree on one of the rocks is gone now.
Rock with a little tunnel through it, at the edge of a bay
Cricket Magazine posted a gen ai image on Instagram
Three sea stacks in the ocean with the beach in the foreground
A tree covered rock in a bay at the edge of the sea
Pink blossoms on a tree with a sunny sky and some other green foliage behind
Hello Kitty wearing headphones and drinking boba in a cubicle while her computer burns
Cat stretching in his little cat bed
Cat coming toward camera
Big tree against a sunny sky
Squirrel sitting a pumpkin and eating it. Both the squirrel and the pumpkin are on a beige front porch on a sunny winter day.