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Debbie Palen Illustration
@debbiepalen.bsky.social
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Illustrator of picture books, nature lover, vegetarian, yogi, feminist. Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Free Spirit Publishing, NWF. ✉dpalen@fmgirl.com portfolio: https://www.debbiepalen.com linktr.ee/dpalen
#KidLitArt #childrensbooks #kidlit
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I'll be signing books at Loganberry Books on the 28th, 4:00-5:00 PM. This award-winning book makes a great gift for parents, teachers and groovy kids. Creating these illustrations of kids dancing and moving was a joy. The complete line-up of authors can be found here: tinyurl.com/3mpm84e4 #shoplocal
A flyer advertising a holiday book signing event at a bookstore by illustrator Debbie Palen, for the book titled Tap and Rap, Move and Groove by Connie Bergstein Dow.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcardDay again

Hello art directors and editors of kid lit land! I’m Emma, a children’s book author-illustrator. I especially love stories featuring cute critters with heaps of humour and heart.
#KidLitArtPostcard #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #scbwiart #scbwi
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Katie Mazeika, author and illustrator. I’m open for new projects in 2026. Rep’d by Sorche Fairbank.
More at: www.katiemazeika.com
(art from MAYBE JUST ASK ME, S&S, 2025) #kidlitart #picturebookart #schoollife
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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menekarepka.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🌼🌸🌼🌸

I'm an illustrator repped by @charlottewenger.com & I would love to work on more picture books, book covers, & middle grade projects. I love vintage imagery, nature scenes, animal characters, & curious little objects! #kidlit #illustration

www.menekarepka.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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laurazarrin.bsky.social
Author/illustrator for 30y. I love creating expressive, mischievous characters who are up for wild adventures. I create cozy worlds for readers to inhabit. Looking for picture, board, & chapter book projects. Rep'd by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. www.laurazarrin.com #kidlitartpostcard
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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speakyst.bsky.social
Happy November! 🍂

I'm Rachel and I love drawing picture books!

Am open for picture books, board books and any kidlit-art-related projects.

Website: rachel-foo.com
Agency 💼 : astound.us/publishing

#art #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard
An illustration of a kid running (walking?) with his bird friends. All the birds decided to walk with him. The kid is holding a net for some reason which escapes me at this point. I think I originally wanted all of them to be chasing and catching insects, but I ran out of time. Done in Procreate.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
debbiepalen.bsky.social
Caw, caw, #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m an illustrator by profession working toward authoring. I love drawing animal characters, wildlife and children. Traditional art plus digital. Looking for PB, MG, chapter books, novels, and representation. dpalen@fmgirl.com #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #ravens
5 very smart ravens having a picnic with autumn scenery. Smartly dressed, they are sitting on pumpkins and eating worms, corn, and a pear. Other food is on the picnic blanket. One is making a list and another is cawing while sitting on a cornstalk. A scarecrow is in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Hiho #portfolioday

It’s me! I’m Jenn. I like to draw all the things and I’m ALWAYS looking for work. (I do the writing stuff too sometimes!)

jkharney.blogspot.com

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #hiremeplease
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
debbiepalen.bsky.social
Hello, friends!
I can not access my DMs right now; so if you have to contact me privately, please use email or Instagram or Facebook. Oh~ and here's some frogs taking a bath. Illustrated for@nationalwildlife.bsky.social, its about a deadly chytrid fungus being stopped with anti-fungal baths.
An Illustration of three frogs in a bathtub. One yellow, one green, and one blue. © debbie palen.
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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kswaggest.bsky.social
Thats EXACTLY why the original Frog guy, Seth Todd did this
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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No day without a #littlefreelibrary ❣️📚🌼
patalier.bsky.social patalier.bsky.social @patalier.bsky.social · Oct 9
I put banned books in my little Free Library. I have been listening to the Velshi Banned Book Club and making sure these titles are mixed in. It was very enlightening when a woman stopped and didn’t know who Rachel Carson was and had no idea what DDT did. Change the world a book at a time.
October 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
debbiepalen.bsky.social
I had a lovely time finding community, comraderie and encouragement at the conference. Thank you, @joannhnyc.bsky.social and #scbwiohionorth ! I was so surprised and honored for the recognition!
Photo of an art print of bunnies and an art show winner's certificate from SCBWI Northern Ohio conference 2025. A photo of a projection on a screen with and a woman standing in front of it. Photo of a screen reading "We are the Light... Becoming Authors & Illustrators During Uncertain Times." A photo of a table showing some children's books.
October 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi and Tina Fey as Kristi Noem. 😂👍
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Portland, I love you! 💙❤️💙

This gives me great hope, and a good chuckle.

#StopTheMadness #StopTrump #Resist 👊🏼
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
debbiepalen.bsky.social
My new postcards are here to take flight, and to land at the upcoming SCBWI conference. And for the monarchs' migration, too! Will I have time to make another? I hope so. #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustratorpostcard #butterflyart #childrensillustration #childrensbooks
A photo showing a small stack of postcards , featuring the image of a butterfly garden and two girls looking at and taking pictures of butterflies .
September 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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kamalaharris.com
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.

This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Map of Sinclair stations
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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strea3m.bsky.social
"Those who cave in...put all of us at risk"

Van Hollen is dead on. ABC caved to a bully & handed him a feast. Appeasement doesn’t tame tyrants, it fattens them up.

Every time the press bows, the bully grows bolder & we all pay the price. Time to stop feeding the beast & start fighting back.
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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cassmorriswrites.com
The address to target is:

Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-3515
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
debbiepalen.bsky.social
Does anyone else festoon their books with flowers and pumpkins, or is it just me? For Free Spirit Publishing. Author: Connie Bergstein Dow. #kidlitart #kidlitartist #dancebooksforkids #picturebooks #kidlitillustrator #movementbooksforkids #childrensbooks #SEL #weneeddiversebooks #diversityinbooks
The cover of a book surrounded by autumn flower buds and pumpkins. Tap and Rap, Move and Groove is the title. An open book illustrated with dancing kids, and autumn flowers are placed around it. An open spread in a book surrounded by autumn flower buds. The illustrations show dancing children.
September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/n...
This photograph was literally in everyone's high school history textbook. It's hard to fathom the level to which this administration is trying to whitewash history (yes, pun intended).
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars - The Boston Globe
The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks,<b> </b>according to four people familiar with the matter, including a historic pho...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.
Democrat XP Lee wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader
Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated. Rep.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM