Sojung Kim-McCarthy
@creativesojung.bsky.social
Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary
BINNA’S DALGONA out now!
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
World Illustration Awards 2021
Advert Category Winner
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Agent: Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary
BINNA’S DALGONA out now!
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
World Illustration Awards 2021
Advert Category Winner
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
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The verdict is in! A starred review of BINNA’S DALGONA on @slj.com 🥹
“A beautifully told and illustrated story about resilience, identity, and the power of encouragement. A thoughtful addition to classrooms and libraries alike.”
www.slj.com/review/binna...
#KidLit #KidLitUK
“A beautifully told and illustrated story about resilience, identity, and the power of encouragement. A thoughtful addition to classrooms and libraries alike.”
www.slj.com/review/binna...
#KidLit #KidLitUK
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Behold the truest words in all of children's literature
[From the hilarious I CAN BE ANYTHING by Shinsuke Yoshitake]
[From the hilarious I CAN BE ANYTHING by Shinsuke Yoshitake]
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Behold the truest words in all of children's literature
[From the hilarious I CAN BE ANYTHING by Shinsuke Yoshitake]
[From the hilarious I CAN BE ANYTHING by Shinsuke Yoshitake]
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Yay! Under Pressure, my picture book on Freddie Mercury has arrived. Illustrated by Pankaj Saikia and published by Perky Parrot(Niyogi books), the book captures the final minutes before the musician overcame bullies to give his first band performance in an Indian boarding school.
January 10, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Yay! Under Pressure, my picture book on Freddie Mercury has arrived. Illustrated by Pankaj Saikia and published by Perky Parrot(Niyogi books), the book captures the final minutes before the musician overcame bullies to give his first band performance in an Indian boarding school.
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Gaza cancer deaths triple as doctors say Israel allows entry of 'chocolates and chips" but blocks chemotherapy drugs.
‘We just sit and cry': Gaza's cancer patients die waiting for treatment
Gaza cancer deaths triple as doctors say Israel allows entry of 'chocolates and chips" but blocks chemotherapy drugs.
www.aljazeera.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Gaza cancer deaths triple as doctors say Israel allows entry of 'chocolates and chips" but blocks chemotherapy drugs.
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Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an illustrator/author from Richmond, VA and I am open for lovely projects, from picture books to snow bird-printing and everything in between.
Rebeccafieldgraphy.me
#kidlitart
Rebeccafieldgraphy.me
#kidlitart
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an illustrator/author from Richmond, VA and I am open for lovely projects, from picture books to snow bird-printing and everything in between.
Rebeccafieldgraphy.me
#kidlitart
Rebeccafieldgraphy.me
#kidlitart
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, an author and illustrator, and creator of this event. I'm charging into 2026 looking for projects starting mid-year: picture books, chapter books, early graphic novels, or illustrated middle grade. Rep'd by Sean McCarthly Lit. More at: www.ginaperry.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, an author and illustrator, and creator of this event. I'm charging into 2026 looking for projects starting mid-year: picture books, chapter books, early graphic novels, or illustrated middle grade. Rep'd by Sean McCarthly Lit. More at: www.ginaperry.com
I have a full storyboard of this one ready to be made into a PB but my agent doesn’t think we can sell a children’s book where a bully suffers an anal rupture 😭 Do you think it’s too political? But small & meek vs. big & powerful is a long tradition in Korean storytelling #kidlit
1st #KidLitArtPostcard of 2026 & I thought I’d reshare this Korean folktale - the tiny sickly puppy escaping the belly of the tiger who tried to eat her for an easy snack. Run through the gut of the powerful & greedy. Destroy his ass!
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy.art
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I have a full storyboard of this one ready to be made into a PB but my agent doesn’t think we can sell a children’s book where a bully suffers an anal rupture 😭 Do you think it’s too political? But small & meek vs. big & powerful is a long tradition in Korean storytelling #kidlit
1st #KidLitArtPostcard of 2026 & I thought I’d reshare this Korean folktale - the tiny sickly puppy escaping the belly of the tiger who tried to eat her for an easy snack. Run through the gut of the powerful & greedy. Destroy his ass!
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy.art
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 AM
1st #KidLitArtPostcard of 2026 & I thought I’d reshare this Korean folktale - the tiny sickly puppy escaping the belly of the tiger who tried to eat her for an easy snack. Run through the gut of the powerful & greedy. Destroy his ass!
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy.art
Wonderful news for my friends Kelly Mangan & Maeve Mulvaney!!
Here’s my news:
MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH is a finalist for the 2025 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
I am so very, very honored.
MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH is a finalist for the 2025 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
I am so very, very honored.
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Wonderful news for my friends Kelly Mangan & Maeve Mulvaney!!
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Kid Lit Art Postcard is THIS Thursday!!!
If you have trouble with remembering the right hashtag, just copy and paste this: #KidLitArtPostcard
If you have trouble with remembering the right hashtag, just copy and paste this: #KidLitArtPostcard
Our first #KidLitArtPostcard event of 2026 is this Thursday, January 8th. I think we'll all need the flood of art in our feed by then, right? www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlit
All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
www.ginaperry.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Kid Lit Art Postcard is THIS Thursday!!!
If you have trouble with remembering the right hashtag, just copy and paste this: #KidLitArtPostcard
If you have trouble with remembering the right hashtag, just copy and paste this: #KidLitArtPostcard
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"Some of my best friends are international laws."
Beth Rigby: "Has the US violated international law?"
Keir Starmer: "Intl law is really important..."
"You're not going to say whether they have or they havn't?"
"I'm going to be clear that I believe in intl law, I've long been an advocate of intl law"
Keir Starmer: "Intl law is really important..."
"You're not going to say whether they have or they havn't?"
"I'm going to be clear that I believe in intl law, I've long been an advocate of intl law"
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
"Some of my best friends are international laws."
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Happy New Year shoutout to the bloggers, reviewers, librarians and #kidlit lovers who champion children's and YA books FOR FREE.
You make a real difference to authors, illustrators and, most importantly, young readers. Thank you!
You make a real difference to authors, illustrators and, most importantly, young readers. Thank you!
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Happy New Year shoutout to the bloggers, reviewers, librarians and #kidlit lovers who champion children's and YA books FOR FREE.
You make a real difference to authors, illustrators and, most importantly, young readers. Thank you!
You make a real difference to authors, illustrators and, most importantly, young readers. Thank you!
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Israel kills two in Gaza as Palestinians call for Rafah crossing to open https://aje.io/yv1cwd
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Israel kills two in Gaza as Palestinians call for Rafah crossing to open https://aje.io/yv1cwd
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당연한 일이지만, 베네수엘라에서는 미국의 침공에 반대하는 전국적인 대규모 시위가 벌어지고 있습니다. www.instagram.com/reel/DTIUBL0...
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
당연한 일이지만, 베네수엘라에서는 미국의 침공에 반대하는 전국적인 대규모 시위가 벌어지고 있습니다. www.instagram.com/reel/DTIUBL0...
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going to the met won't cure your depression but it will remind you that for as long as humanity has existed we have felt things and used art to connect with each other and sometimes actually all you need is to sit in front of a vermeer for 2 hrs and feel a hand of history reaching out for yours
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
going to the met won't cure your depression but it will remind you that for as long as humanity has existed we have felt things and used art to connect with each other and sometimes actually all you need is to sit in front of a vermeer for 2 hrs and feel a hand of history reaching out for yours
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Help this family survive
January 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Help this family survive
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This poem by Gwendolyn Brooks continues to be an anchor on hard days.
January 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This poem by Gwendolyn Brooks continues to be an anchor on hard days.
Behold the face of a dog who cannot read and has no social media
Hope you’re enjoying the New Year so far, like my dog who brutally murdered a found Barbie as her first act of destruction of 2026.
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Behold the face of a dog who cannot read and has no social media
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behold the face of a cat who cannot read and has no social media
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
behold the face of a cat who cannot read and has no social media
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If truth has no value, or is deemed impossible to ascertain, then politically anything is possible.
November 23, 2024 at 11:30 PM
If truth has no value, or is deemed impossible to ascertain, then politically anything is possible.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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I just think it's neat that bad leaders who must be stopped at all costs only live in countries with big oil reserves
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I just think it's neat that bad leaders who must be stopped at all costs only live in countries with big oil reserves
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Important thread about all the fake videos and disinformation about the invasion of Venezuela.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Important thread about all the fake videos and disinformation about the invasion of Venezuela.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Change your fucking president
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Change your fucking president