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Alberta Torres
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#kidlit illustrator, author, designer in London, UK | She/her | Rep'd by Clare Wallace @ DarleyAnderson Illustration Agency
Books with Tiger Tales, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Giunti.

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Alberta Torres @albertatorres.bsky.social · Oct 4
My next picture book is ready to pre-order!
It's a rompus of a book. Expect prehistoric small humans, dodos, and dinosaurs!

Dinosaur Playtime is out in February in the UK with KumushaBooks (HarperCollins).

#kidlituk #kidlit
Cover of the picture book Dinosaur Playtime, illustrated by Alberta Torres. Tagline: A whole day of prehistoric fun! Interior spread of Dinosaur Playtime, depicting a Dinosaur playground, with children sliding down Brontosaurus. Interior spread of Dinosaur Playtime, depicting art activities with T-Rex!
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Got my Irish PLR. My books were borrowed over 800 times!

That's a little over £50, but you know what, it's a huge increase from last year!! Thank you so much Irish librarians and little Irish readers 🇮🇪 💕✨️

#PLR #kidlitUK #IrishPLR
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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theguardian.com
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce • ‘The Children’s Booker prize will tell kids that they matter’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Booker prize foundation has launched a major new literary award, the Children’s Booker prize, offering £50,000 for the best fiction written for readers aged eight to 12. The new award will launch in 2026, with the first winner announced in early 2027. It will be decided by a mixed panel of adult and child judges, a first for a Booker award. The inaugural chair of judges will be Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the children’s author and current children’s laureate. He will be joined by two other adult judges, who will help select a shortlist of eight books before three child judges are recruited to help decide the winner. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
albertatorres.bsky.social
That AI video must be the most unhinged meta thing I've ever seen: sh*t depicting a giant sh*t sh*thing sh*t.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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dalpe.bsky.social
So many jokes going around all my social media things right now about the prez' neck and what bothers me the most about it? They compare it to a vagina.

People! It looks like a vulva!

A vulva!

Get your anatomy right, please.
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
gene kelly is antifa
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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samatlounge.bsky.social
I think there should be an imprint called Star Fucker Books that only signs celebrities and social media stars. I mostly think the purpose is for big 5 publishers to have the odd famous person at their events and for their corporate promos.
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
albertatorres.bsky.social
No work for months and then ALL the work AT ONCE. Thankful to past me for all the afternoon naps I've taken.
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books
A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
albertatorres.bsky.social
Went to see Éiru, Cartoon Saloon's latest short, last night. So so good. 13 minutes of beautiful entertainment packed with meaning, from fellow compatriot Giovanna Ferrari. #éiru
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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'Adventuremice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth', the seventh in our highly-illustrated series, is out now!
Available at all good bookshops!
🐭🐭✍️✍️
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@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
Cover with Pedro, Fledermaus & Ptiny the Pterodactyl
October 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
albertatorres.bsky.social
My next picture book is ready to pre-order!
It's a rompus of a book. Expect prehistoric small humans, dodos, and dinosaurs!

Dinosaur Playtime is out in February in the UK with KumushaBooks (HarperCollins).

#kidlituk #kidlit
Cover of the picture book Dinosaur Playtime, illustrated by Alberta Torres. Tagline: A whole day of prehistoric fun! Interior spread of Dinosaur Playtime, depicting a Dinosaur playground, with children sliding down Brontosaurus. Interior spread of Dinosaur Playtime, depicting art activities with T-Rex!
October 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
albertatorres.bsky.social
I've also delivered the roughs for my next picture book this morning, almost a whole week ahead of deadline. And today was supposed to be a day off as I did I live event yesterday. Relax is my second name...not.
albertatorres.bsky.social Alberta Torres @albertatorres.bsky.social · Oct 3
Today I made a whole new section on my website which is basically an entirely new website. Because my creative career has taken a new route yet again... and so now I probably should add website design to my skills and services. No, I won't, I'm joking. I'm a creative octopus, though 🐙
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
albertatorres.bsky.social
Today I made a whole new section on my website which is basically an entirely new website. Because my creative career has taken a new route yet again... and so now I probably should add website design to my skills and services. No, I won't, I'm joking. I'm a creative octopus, though 🐙
October 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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mburchett.bsky.social
Tilly Norwood sounds like a junction gap north of London where the chips are shit
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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samatlounge.bsky.social
For the love of all that is good in the book world, please work with real-life illustrators, cover designers and other creatives. In the UK, they are absolutely the best in the world.
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
albertatorres.bsky.social
I'm working on the roughs of my next picture book and I'm just looooooving it so much. Pencils are my favourite part of making a children's book: the research, the layouts, the problem solving, the potential of expanding the narrative...✨️💫 it's magical 💫✨️
#kidlitUK #kidlitart #kidlit
September 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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lexialex.bsky.social
Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
An important counter narrative to the recent headlines — actual journalism about the daily lives of asylum seekers in the UK
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Behind the doors of asylum hotels - what I found when I went inside
A BBC reporter goes into four hotels and speaks to asylum seekers and staff about what daily life is like.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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merriam-webster.com
We want it this way.
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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debbieohi.com
Comic inspired by (too many) encounters with those who think writing/illustrating children's picture books are a stepping stone to writing/illustrating REAL books. Thanks to Catherine Bailey for the caption! #KidLitChat #LibrarySky #DebbieOhiComics
Cartoon of a man in a turtleneck drinking wine and a woman holding a glass. Man says, “I think I’m going to write children’s books. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a picture book.” Woman replies, “I think I’m going to be a cage fighter. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a guy in a turtleneck.” Text at bottom: ©Debbie Ridpath Ohi (DebbieOhi.com) & Catherine Bailey (CatherineBaileyBooks.com).
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#kidlitart #kidlituk #kidlitillustration
albertatorres.bsky.social Alberta Torres @albertatorres.bsky.social · Sep 17
If you see this, QRP with your yellow art 💛✨️
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
albertatorres.bsky.social
If you see this, QRP with your yellow art 💛✨️
Illustration of a toddler wearing a butter yellow Unicorn onesie. The horn is blue with yellow stripes, the mane and tail are rainbow coloured. The toddler is doing a skittish horse pose. From the picture book This Little Unicorn, published by Macmillan Children's Books.
September 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM