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Sally M. Kim
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Wrapping up 2025 with our final book deal announcements! 🥳

🌏Congratulations to Julia Rothman and Britt Crow-Miller on
EARTH ANATOMY!

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Publishers Marketplace deal announcement: EARTH ANATOMY, the eighth book in a non-fiction series, by Julia Rothman and co-author Britt Crow-Miller
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It’s a pleasure and an honor to help bring books into the world. But we wouldn't get to do it without all of you. Thank you!

From all of us at ABLA, we wish you a spirited holiday season. May the New Year bring you joy, inspiration, & many beautiful books!

2025 Holiday Card art by Marissa Valdez
Wishing you a spirited holiday season from ye olde ABLA! 2025 Holiday Card art by Marissa Valdez
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on Sally Small!

Sally's Illustrator Page

Sally Small is represented by Sally Kim (@sallymkim.bsky.social) and is open to picture books and board books.
A drawing of happy children dancing in the rain with friendly water dragons on a suburban street. A bright and bold graphic jungle composition with animals hiding amongst the trees. A playful, cartoony drawing of colorful insect characters. Pencil & charcoal sketch of a curious ghost watching ghostly sea creatures.
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Happy December #kidlitartpostcard day!

When does winter feel like it's truly started for you?

More work here:
🌐 Nicolaschofield.com

I'm open for picturebook work in 2026. contact my lovely agent @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart #illustration #picturebooks
Children's illustration postcard showing a boy on his mum's shoulders standing on a high hill. They are watching a flock of ice cream vans migrate south for the winter.
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Goal achieved! I'm caught up on queries. Well mostly. Still undecided on 23 of them. Still, my query box hasn't been this clean in months. For those of you still waiting, I'm sorrrrry!
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It's an autumnal #kidlitartpostcard day!

The trees are busy changing colour & flinging leaves off in all directions. Huge piles sit around periodically crunchy and soggy. Winter is approaching fast!

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#kidlitart
Kidlitart postcard illustration by Nicola Schofield of a forest of trees that change in colour, left to right, from prinks and oranges, through shades of green, to black and bare. Small figures and scenes can be seen through the trees in various places.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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November #kidlitartpostcard day is here! Hello art directors and editors, my name is Phoebe Zeng, an illustrator based in Australia. You can find more of my work on phoebecreates.com.au

I'm represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social .
This is an illustration designed as a postcard for the kidlit community from the illustrator Phoebe Zeng ,whose represented by Sally Kim of Andrea Brown literary agency. Phoebe's website is phoebecreates.con.au . The illustration depicts A woman in bright pink dress walks into a classroom full of children in school uniforms being mischievous. A bucket of water is falling on her head and looks like it's because a girl hiding behind the door is trying to prank her. A boy is writing "No" on the blackboard next to a list of homework tasks. A boy on the left is sleeping by his desk with a book on his face, two girls on the foreground are talking to each other and gigging. A boy on the right is sleeping with head on the table ,while a girl is putting a picture of a dog on his back .on his right ,a girl is looking at the woman in pink dress ,not knowing someone had put a picture of a cat on her back .
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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We're in week 3 of #ABLArtFest! 🎨✍️

The prompt for the week of October 12:

👻 GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS 👻

Make sure to tag us
@andreabrownlit.bsky.social
and use #ABLArtFest!

Also, friendly reminder it's never too late to use these prompts. The only requirements are to make art and have fun. 😊
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Hello #portfolioday !

I am a #kidlit illustrator (of many things) and author (of picturebooks) and here is a little snapshot of my portfolio.

For a closer look, head to NicolaSchofield.com

I'm repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kitlitart #pb #illustration
Image showing the home page of NicolaSchofield.com with lots of kidlit illustration thumbnails
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I’ll be there! Join me and Melissa!
mmanlove.bsky.social Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · Oct 9
Are you dreaming of a weekend to focus on your writing? Come join us at a gorgeous writers' retreat in Georgia in January! drive.google.com/file/d/1G_Sz...
A beautiful lodge-style hotel on Lake Lanier
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I’m participating in #DVPit today! If I like your pitch, please feel free to query me at querytracker.net/query/SallyA.... I'm open the 1st through 15th of every month.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I'm Phoebe Zeng, a #kidlitillustrator based in Australia. You can find my full portfolio on phoebecreates.com.au

I'm represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social for book publishing.

Happy #kidlitpostcardday !
#kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity #kidlitart
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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It's #kidlitartpostcard day!

I'm a UK based author-illustrator, available to work on picturebooks and black and white interiors. I also have a few of my own dummies ready.

🌐 NicolaSchofield.com

Get in touch with me or my lovely agent @sallymkim.bsky.social

#kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Postcard illustration titled Pet Portrait. It shows a merman artist working on a giant sculpture of his little goldfish. All around the room are other sketches and half finished sculptures of the same fish. #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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We’re back with #ABLArtFest 2025! 

There's a lot going on in the world these days, so this year we're offering weekly prompts this year instead of daily ones.

Use the #ABLArtFest hashtag and tag @andreabrownlit so everyone can find you. 

We can't wait to see what great pieces you come up with!
ABLA art fest 2025 prompts for illustrators: fall festivities, the crystal ball reveals, ghostly encounters, chats by the cauldron, trunk or treat
September 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Fun times with @scbwi CenCal!
September 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Woohoo!! Can’t wait for Summer 2027 and The Lost Dark by Britt Crow-Miller and Rachel Victoria Hillis. The dream team.
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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It's #kidlitpostcard day again! This painting felt appropriate because August went flying by for me!

Hello, I am Phoebe Zeng, a #kidlitillustrator from Australia, you can find more of my work on: phoebecreates.com.au

I am represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
A girl flying in a dreamy scene surrounded by shapes of birds filled with various floral patterns. Three girls sitting on the birds holding dandelions blown in the wind.
September 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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What does games night look like in your house?

It's #kidlitartpostcard day!

I'm a picturebook illustrator and author, repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at ABLA and currently open to new projects.

See more of my work here:
NicolaSchofield.com

#kitlitart #kidlit
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Children's book illustration postcard in black and white, blue and teal. It shows a witch playing Twister with four of her cats.
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Another month rolls by!
Welcome to August and this fancy animal party 🥳

Check out my full portfolio here:
🌐 NicolaSchofield.com

Editors do get in touch if you'd like me to illustrate your picture books!

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#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard
Kidlit illustration postcard of a bunch of animals dressed very fancy (top haps, monocles, and tiaras) staring in surprise at a monkey who has come to the party wearing a banana costume.
August 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Happy August #kidlitartpostcard Day!

Hello from Phoebe, a #kidlitartist in Australia. Check out my portfolio on my website: phoebecreates.com.au

I am repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social . We would love to hear from you and your next picturebook illustration project!
A big girl sitting on the seabed, surrounded by beautiful fish and coral, with her eyes closed, contemplating. A group of little friends discovered her and sent a diver to approch her.
August 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I actually made two postcards this month. Clearly I have too much time on my hands - someone give me a picturebook to illustrate! 😄

🌐 NicolaSchofield.com

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#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #picturebook
Kidlit postcard of a girl with a goldfish looking at a display of wild and wonderful fish in a museum
August 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We're delighted to finally show off a project we've been working on for many months, our updated & expanded Illustrator Lookbook

Scroll through these gorgeous pages to see the work of 100+ of the very talented artists we rep who are currently open to illustration opportunities.
(cover: Cornelia Li)
2025 illustrator lookbook
July 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Happy July #kidlitpostcardday

I'm Phoebe Zeng, an Chinese illustrator based in Australia. I love nature and close observation of life's little moments, there's magic in everything! I'm represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

You can find more of my work on my website.
Capybaras enjoying a soak in a lake full of lotus flowers. A girl dressed in yellow is sleeping on one of the capybaras, and a cat is sitting on another one of the capybara's head.
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I am an illustrator / comics artist with a penchant for scifi. I love to collaborate with you on your middlegrade or YA graphic novels or picture books. Rep'd by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpostcard
July 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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30 Minute Agent AMA or Critique
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June 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM