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Meg Sodano
@megsodano.bsky.social
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Illustrator of children's picture books and interpretive exhibits about nature/science/environment. msodanoillustration.com
🐙 If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?
🦎 Salamander Sky
🦫 Beaver and Otter Get Along... Sort Of
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There are a lot of new children's picture books at this link, including my own. Books make great holiday gifts! Check them out at SCBWI BookStop. www.scbwi.org/bookstop

#kidlit #kidlitillustration #picturebooks #childrensbook #illustration #sealife #seaanimals #sea #penguin #whale #seaturtle #coral
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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What is a Barreleye Fish? I had the same question when I started illustrating IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Here is my best explanation.
#picturebookillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebook #sealife #fish #marinebiology @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Wow, another great review for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Thank you, #KirkusReviews! #kidkit #illustrator #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #sealife #seaanimals #ocean #fish #coralreef #seaturtles #whales #dolphins
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Thank you Kirkus for such a terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

"An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews
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October 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Today is World Octopus Day!
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#octopus #cephalopod #illustration #picturebook #picturebookillustration #sealife #digitalillustration
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Today's signing event = success! Thanks to Open Door Bookstore for hosting and to all the folks who attended. We sold out of both IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA and SALAMANDER SKY! 🌊🐬 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustrator
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Hollins University Announces New Low-Residency Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature, Writing and Illustration | Roanoker
Hollins University Announces New Low-Residency Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature, Writing and Illustration
Hollins University’s nationally renowned graduate programs in children’s literature, writing, and illustration are now more accessible.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Yes, 58 species! Now you know why I spent almost 2 years working on this book. Each animal was treated with love and respect! 🙂 @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
#sealife #ocean #marinebiology #ecology #kidlitartist #kidlit #picturebooks #manatee #fish #whale #dolphins
Illustrating 58 Species!
When I received the manuscript for If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?, I counted about 30 animals. I had to find their scientific names so I could portray them accurately and put them in th…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Happy #BookBirthday to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social (left) and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social (right) for creating such a beautiful, whimsical and educational book about some of the many sea creatures with which we share the world. Congratulations!
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book.

#kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #ocean #sealife #turtle #fish #seals
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September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Come see me at The Open Door Bookstore on Saturday, October 4, 1-2:30 pm! I am signing copies of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? 🐬🌊

#booksigning #childrensbook #picturebook #ocean #sea #sealife #whales #penguins #fish
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September 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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🌊 Check out our book trailer for "If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?"🐬
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Trailer by @icebird.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitartist #picturebooks #childrensbooks #ocean #fish #whales #octopus #penguins #coral
If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? Book Trailer.
YouTube video by Web of Life Books
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August 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I made a coloring page for Beaver and Otter. Download it at my website. 🦫
#illustrator #childrensbooks #picturebooks #beavers #otter #pond #coloring #coloringpages #activitiesforkids
Coloring Page for Beaver and Otter
Download a free Beaver and Otter coloring page!
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August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I love when illustrators show their process for creating a really great #bookcover. It's the first thing we look at while browsing the aisles at a bookstore. To see my process for Beaver & Otter, visit my website.
#beavers #otter #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #illustrator
Beaver & Otter: Cover Design
Book covers are important and a challenge to design. They have to be attractive, expressive, and include the main characters in action. We want kids and parents to notice a beautiful book on a shel…
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August 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I never posted about Beaver and Otter on my blog! Here we go...

(Sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along... Sort Of)

#childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #graphite #sketches #beavers #otter
Beaver & Otter: Study of Characters
Thought I’d show some sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along… (Sort Of). ▲ Expressions and postures of beavers. ▲ Expressions and postures of river otters. ▲ Drawings that were not us…
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August 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?
Coming 9/23. Pre-order now! "Learn about a wide variety of beloved and obscure sea creatures and the lives they live beneath the spray." Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
#childrensbooks #whales #octopus #penguins
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for your review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?! "This is a remarkable introduction to sealife for young readers. Fascinating peek at the creatures who populate our oceans.” @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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My nieces sent me a handwritten note and a dandelion! My heart is melting. Thank you, girls, I love it! I will put it up on my studio wall.

#picturebookillustrator #kidart #kidlitart #thankyoucard
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July 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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These things didn't make it into IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA: Phytoplankton (not an animal), sea otters, kelp (not an animal), different version of oyster reef, baby octopus.

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#picturebooks #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #octopus #seaotters
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Bookmarks ☑️ Postcards ☑️ Business cards ☑️

If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?
Coming September 23. #preorder at your local bookstore or online.

@weboflifebooks #sea #seacreatures #oceananimals #seaturtle #penguin #coralreef #whales #kidlitart #kitlit #picturebook #illustration
June 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Julie Honan Johnston author of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? holds her book for the first time at an event put on by #publishersgroupwest at #MrsDallowaysBookstore! Congratulations, Julie!

Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...

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April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!
May 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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From NPR, children’s book author Kate DiCamillo.
Children’s book author Kate DiCamillo
Children’s book author Kate DiCamillo — “Because of Winn-Dixie,” “The Tiger Rising,” “The Tale of Despereaux”— describes her innate ability: “I have a knack for nothing except being filled with wonder...
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May 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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My illustrator copies arrived! Don't they look amazing? IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be out Sept 23. 🐬🐠🐙🪼 Pre-order at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. Thanks, @weboflifebooks.bsky.social & Julie Honan Johnston. #picturebook #kidlit #shark #fish #octopus #dolphin #seashore
May 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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'The Littlest Drop' was one of illustrator Jerry Pinkney's last projects. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #illustration #hummingbird #animals #environment
Do what you can. A new kids' book shows how even 'The Littlest Drop' helps
A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator Jerry Pinkney worked on before he died. His son Brian finished it for him.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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My #picturebook, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?, is swimming to bookstores on 9/23/25! Author Julie Honan Johnston. Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social. So glad I can share this cover with all of you! 🐋🐠🦀🐧🐙🐙🪼 #oceananimals #sealife #marinebiology #kitlit #kidlitart #digitalillustration
March 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM