Sylvie Kantorovitz
@sylviekant.bsky.social
Creator of comics for young readers.
Graphic memoir: SYLVIE (ages 9 - 14)
Monti and Leo (ages 7 - 9)
A New Car for Pickle (3 - 6)
What I enjoy: all kinds of art, quiet things, ordinary days, peanut butter.
www.sylviekantorovitz.com
Graphic memoir: SYLVIE (ages 9 - 14)
Monti and Leo (ages 7 - 9)
A New Car for Pickle (3 - 6)
What I enjoy: all kinds of art, quiet things, ordinary days, peanut butter.
www.sylviekantorovitz.com
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Starting here with SYLVIE, my middle-grade graphic novel based on my growing up in France.
Kirkus called it “Comforting, warm, calm, and deeply satisfying.”
ages 9-14 (although I've had fan mail from people of all ages!)
#GraphicNovel #Comics #MiddleGrade #GrowingUp #France
#YoungArtist #Family
Kirkus called it “Comforting, warm, calm, and deeply satisfying.”
ages 9-14 (although I've had fan mail from people of all ages!)
#GraphicNovel #Comics #MiddleGrade #GrowingUp #France
#YoungArtist #Family
# 16. (Sometimes a piece seems to create itself. That is a good feeling!)
~11 x 8. Gouache.
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#Art #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
~11 x 8. Gouache.
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#Art #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
# 16. (Sometimes a piece seems to create itself. That is a good feeling!)
~11 x 8. Gouache.
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#Art #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
~11 x 8. Gouache.
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#Art #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
# 15
~11.5 x 6.5. Fude pen and colored pencils.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #FudePen #PenandInk #ColoredPencils #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
~11.5 x 6.5. Fude pen and colored pencils.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #FudePen #PenandInk #ColoredPencils #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
# 15
~11.5 x 6.5. Fude pen and colored pencils.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #FudePen #PenandInk #ColoredPencils #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
~11.5 x 6.5. Fude pen and colored pencils.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #FudePen #PenandInk #ColoredPencils #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
One of my favorite characters to draw: Mrs Sheep, the trouble-maker of Pocketville. (from A Mystery in Pocketville)
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #Feelings #Nature #Collections
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #Feelings #Nature #Collections
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One of my favorite characters to draw: Mrs Sheep, the trouble-maker of Pocketville. (from A Mystery in Pocketville)
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #Feelings #Nature #Collections
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #Feelings #Nature #Collections
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Hello November! Here’s #14
11.25 x 6.5. gouache again, different color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
11.25 x 6.5. gouache again, different color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hello November! Here’s #14
11.25 x 6.5. gouache again, different color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
11.25 x 6.5. gouache again, different color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength
#13
11 x 8.5. Switching to gouache and loving it!
2nd image: painting by Gaston Chaissac inspired the color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength #GastonChaissac
11 x 8.5. Switching to gouache and loving it!
2nd image: painting by Gaston Chaissac inspired the color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength #GastonChaissac
October 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#13
11 x 8.5. Switching to gouache and loving it!
2nd image: painting by Gaston Chaissac inspired the color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength #GastonChaissac
11 x 8.5. Switching to gouache and loving it!
2nd image: painting by Gaston Chaissac inspired the color harmony.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #Bird #WomenStrength #GastonChaissac
A few details from A MYSTERY IN POCKETVILLE. The story is about friendship, and collecting, and false accusations, and deep feelings, and truth.
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A few details from A MYSTERY IN POCKETVILLE. The story is about friendship, and collecting, and false accusations, and deep feelings, and truth.
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
#12
~ 8x3. Just a little sketch on a random piece of paper.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #EbonyPencil #Watercolor #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Bird
~ 8x3. Just a little sketch on a random piece of paper.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #EbonyPencil #Watercolor #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Bird
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#12
~ 8x3. Just a little sketch on a random piece of paper.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #EbonyPencil #Watercolor #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Bird
~ 8x3. Just a little sketch on a random piece of paper.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #EbonyPencil #Watercolor #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Bird
Hooray! Monti and Leo made it again: their second adventure is on the 2025 list of Best Graphic Novels for Children from ALA!
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hooray! Monti and Leo made it again: their second adventure is on the 2025 list of Best Graphic Novels for Children from ALA!
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Friendship #Librarians #Teachers #ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
#11
~ 11 x 6. Ink and watercolor.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #FudePen #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength #Bird
~ 11 x 6. Ink and watercolor.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #FudePen #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength #Bird
October 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#11
~ 11 x 6. Ink and watercolor.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #FudePen #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength #Bird
~ 11 x 6. Ink and watercolor.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #FudePen #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength #Bird
#10
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #Pencil #Patterns #Strength #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #Pencil #Patterns #Strength #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves #WomenStrength
October 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#9
How I enjoyed this paper! (Fabriano Hot Press 300lb)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves
How I enjoyed this paper! (Fabriano Hot Press 300lb)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves
September 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#9
How I enjoyed this paper! (Fabriano Hot Press 300lb)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves
How I enjoyed this paper! (Fabriano Hot Press 300lb)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness #Peace #MotherEarth #Nature #Plants #Leaves
#8
Tomorrow is International Day of Peace. It almost feels futile considering the human-made horrors in so many parts of the world. At least drawing brings me a momentary sense of peace.
#Art #Drawing #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Peace #Internationaldayofpeace
Tomorrow is International Day of Peace. It almost feels futile considering the human-made horrors in so many parts of the world. At least drawing brings me a momentary sense of peace.
#Art #Drawing #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Peace #Internationaldayofpeace
September 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#8
Tomorrow is International Day of Peace. It almost feels futile considering the human-made horrors in so many parts of the world. At least drawing brings me a momentary sense of peace.
#Art #Drawing #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Peace #Internationaldayofpeace
Tomorrow is International Day of Peace. It almost feels futile considering the human-made horrors in so many parts of the world. At least drawing brings me a momentary sense of peace.
#Art #Drawing #Watercolor #PenandInk #Bird #Patterns #Peace #Internationaldayofpeace
#7
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Watercolor #ColoredPencils #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Watercolor #ColoredPencils #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
September 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trying out a profile this time. And a rougher paper. (#6)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
August 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying out a profile this time. And a rougher paper. (#6)
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
This one makes it # 5 Officially a series. I’ll need a name for it. Any thought?
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
August 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This one makes it # 5 Officially a series. I’ll need a name for it. Any thought?
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
Excerpts from a beautiful day!
August 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Excerpts from a beautiful day!
I think I’m obsessed! 😄
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
August 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I think I’m obsessed! 😄
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns #Tenderness
A mountain shape, a bird, some patterns, just what I want to draw!
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#Drawing #Art #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
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#Drawing #Art #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
August 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A mountain shape, a bird, some patterns, just what I want to draw!
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#Drawing #Art #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
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#Drawing #Art #FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
Drawing from my mind.
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
August 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Drawing from my mind.
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #EbonyPencil #RedPencil #Bird #Patterns
How sweet! Monti and Leo love to be a part of this lovely welcome!
Get to see my brother and his family soon. Found a couple games for us to play and made them some pasta bowls and traded pottery for these cozy blankets my friend Diane knitted with the softest yarn. And I got the kids a new book, MONTI AND LEO by @sylviekant.bsky.social. They’re going to love it!❤️📚
August 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How sweet! Monti and Leo love to be a part of this lovely welcome!
Letting the mind wander and old themes merge and emerge.
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Pencil #Bird
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Pencil #Bird
August 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Letting the mind wander and old themes merge and emerge.
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Pencil #Bird
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#FromtheDrawingTable #DrawingPractice #Pencil #Bird
Something sweet in the mail today! I just love the enthusiasm of the young readers and their librarians! A big thank you to the Chapter Book Crew of Leominster and to Miss Renée!
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Comics #Friendship #Librarians
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Comics #Friendship #Librarians
July 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Something sweet in the mail today! I just love the enthusiasm of the young readers and their librarians! A big thank you to the Chapter Book Crew of Leominster and to Miss Renée!
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Comics #Friendship #Librarians
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#MontiandLeo #ChapterBooks #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #Comics #Friendship #Librarians
Beautiful day at the Clark. Enjoyed the current exhibition: A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945. A few things that captured my attention:
#TheClark #MuseumVisit #Art
#TheClark #MuseumVisit #Art
July 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Beautiful day at the Clark. Enjoyed the current exhibition: A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945. A few things that captured my attention:
#TheClark #MuseumVisit #Art
#TheClark #MuseumVisit #Art
Drawing session: pinks and blues.
Thank you Chloe @DrawingisFree !
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#Drawing #PortraitSketches #DrawingPractice #Drawingisfree #ColoredPencils
Thank you Chloe @DrawingisFree !
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#Drawing #PortraitSketches #DrawingPractice #Drawingisfree #ColoredPencils
July 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Drawing session: pinks and blues.
Thank you Chloe @DrawingisFree !
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#Drawing #PortraitSketches #DrawingPractice #Drawingisfree #ColoredPencils
Thank you Chloe @DrawingisFree !
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#Drawing #PortraitSketches #DrawingPractice #Drawingisfree #ColoredPencils
This just showed up in a stash of scrap paper. How timely! 😋 🍦 😋
#Summer #IceCream #Friends #Friendship #Yum
#Summer #IceCream #Friends #Friendship #Yum
July 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This just showed up in a stash of scrap paper. How timely! 😋 🍦 😋
#Summer #IceCream #Friends #Friendship #Yum
#Summer #IceCream #Friends #Friendship #Yum