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/
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Benson Shum
@bshum79.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hello, I am Benson Shum. I write & illustrate books for kids and also an Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
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Concept art for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Art by Andy Harkness and Craig Grasso
Art by Andy Harkness and Craig Grasso
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Concept art for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Art by Andy Harkness and Craig Grasso
Art by Andy Harkness and Craig Grasso
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🧧Lunar New Year #giveaway !
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Invaluable for 3d animators as well, walks are simultaneously the most important thing to be able to do, and the hardest thing to master for sure
"Walks", a workshop with James Baxter.
45 min video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihI...
45 min video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihI...
January 21, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Invaluable for 3d animators as well, walks are simultaneously the most important thing to be able to do, and the hardest thing to master for sure
Lunar New Year #giveaway ! Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
To Enter: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
To Enter: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Lunar New Year #giveaway ! Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
To Enter: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
To Enter: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
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🧧Lunar New Year #giveaway !
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🧧Lunar New Year #giveaway !
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
Win a copy of @bshum79.bsky.social Alex's Good Fortune and We Are Lion Dancers + Amy Wu & the Lantern Festival (illus. by @charlenedraws.bsky.social )!
1 US & 1 Canadian winner!
Enter here: tinyurl.com/y3a9ybj6
#kidlit #booksky #bookgiveaway
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Happy #NationalHugDay - hugs for all who need one & want one 🫂
(As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!)
#kidlit #kidlitart
(As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!)
#kidlit #kidlitart
January 21, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Happy #NationalHugDay - hugs for all who need one & want one 🫂
(As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!)
#kidlit #kidlitart
(As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!)
#kidlit #kidlitart
Happy #nationalhugday
Join Little Seed as he learns and explores all different kinds of hugs non hug with new friends!
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
Join Little Seed as he learns and explores all different kinds of hugs non hug with new friends!
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Happy #nationalhugday
Join Little Seed as he learns and explores all different kinds of hugs non hug with new friends!
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
Join Little Seed as he learns and explores all different kinds of hugs non hug with new friends!
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
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It was a day of the unexpected. A three month delay of sentence on the college kid’s surgery, and we only made it to one bookstore. However, we met @bshum79.bsky.social at CHLA. He even read us HI, JUICE BOX! And signed one to add to Jaxon’s Child Life tool kit! 🙂
#Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitart
#Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitart
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It was a day of the unexpected. A three month delay of sentence on the college kid’s surgery, and we only made it to one bookstore. However, we met @bshum79.bsky.social at CHLA. He even read us HI, JUICE BOX! And signed one to add to Jaxon’s Child Life tool kit! 🙂
#Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitart
#Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitart
Wonderpets Art Show! A portion of sales will benefit our charity Better Together Forever - a North Central Animal Shelter that provide pet food donations and vet care to the local community 💖 #artshow #charity #hedgehog #illustration
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leannalinswonderland.com/search?q=Ben...
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Wonderpets Art Show! A portion of sales will benefit our charity Better Together Forever - a North Central Animal Shelter that provide pet food donations and vet care to the local community 💖 #artshow #charity #hedgehog #illustration
leannalinswonderland.com/search?q=Ben...
leannalinswonderland.com/search?q=Ben...
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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New Year reminder that Public Libraries are COOL and FREE and you should go to yours and get yourself a card.
They have all kinds of stuff! Books, wifi, dvds, games and even pots and pans!!
They have all kinds of stuff! Books, wifi, dvds, games and even pots and pans!!
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
New Year reminder that Public Libraries are COOL and FREE and you should go to yours and get yourself a card.
They have all kinds of stuff! Books, wifi, dvds, games and even pots and pans!!
They have all kinds of stuff! Books, wifi, dvds, games and even pots and pans!!
Just got my copies of WHO'S BUILDING? Book 2 in the series. Written by Katrina Moore and illustrated by me. Out March 10th 2026! 💛 #kidlit #boardbook
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Just got my copies of WHO'S BUILDING? Book 2 in the series. Written by Katrina Moore and illustrated by me. Out March 10th 2026! 💛 #kidlit #boardbook
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A selection of shots animated by Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec for Ernest & Celestine (2012), dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, La Parti Productions
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A selection of shots animated by Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec for Ernest & Celestine (2012), dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, La Parti Productions
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DISNEY Studio Christmas cards throughout the years! Here's the one given out in 1949. Front of card by a studio artist (no mention), with the interior calendar design & roughs by John Hench and final art by Mary Blair.
#wardsmorguefile
#wardsmorguefile
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
DISNEY Studio Christmas cards throughout the years! Here's the one given out in 1949. Front of card by a studio artist (no mention), with the interior calendar design & roughs by John Hench and final art by Mary Blair.
#wardsmorguefile
#wardsmorguefile
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Fab #kidlit 2/ @laurenkerstein.bsky.social @suefliess.bsky.social @amstephens.bsky.social @fuse8.bsky.social @hellonathanc.bsky.social @bshum79.bsky.social @nadinepresley.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social @senickel.bsky.social erindealey.com/authors-and-...
It’s the most WONDERFUL time of the year: a VERY SPECIAL ICYMThem Book List & recap of 40+ fabulous #kidlit books of 2025! - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
Our VERY SPECIAL ICYMThem Book List 2025 -- 43 fabulous picture books and must-read middle grade novels we don't want you to miss!
erindealey.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Character design work by Tom Oreb for Disney's TV commercial division (c. 1955)
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Character design work by Tom Oreb for Disney's TV commercial division (c. 1955)
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Concept art by Kevin Dart for Big Hero 6 (2014), dir. Don Hall and Chris Williams, Walt Disney Animation Studios
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Concept art by Kevin Dart for Big Hero 6 (2014), dir. Don Hall and Chris Williams, Walt Disney Animation Studios
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Our shipment was delayed, so @bshum79.bsky.social’s “Mooncakes Mean Family” didn’t make it time for Mid-Autumn Festival, but his “We Are Lion Dancers” made it for New Year! A kid already tried to steal it off my desk before I cataloged it 🤣 it’s going to be popular! #BookSky #LibrarySky #TLsky
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our shipment was delayed, so @bshum79.bsky.social’s “Mooncakes Mean Family” didn’t make it time for Mid-Autumn Festival, but his “We Are Lion Dancers” made it for New Year! A kid already tried to steal it off my desk before I cataloged it 🤣 it’s going to be popular! #BookSky #LibrarySky #TLsky
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Happy #KidlitArtPostcard day✨ I'm Shiho Pate, represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social . Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work.
#kidlitart #illustration
#kidlitart #illustration
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy #KidlitArtPostcard day✨ I'm Shiho Pate, represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social . Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work.
#kidlitart #illustration
#kidlitart #illustration
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I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'll be tabling at #lightboxexpo this weekend. I'll have books, original paintings and tote bags! Come by and say hi. Booth 423. 💛💛💛
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
#LBX2025 @lightboxexpo.com
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Heyyyy my sister is here! She's also just rebooted her blog, which is about dragons 🐉!
In another long overdue post buried in my drafts, here’s a selection of delightfully enchanting dragon art illustrations by my sister, @charlenedraws.bsky.social! 🎨🐉
www.dragonsinn.net/dragon-art-c...
#dragonart #picturebookart #dragonbooks
www.dragonsinn.net/dragon-art-c...
#dragonart #picturebookart #dragonbooks
Picture Book Dragon Art, by Charlene Chua - Dragonsinn.net
Enchanting picture book dragon art by my illustrator sister, Charlene Chua! Features art from Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon, and more.
www.dragonsinn.net
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Heyyyy my sister is here! She's also just rebooted her blog, which is about dragons 🐉!
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Hello, I am Benson Shum. I write & illustrate books for kids and also an Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Hello, I am Benson Shum. I write & illustrate books for kids and also an Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
Look forward to connecting here! 💛
#kidlitart #kidlit
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Hi! I'm Charlene, I draw cute stuff for kids & children's books!
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hi! I'm Charlene, I draw cute stuff for kids & children's books!