Matthew Cordell
@cordellmatthew.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
In September, I have a David Bowie picture book bio coming out, and today the cover is released with a feature from People Magazine! Thank you People and Holiday House books! people.com/starman-the-... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart #davidbowie #bowie
January 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
In September, I have a David Bowie picture book bio coming out, and today the cover is released with a feature from People Magazine! Thank you People and Holiday House books! people.com/starman-the-... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart #davidbowie #bowie
Wishing you peace on this day and for as long as you can keep it. ✌️❤️🎄
(Me as a mouse as Bob Cratchit (apologies to Mickey) working (drawing) on Christmas day for fun.)
#Christmas #drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook #childrensbooks
(Me as a mouse as Bob Cratchit (apologies to Mickey) working (drawing) on Christmas day for fun.)
#Christmas #drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook #childrensbooks
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Wishing you peace on this day and for as long as you can keep it. ✌️❤️🎄
(Me as a mouse as Bob Cratchit (apologies to Mickey) working (drawing) on Christmas day for fun.)
#Christmas #drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook #childrensbooks
(Me as a mouse as Bob Cratchit (apologies to Mickey) working (drawing) on Christmas day for fun.)
#Christmas #drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook #childrensbooks
Coffee--not for everyone. Books--for everyone. 👍❤️📚
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #picturebook #childrensbook
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #picturebook #childrensbook
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Coffee--not for everyone. Books--for everyone. 👍❤️📚
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #picturebook #childrensbook
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #picturebook #childrensbook
Sending all my love this week to my Jewish friends and family and beyond. Wishing you peace, strength, and a happy Hanukkah. 🕎
#happyhanukkah #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #hanukkah #kidlit #kidlitart
#happyhanukkah #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #hanukkah #kidlit #kidlitart
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Sending all my love this week to my Jewish friends and family and beyond. Wishing you peace, strength, and a happy Hanukkah. 🕎
#happyhanukkah #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #hanukkah #kidlit #kidlitart
#happyhanukkah #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #hanukkah #kidlit #kidlitart
I'm not above slapping a bit of self-promo on my own travel coffee mug. (Hey, I had to cover a big, unsightly logo with *something*) 🐺❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #wolfinthesnow #stickerart #sticker
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #wolfinthesnow #stickerart #sticker
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm not above slapping a bit of self-promo on my own travel coffee mug. (Hey, I had to cover a big, unsightly logo with *something*) 🐺❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #wolfinthesnow #stickerart #sticker
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #penandink #watercolor #drawing #painting #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #wolfinthesnow #stickerart #sticker
Wolf in the Snow enamel pins (in my etsy shop, for enamel pin fanatics like me) 🐺❄️
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #caldecott #wolfinthesnow #booksky
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #caldecott #wolfinthesnow #booksky
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wolf in the Snow enamel pins (in my etsy shop, for enamel pin fanatics like me) 🐺❄️
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #caldecott #wolfinthesnow #booksky
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #caldecott #wolfinthesnow #booksky
Northern IL friends and families! Join us this Thursday (Dec 4) at the Dunn Museum for a Wolf in the Snow presentation, storytime, and draw-along! Books will not be sold, but if you would like, bring any books with and I'm happy to sign after. Register here: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Northern IL friends and families! Join us this Thursday (Dec 4) at the Dunn Museum for a Wolf in the Snow presentation, storytime, and draw-along! Books will not be sold, but if you would like, bring any books with and I'm happy to sign after. Register here: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
Attention holiday shoppers! I just added 4 new designs to my redbubble store that can be purchased as shirts, mugs, stickers, prints, and more! Have a look here and thank you for doing so! ✌️ www.redbubble.com/people/matth... #kidlit #kidlitart ##childrensbookillustration
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Attention holiday shoppers! I just added 4 new designs to my redbubble store that can be purchased as shirts, mugs, stickers, prints, and more! Have a look here and thank you for doing so! ✌️ www.redbubble.com/people/matth... #kidlit #kidlitart ##childrensbookillustration
Thank you so much to Kirkus for selecting To See an Owl as a best picture book of 2025! It's an honor and a pleasure to see it remembered and acknowledged here at the end of the year. It's been such a terrific year for this book. Thank you to everyone who made it so. 😊❤️🦉
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you so much to Kirkus for selecting To See an Owl as a best picture book of 2025! It's an honor and a pleasure to see it remembered and acknowledged here at the end of the year. It's been such a terrific year for this book. Thank you to everyone who made it so. 😊❤️🦉
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
I'm positively pleased to report To See an Owl is a 2025 School Library Journal best book of the year! Thank you so much to @slj.com for the kindness and honor! ❤️🦉❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm positively pleased to report To See an Owl is a 2025 School Library Journal best book of the year! Thank you so much to @slj.com for the kindness and honor! ❤️🦉❄️
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
#kidlit #kidlitart #penandink #watercolor #booksky #childrensbookillustration
Northern Illinois friends and families! I hope you can join us for this special Wolf in the Snow event at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville on Thurs Dec 4 5-6pm. Link to register: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Northern Illinois friends and families! I hope you can join us for this special Wolf in the Snow event at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville on Thurs Dec 4 5-6pm. Link to register: www.lcfpd.org/calendar/sto...
My next picture book, 102, isn't out til April 14, but the 1st trade review is in and it's a star from @slj.com! Thanks so much, SLJ for the very generous and kind words. www.slj.com/review/102-1... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My next picture book, 102, isn't out til April 14, but the 1st trade review is in and it's a star from @slj.com! Thanks so much, SLJ for the very generous and kind words. www.slj.com/review/102-1... #booksky #kidlit #kidlitart
If there's voting going on in your state today, please vote! Local elections, state, federal elections, it all matters. Don't let the billionaire apologists, traitors of the poor and middle class, book banners, racists, and gay and trans phobes on the ballots squeak into power in your elections.✌️
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If there's voting going on in your state today, please vote! Local elections, state, federal elections, it all matters. Don't let the billionaire apologists, traitors of the poor and middle class, book banners, racists, and gay and trans phobes on the ballots squeak into power in your elections.✌️
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I started an ongoing series in my sketchbook, drawing (pen/ink, standard ball point pen, gel ball point pen, colored pencil) and collage-ing (using different shades of blue paper plus watercolor papers) scenes from 1982's Blade Runner. Here are the first three. 🟦
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I started an ongoing series in my sketchbook, drawing (pen/ink, standard ball point pen, gel ball point pen, colored pencil) and collage-ing (using different shades of blue paper plus watercolor papers) scenes from 1982's Blade Runner. Here are the first three. 🟦
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
#drawing #penandink #collage #art
I'm just a breath away from finishing this David Bowie picture book biography that's been in the works for literal years. I'm excited about it, and it will be out in fall of 2026 from Neal Porter Books. It's called STARMAN.⚡️
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
October 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm just a breath away from finishing this David Bowie picture book biography that's been in the works for literal years. I'm excited about it, and it will be out in fall of 2026 from Neal Porter Books. It's called STARMAN.⚡️
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
#penandink #watercolor #collage #davidbowie #childrensbookillustration
Night Birding (6 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Night Birding (6 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (5 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Night Birding (5 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (4 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Night Birding (4 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
Night Birding (3 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Night Birding (3 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook
Night Birding (2 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Night Birding (2 of 6)
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
#drawing #penandink #ballpointpen #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.
Note to self (and anyone else who needs it): spend time away from phone, internet, social media. Spend time with family, friends. Go outside. Listen to music. Draw. Read.
Have a good weekend.