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Adria Karlsson
@adriakarlsson.bsky.social
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Author/illustrator repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social

#nescbwi, #12x12pb
MY SISTER, DAISY (Capstone, 2021)
www.adriakarlsson.com
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Adria - a queer, trans author/illustrator of books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB.

I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kiltart #cutpaper #autumnleaves
Kidlit art postcard in cut paper and dried fall leaves. Fairies grouped around a cauldron on a fall day.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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#ChatsByTheCauldron - This is my fourth prompt for #ABLArtFest… and maybe my favorite?! I really love how the leaves turned out for the background and these characters are some of my favorites. I wonder what they’re all chatting about? 🍂🍁
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#picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Cut paper art with pressed autumn leaves that form a forest around a campfire. There’s a large cauldron on the campfire and fairies around it looking cozy and chatting.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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3rd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #GhostlyEncounters! Apparently that doesn’t make everyone think of alien encounters… but that’s where my brain went! 👻 👽 🎃
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@andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #ghost #alien #oldbarn
A cut paper image. Two ghosts in the foreground hiding in front of an old dilapidated barn are watching an alien beam down from a flying saucer. There are two more aliens in the flying saucer. The background is a starry sky.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Got my 2nd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #TheCrystalBallReveals! This started out fun and ended up slightly ominous… what with the approaching rain clouds and all.
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@andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #itsybitsy #spider #treehouse
Child with black pigtails and a green hoodie gazes into a crystal ball sitting on a brown wooden chair. A friendly spider is perched on top of the crystal ball. Inside the crystal ball is a treehouse with a same size spider web built next to it and a tiny image of the kid and the spider waving at each other. In the top of the crystal ball are approaching rain clouds. All of the image is rendered in cut paper.
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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My 1st piece for #ABLArtFest - the prompt was #fallfestivities!

I adore the sneaky dragon, the determined bunny, and the trying-ever-so-hard robot…. But the mad scientist and dog for sure “steal” the scene (see what I did there?!).

#kidlitart #illustration #cutpaper @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Four kids are trying to eat donuts hanging on strings without using their hands. The first one is a curly redheaded white kid dressed as a purple dragon and is cheating- using their hands to hold the donut. The second is a south Asian kid with straight black hair in a large pink bunny suit. The third is Black kid with an Afro and a hair pick, dressed up as a mad scientist - his donut has been stolen by a white dog. The dog is running away with the donut. The fourth kid is a smaller white kid dressed as a robot who has not gotten any donuts yet. There’s a large tree with fall leaves and a stone wall in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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2nd carpal tunnel surgery today! I had my right hand done 4wks ago. So I’ll just be hanging here with my Advil and my bag of peas waiting for ONE OF MY HANDS to feel normal.😩 (ok, I have to teach middle schoolers in 3 hours… but until then, and after that, it’ll be just me and the peas.)🫛 #kidlitart
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
adriakarlsson.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Adria - a queer, trans author/illustrator of books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB.

I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kiltart #cutpaper #linocut
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
adriakarlsson.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids!

I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kakapo #nzbird
Two kids around 8 years old - one brown skin with black curly hair and the other white with straight shaggy brown hair - watch a kakapo feed its baby. Cut paper illustration.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The puppy will be staying behind, but the portfolio and dummy are ready for the @scbwi conference this weekend! Who all is going to be there this year? I feel very out of the loop with everything else that’s been going on….
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#scbwiny25 #kidlit #nescbwi #picturebookauthor
Black and white mini Aussie dog lying with his head on a black art portfolio on a couch. On top of the portfolio is a picture book dummy with a rhino on it.
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Teacher gifts are ready to go! I hit on this idea a few years ago and it’s definitely become a yearly expectation and fan favorite. 🥰 I’m so stinkin’ grateful for the adults that make up my kids’ extended world! 💕
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#teachersrock #glögg #swedishamerican #teachergifts
December 18, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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The blobby monsters in blobby hats turned into a thing. And now are on sale at Chartreuse Microbus in Cafe Zing in Porter Square! #notecards #portersquare #cambridgema #somervillema #kidlitart
December 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Spent an evening blobbing blobby hats on blobby monsters. I’m pretty happy with how cute they ended up being. ☺️
#kidlitart #watercolor
A somewhat messy workspace with a tv remote, pens, and paper. Five small images of blobby watercolor monsters with varying numbers of eyes and different winter hats on.
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
adriakarlsson.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids!

I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart
Linocut print of orange monster with lots of legs and two pink wings, heading a soccer ball and popping it. They are flying over the field and the edge of the woods.
December 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Legos are big here, too! Also, play with the puppy. And stardew valley on the switch with my partner or kids!
December 2, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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Got to do a school visit with some cool teens at Manhattan Star Academy today thanks to @behindthebook.bsky.social ! Thanks for bringing me into town. :) #kidlit #authorvisit #schoolvisit #newyorkcity
Me - 41 year old, short, salt n pepper hair, purple vest, collared white shirt in front of a window with Manhattan Star Academy written on it.
November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Thanks Brian! What a generous offer!
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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All set up at the Chartreuse Microbus market inside of Cafe Zing in Porter Square! Come shop my stuff, or all the other very cool art and vintage stuff in the old porter square books location. #cambridgema #somervillema #market
Three shelves with ceramic creatures, stickers, prints, and cards.
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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“Quote post with a picture of yourself and show the newbies who they’re dealing with.” #kidlit This is me and my crew. Having them seemed like an excellent form of chaos; life has mostly confirmed that. Generally, I’m a half step behind my intention to do ALL THE THINGS but love what we have built.
Five kids ages 5-13 with hats and rainbow colored hair looking for hermit crabs on a stony beach. 41 year old person with sticky up hair at the front in brown and white. Blue eyes, white skin, stripy navy coverall.
November 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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There are many things I enjoy about my #13yearold cooking dinner - the dogs’ also enjoy it, but I suspect for different reasons. 😂 #raisethemright #spoilthedogs #goodkid #gooddogs #parenting
Teen in overalls cutting up avocado at a counter, watched closely by two hopeful dogs.
November 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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See a cat, post a cat. If I must! :) #kidlitart #kidlit
November 14, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids! This puppy brought to you by unseasonably warm weather and a need for a joyful moment.

I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart
Small blond child in a blue tshirt and shorts blows bubbles in front of a green lawn and brown fence. A fluffy brown dog leaps to pop the bubbles. Sunshine floods down.
November 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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What a day at the #ericcarlemuseum with @anneappert.bsky.social ! 🥰 Definitely a bucket-full art moment.
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#illustrator #picturebookart #amherstma
October 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Cozied up the capybara for fall weather. 🍂 🍃 🍁
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#ceramics #capybara
Tiny ceramic capybara with red scarf.
October 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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Streeeeeeetch. ❤️ ☀️ 🐱
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#gingercat #kitten
October 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM
adriakarlsson.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Adria Karlsson and I write/illustrate books for kids!

I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

This one is summery… but October can hold its horses and let me have this last moment of ☀️🌈😊!
#kidlitart
A family of four is walking across a crosswalk towards a stand set up to sell cookies. There’s a child sitting behind the stand, another in front holding a melt popsicle, a dog licking up the drips from the popsicle, and an adult putting up the sign on the stall.
October 3, 2024 at 9:34 PM