Joyce Wan
@joycewanbooks.bsky.social
💖Author & Illustrator of 30+ Children’s Books w/ Over 2 Million Books in Print
💖Cute Stuff Lover, Collector, & Creator
💖Repped by Teresa Kietlinski of Bookmark Literary
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/joycewanbooks
💖Cute Stuff Lover, Collector, & Creator
💖Repped by Teresa Kietlinski of Bookmark Literary
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/joycewanbooks
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Joyce Wan
@joycewanbooks.bsky.social
· Jul 21
I know it’s July, but I’m dreaming of red envelopes & lion dances because LUCKY NEW YEAR: COLORS is galloping your way this Dec, just in time for the Year of the Horse! 🐴🧧 A colorful tribute to one of my fav holidays of the year! 🌈
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
Because the best kind of wandering is the kind that leaves you inspired (and maybe a little tired). Read it here on my latest Substack post → open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#nycc2025
#nycc2025
Family That Cosplays Together, Stays Together (and Sweats Together)
October was a whirlwind of deadlines, costumes, and candy, but the highlight was attending New York Comic Con.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Because the best kind of wandering is the kind that leaves you inspired (and maybe a little tired). Read it here on my latest Substack post → open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#nycc2025
#nycc2025
Solidarity to all the households knee-deep in blue paint, purple braids, black sequins, and/or a glue gun this Halloween. 😅💜 #kpopdemonhunters
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Solidarity to all the households knee-deep in blue paint, purple braids, black sequins, and/or a glue gun this Halloween. 😅💜 #kpopdemonhunters
Whoever put sake in my child’s Boo Bag the other night. Thanks???🤣 Can’t hep but wonder if it was a mistake…🤔 Cute bottle though! 😁
October 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Whoever put sake in my child’s Boo Bag the other night. Thanks???🤣 Can’t hep but wonder if it was a mistake…🤔 Cute bottle though! 😁
Just dropped a new Substack! 🧁✨
About what it means to see my work on the New York Times’ list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Spoiler: it’s surreal, emotional, and yes… some tears may have even been shed. 🥹 open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#kidlit #kidlitart
About what it means to see my work on the New York Times’ list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Spoiler: it’s surreal, emotional, and yes… some tears may have even been shed. 🥹 open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#kidlit #kidlitart
A Sweet Surprise...15 Years in the Making + Follow-Up Freebie!
My Cupcake Among the Classics
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just dropped a new Substack! 🧁✨
About what it means to see my work on the New York Times’ list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Spoiler: it’s surreal, emotional, and yes… some tears may have even been shed. 🥹 open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#kidlit #kidlitart
About what it means to see my work on the New York Times’ list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Spoiler: it’s surreal, emotional, and yes… some tears may have even been shed. 🥹 open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
#kidlit #kidlitart
Humbled and honored to find my book You Are My Cupcake on the NYT list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies (at the very top! 🤯). Surreal to see my name with the classics I’ve loved forever. Grateful today for the reminder that love and connection endure. ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart
50 Great Board Books for Babies
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Humbled and honored to find my book You Are My Cupcake on the NYT list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies (at the very top! 🤯). Surreal to see my name with the classics I’ve loved forever. Grateful today for the reminder that love and connection endure. ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart
Seeing KPop Demon Hunters break record after record is such a powerful reminder: diverse stories matter, and they resonate. When we make space for new voices, audiences respond…with their views, their dollars, and their hearts. #diversevoicesmatter @netflix
August 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Seeing KPop Demon Hunters break record after record is such a powerful reminder: diverse stories matter, and they resonate. When we make space for new voices, audiences respond…with their views, their dollars, and their hearts. #diversevoicesmatter @netflix
I know it’s July, but I’m dreaming of red envelopes & lion dances because LUCKY NEW YEAR: COLORS is galloping your way this Dec, just in time for the Year of the Horse! 🐴🧧 A colorful tribute to one of my fav holidays of the year! 🌈
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
July 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I know it’s July, but I’m dreaming of red envelopes & lion dances because LUCKY NEW YEAR: COLORS is galloping your way this Dec, just in time for the Year of the Horse! 🐴🧧 A colorful tribute to one of my fav holidays of the year! 🌈
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
Pre-order:
🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783843...
#kidlit
Tune in Wednesday for book chat and storytime with @superjane.bsky.social! #kidlit
🎉📚 MARK YOUR CALENDARS: #SuperStoryTime LIVE is back in 1 week on WED 7/9 at 1pm EST on IG! Rock star author-illustrator @joycewanbooks.bsky.social will be joining me 4 a fun #bookchat + dual #storytime #readaloud! 💖 #kidlit #TLsky #skybrarians #edusky #childrensbooks #picturebooks #authorreading
July 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tune in Wednesday for book chat and storytime with @superjane.bsky.social! #kidlit
🎉 NEW #SuperReadersClub #newsletter drops MON + it’s filled with LOTS of goodies:
😸 NEW Kitty & Cat #Comic
📚 NEW Chloe Zoe #BookBirthday
🌈 NEW #ChloeZoe Activity Kit
🎙 NEW Kidlit Interview w/ @joycewanbooks.bsky.social
SIGN UP here: superreadersclub.substack.com
#edusky #TLsky #substacksky #kidlit
😸 NEW Kitty & Cat #Comic
📚 NEW Chloe Zoe #BookBirthday
🌈 NEW #ChloeZoe Activity Kit
🎙 NEW Kidlit Interview w/ @joycewanbooks.bsky.social
SIGN UP here: superreadersclub.substack.com
#edusky #TLsky #substacksky #kidlit
July 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Reposted by Joyce Wan
📣 Calling all educators, librarians, and children's book lovers!
On Thursday, July 17th, join the School Library Journal (@slj.com) for their fifth annual Picture Book Palooza! It is an all-day, free virtual event.
🔗 Learn more and register here: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...
On Thursday, July 17th, join the School Library Journal (@slj.com) for their fifth annual Picture Book Palooza! It is an all-day, free virtual event.
🔗 Learn more and register here: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...
School Library Journal
Advocacy
www.slj.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 Calling all educators, librarians, and children's book lovers!
On Thursday, July 17th, join the School Library Journal (@slj.com) for their fifth annual Picture Book Palooza! It is an all-day, free virtual event.
🔗 Learn more and register here: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...
On Thursday, July 17th, join the School Library Journal (@slj.com) for their fifth annual Picture Book Palooza! It is an all-day, free virtual event.
🔗 Learn more and register here: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...
So Many Books, So Many Hugs
Reflections from My First ALA Conference
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Excited to be heading to the ALA Annual Conference for a weekend full of bookish joy—panel chatting, BE MY YUMMY ABC book signing, and soaking up the love of books with some really wonderful book people. If you will be around, please come by and say hello! 📚 #alaac25 #kidlit #kidlitart
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited to be heading to the ALA Annual Conference for a weekend full of bookish joy—panel chatting, BE MY YUMMY ABC book signing, and soaking up the love of books with some really wonderful book people. If you will be around, please come by and say hello! 📚 #alaac25 #kidlit #kidlitart
My brother Chef Kenneth Wan is making his big TV debut on CHOPPED tonight! I'll drop a link with more info about the episode and the rerun schedule. Watch him do dramatic cooking under extreme pressure while I roast him from the couch like a proud sibling should. ❤️😂💁🏻♀️
Night Market Madness
The night belongs to foodies as four chefs celebrate international night markets and the culinary creativity they inspire. In the appetizer round, the chefs showcase their talents and their cultural p...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My brother Chef Kenneth Wan is making his big TV debut on CHOPPED tonight! I'll drop a link with more info about the episode and the rerun schedule. Watch him do dramatic cooking under extreme pressure while I roast him from the couch like a proud sibling should. ❤️😂💁🏻♀️
New Substack Post: My reflections on being part of a group art show, Imaginary Kingdom, at The Galleries of the Interchurch Center in NYC. #kidlit #kidlitart open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
Into the Imaginary Kingdom
An exhibit that affirmed art’s power to connect, no matter the medium.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New Substack Post: My reflections on being part of a group art show, Imaginary Kingdom, at The Galleries of the Interchurch Center in NYC. #kidlit #kidlitart open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
NYC friends! Join us tonight for the opening reception of Imaginary Kingdom, a group art show of children’s book illustrators (including me)! 5:30–7:30pm at the Interchurch Center. Chase the rainy gloom away with an evening of whimsical art, cozy vibes, and a peek at my upcoming book! #kidlit
May 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NYC friends! Join us tonight for the opening reception of Imaginary Kingdom, a group art show of children’s book illustrators (including me)! 5:30–7:30pm at the Interchurch Center. Chase the rainy gloom away with an evening of whimsical art, cozy vibes, and a peek at my upcoming book! #kidlit
Found this cute reading of one my books that was posted 12 YEARS AGO & realized she’s probably in hs now, texting in full sentences, & taking driver’s ed. HOW?! This video looks like it could have been taken yesterday. Not even my kid but filled me with all the feelings. 🥹 Time is wild. #kidlit
Brett reading You are my Cupcake
YouTube video by dianabear2004
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Found this cute reading of one my books that was posted 12 YEARS AGO & realized she’s probably in hs now, texting in full sentences, & taking driver’s ed. HOW?! This video looks like it could have been taken yesterday. Not even my kid but filled me with all the feelings. 🥹 Time is wild. #kidlit
New on Substack: The Obstacle Is the Way
It’s the reminder I needed when my creative brain tried to run away from the hard stuff (again).
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
It’s the reminder I needed when my creative brain tried to run away from the hard stuff (again).
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
The Obstacle is the Way
Walking toward the scary stuff ...with glitter (and donuts 🍩).
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April 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New on Substack: The Obstacle Is the Way
It’s the reminder I needed when my creative brain tried to run away from the hard stuff (again).
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
It’s the reminder I needed when my creative brain tried to run away from the hard stuff (again).
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/joycewan...
New on Substack: Permission to Wander—highlights from my day at Luna Luna, an immersive art experience, and some thoughts on the value of taking a break to recharge.
Read it here: joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/permission...
#creativelife #art #lunaluna #takeabreak
Read it here: joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/permission...
#creativelife #art #lunaluna #takeabreak
Permission to Wander
A Day at Luna Luna
joycewanbooks.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New on Substack: Permission to Wander—highlights from my day at Luna Luna, an immersive art experience, and some thoughts on the value of taking a break to recharge.
Read it here: joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/permission...
#creativelife #art #lunaluna #takeabreak
Read it here: joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/permission...
#creativelife #art #lunaluna #takeabreak
Hello, Spring!🌷Cuddle up with “Love Bug Cuties” and watch your little one’s curiosity blossom! Spring has never been so cute! 🐞🦋🐝🐌 Link in bio to learn more! 📚
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
March 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hello, Spring!🌷Cuddle up with “Love Bug Cuties” and watch your little one’s curiosity blossom! Spring has never been so cute! 🐞🦋🐝🐌 Link in bio to learn more! 📚
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
#kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks
What I’ve been up to lately—the balancing act of being a book creator. Sharing all the behind-the-scenes fun in my latest Substack post. Check it out! 📚 joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/the-creati...
#kidlit #kidlitart
#kidlit #kidlitart
The Creative Struggle (and Juggle!)
A Whirlwind of Promotion, Creativity, and Gratitude
joycewanbooks.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What I’ve been up to lately—the balancing act of being a book creator. Sharing all the behind-the-scenes fun in my latest Substack post. Check it out! 📚 joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/the-creati...
#kidlit #kidlitart
#kidlit #kidlitart
My book DREAM BIG was selected as part of Scholastic's special collection for Reach Out and Read’s 35th anniversary! 🎉 10K+ copies will be distributed by 36K clinicians to kids in under-resourced communities. Honored to be included among such inspiring stories and creators. 📖 #kidlit #dreambig
February 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I had the cutest audience of little readers at a Barnes and Noble storytime yesterday. These moments of connection are what it’s all about. ❤️
#kidlit #storytime #valentinesday
#kidlit #storytime #valentinesday
February 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I had the cutest audience of little readers at a Barnes and Noble storytime yesterday. These moments of connection are what it’s all about. ❤️
#kidlit #storytime #valentinesday
#kidlit #storytime #valentinesday
Dive into the season of love with these delightful reads that warm the heart! Perfect for reading cuddles with your forever Valentine! ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #valentinesday
February 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dive into the season of love with these delightful reads that warm the heart! Perfect for reading cuddles with your forever Valentine! ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #valentinesday
When your kid tells you she made a Bob Ross inspired duck and you expect to see something painterly and she shows you this:
February 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When your kid tells you she made a Bob Ross inspired duck and you expect to see something painterly and she shows you this:
Somehow, over 2 MILLION copies of my books published by Scholastic are out in the world—WOW! 🤯🥹
THANK YOU to every reader, parent, teacher, and tiny book lover that has made this dream possible! 🙏 📚 ❤️
#Grateful #KeepReading #KeepCreating #Kidlit #kidlitart
THANK YOU to every reader, parent, teacher, and tiny book lover that has made this dream possible! 🙏 📚 ❤️
#Grateful #KeepReading #KeepCreating #Kidlit #kidlitart
January 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Somehow, over 2 MILLION copies of my books published by Scholastic are out in the world—WOW! 🤯🥹
THANK YOU to every reader, parent, teacher, and tiny book lover that has made this dream possible! 🙏 📚 ❤️
#Grateful #KeepReading #KeepCreating #Kidlit #kidlitart
THANK YOU to every reader, parent, teacher, and tiny book lover that has made this dream possible! 🙏 📚 ❤️
#Grateful #KeepReading #KeepCreating #Kidlit #kidlitart