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Nicole Anne Walker
@nicolewalker.bsky.social
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Author-Illustrator
Shares: Writing, Illustrations, Comics —Birds, Pets, ART
Home: BC Canada From Ontario

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Nicole Anne Walker @nicolewalker.bsky.social · Dec 4
Happy #KidLitArtPOSTCARD Day
My name is Nicole Walker, an Author-Illustrator from British Columbia, Canada.
I love illustrating people, animals and creating all kinds of original characters and worlds from different sparks of imagination.

#illustration #kidlit #booksky #kidlitart #MG #boardbooks
Kidlitartpostcard By Nicole Walker of an Anna's Hummingbird perched on a lilac branch. The Lilac branches are being pulled back like shower curtains and he is having a morning shower with the perfect shower pressure. A ladybudy is in the foreground. Traditionally created with Ink and Gouache
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I commented on a George Takei post & it seems people have been commenting on it ☺️ Even some followed me because of it? So, it’s probably a good time to remind people I’m usually more 🎶 bird, bird, bird; bird is the word🎶 🪶 Hope you still stick around 😄 #berwickswren #wren #pnwbirds #boatmanorinknest
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.
Screenshot of a NewsWire post on X displaying a headline stating that U.S. vaccination rates are declining and that no county in Idaho, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, or Wisconsin has reached kindergarten herd immunity. The headline cites The Washington Post and appears on a plain background without an accompanying photo.
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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This just in at #BOATManorink on New Years Day. We have a new family who has moved in to be inspired by. The Annas hummingbirds are not a fan yet. But a #berwickswren has moved in and made a nest out of my hanging moss planter I left out. #wren 🪶 #nest
January 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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I love this whole series. Happy New Years BlueSky. Do yourself a favour and check out the recap of 2017-2024 complemented with an instrumental Polka soundtrack. It’s just delightful. As my daughter would say “magnificent” #illustration #newyearsart #newyearseve #art
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It's time for the passing year!

✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨

Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!

Keep it up!
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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Stopped at the bookstore today and saw The Great Mouse Escape
with my daughter today. The illustrations are incredible @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social what she got instead Haunted Canada by @joelasutherland.bsky.social volume one and two. A little bit different taste 😅 but glad she’s reading ☺️
The Great Mouse Escape by James Patterson & Chris Gravenstein; Illustrated by Jennifer L. Meyer The Great Mouse Escape by James Patterson & Chris Gravenstein; Illustrated by Jennifer L. Meyer Beautiful In text pencil and ink illustrations The Great Mouse Escape by James Patterson & Chris Gravenstein; Illustrated by Jennifer L. Meyer Beautiful In text pencil and ink illustrations One of my favourites. Haunted Canada Graphic Novel by Joel A Sutherland; illustrated by Hannah Barrett, David Bishop, Matt Salisbury and Jenn Woodall
December 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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crystalsmithart.bsky.social
#artvsartist for 2025! I felt like I hadn't done a lot and then I found I couldn't pick which ones to include because there were more than I remembered! These ones go well together with color & style 💜

#artvsartist2025 #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidsbooks #kidsbookillustrator #kidsbookart
December 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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A blurry photo on a rainy Christmas Eve in Metro Vancouver/Fraser Valley but I had to stop to take a photo of this blue heron. It was the 5th one I saw perched on traffic lights and man made objects on my short drive. Definitely feeling like we’re encroaching on their turf more and more. #blueheron
A blurry photo of a Blue Heron perched on top of a street traffic light on a rural adjacent suburban neighbourhood on Boxing Day. This was the fifth Blue Heron I saw on Boxing Day morning on my short drive to the plant nursery to pick up a few plants for our son’s bearded dragon Chompy for Christmas.
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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@lorichirp.bsky.social Did you hear there was a Taiga Flycatcher at Sunset Beach on Vancouver Day? I just saw a reel and thought of you. It’s not great footage and I didn’t know what it is but exciting!
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
nicolewalker.bsky.social
Taken out by Noro, hence no art. Still recovering. Honestly I hate it and was just as bad as the 3x before. 1st in my early twenties curtesy of a baby cousin, once in my 30’s pregnant as a pediatric nurse from an outbreak at work. Now? No clue but highly suspecting our kids who only got the sniffles
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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nicolewalker.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPOSTCARD Day
My name is Nicole Walker, an Author-Illustrator from British Columbia, Canada.
I love illustrating people, animals and creating all kinds of original characters and worlds from different sparks of imagination.

#illustration #kidlit #booksky #kidlitart #MG #boardbooks
Kidlitartpostcard By Nicole Walker of an Anna's Hummingbird perched on a lilac branch. The Lilac branches are being pulled back like shower curtains and he is having a morning shower with the perfect shower pressure. A ladybudy is in the foreground. Traditionally created with Ink and Gouache
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

Hi, I’m Val, an illustrator available for all types of #kidlitart projects. I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
A whimsical and wintry scene of anthropomorphic woodland creatures ice-skating, loosely rendered in shades of blue.
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Happy Birthday to me and also Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! What a good sport this lion is. #KidLitArt #KidLitIllustration #IllustrationArt #ChildrensIllustration
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! I have a new piece based on a story that is stuck in my head. It felt appropriate for the season, so enjoy this fun but bad idea between two unlikely friends!
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! Sending a little MN winter your way. I am an illustrator/author seeking representation for picture books and other illustration projects. Find my portfolio at www.saraweingartner.com.

#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #kidlitillustration #winter #deer #fawn
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Helena, an author-illustrator looking for early/middle grade projects and hybrid picture books 📚 Rep’d by the Literary Longs of @thet2agency.bsky.social ☀️

www.helenajuhaszillustration.com

#kidlitauthor #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #cartoonist #comics
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author-illustrator for children’s books. I love to draw color, texture, and whimsy 🩷 Available for PBs & board books!

Rep’d by @thejordache.bsky.social at JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social

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#kidlitart #illustration #cuteart
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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(tried to work around Bluesky's cropping 🥲)
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Hi #KidlitArtPostcard - I'm Menal Khan, a South-Asian Canadian author & #illustrator w/a focus on humour & whimsy. I'm open to PB, BB, CB, covers & editorials!
Rep'd by: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.menalkhan.com
#kidlit
Illustration of a cityscape Illustration of a cityscape.
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Mike Petrik, world famous author and illustrator from Chicago. Rep'd by Teresa Kietlinski at @bookmarkliterary.bsky.social

Check out my portfolio: www.mikepetrik.com/Portfolio
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
nicolewalker.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPOSTCARD Day
My name is Nicole Walker, an Author-Illustrator from British Columbia, Canada.
I love illustrating people, animals and creating all kinds of original characters and worlds from different sparks of imagination.

#illustration #kidlit #booksky #kidlitart #MG #boardbooks
Kidlitartpostcard By Nicole Walker of an Anna's Hummingbird perched on a lilac branch. The Lilac branches are being pulled back like shower curtains and he is having a morning shower with the perfect shower pressure. A ladybudy is in the foreground. Traditionally created with Ink and Gouache
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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E.C . Dove is venturing into our Cherry tree more often down from the Oak Tree. They quite like the temporary pumpkin 🎃 feeders I’ve been putting up and changing out. I know they are invasive but I hope they never leave - look at that face.

#bird #dove 🪶
An Eurasian Collard Dove sitting in a cherry tree on a rainy day. A Spanish Swamp Oak tree is in the background. Picture by Nicole Walker. An Eurasian Collard Dove sitting in a cherry tree on a rainy day. A Spanish Swamp Oak tree is in the background. Picture by Nicole Walker. An Eurasian Collard Dove sitting in a cherry tree on a rainy day. A Spanish Swamp Oak tree is in the background. Picture by Nicole Walker.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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annely-so.bsky.social
If you are in Victoria, BC on Saturday, November 22 from 10-3 visit Cedar Hill Rec Centre for the #holidaymarket. Come find several Vancouver Island based writers and illustrators of children and YA books!
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
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November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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As a former Canadian Nurse I am appalled at this proposal by the USA department of Education. 20k cap for graduate nursing programs-Ridiculous. Nurse Practitioners are a solution to a health care crisis. This will penalize women and minorities as a majority.

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AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is deeply concerned by the Department of Education’s decision to move forward with a proposed definition of professional degree programs that exc...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
nicolewalker.bsky.social
I joined #Folktaleweek2025 for #boatmanorink I’ve been working out a ‘season two in my head’ while needing to complete season 1 panels - this is all just for me & for fun. A project in learning my craft & finding my style while also developing the story & OC’s I’ve been slowly building #illustration
A ink and gouache, mixed media illustration for BOAT Manor Garden Faries. The same Juncos and scene was used for a Diwali Celebration Illustration. Two juncos keep warm by fire through the night. There is no signs of winter yet except a few decorations around BOAT manor and lights on the nearby houses. However, there is a crisp coolness and dampness to the air that chills your fingers when on the bone and nips at your nose and roses you cheeks. Or plumps up your feathers. However the birds and animas of BOAT manor know how to keep warm, even throughout the cool nights. There is a sign that reads: Don’t eat the decor Picture of the illustration on a hutch surrounded by other illustrations and old books
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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I haven’t added to my personal collection in quite awhile, well since my kids were little! I didn’t ask for anything for my bday so happy belated bday to me (and likely Christmas)😊 the illustrations and words are all so wonderful
A collection of picture books by various authors and illustrators on a hutch. Adventures in Desolation Sound The Pink Pajamas Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm Night Lunch Barnaby The Barnabus Project
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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@gingerngo.bsky.social loved seeing this out and as a staff pick!!!

#yvrbooks #kidlit
Grant and Ginger’s book in the wild
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM