Becca Syracuse
@bookdesignbee.bsky.social
Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
💚HAROLD THE ICEBERG IS NOT A SUPER FOOD💚 is now available wherever your favorite books are sold.
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
💚HAROLD THE ICEBERG IS NOT A SUPER FOOD💚 is now available wherever your favorite books are sold.
HoooBoy This is an excellent example of "Trust the Process" 😭😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
HoooBoy This is an excellent example of "Trust the Process" 😭😂
Will you be his Valentine?
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Will you be his Valentine?
It's EXTREMELY cool to see "Black History is Your History" on The Jennifer Hudson show today! This title was a huge collaborative undertaking (years in the making!), and includes a trove of gorgeous interior portraits by the sensationally talented Adriana Bellet!!!
February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
It's EXTREMELY cool to see "Black History is Your History" on The Jennifer Hudson show today! This title was a huge collaborative undertaking (years in the making!), and includes a trove of gorgeous interior portraits by the sensationally talented Adriana Bellet!!!
I could go anywhere with you 🎈☁️
(*Please dispose of your balloons properly! Don't let them fly away, no matter how big their dreams are*)
(*Please dispose of your balloons properly! Don't let them fly away, no matter how big their dreams are*)
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I could go anywhere with you 🎈☁️
(*Please dispose of your balloons properly! Don't let them fly away, no matter how big their dreams are*)
(*Please dispose of your balloons properly! Don't let them fly away, no matter how big their dreams are*)
Today marks my 7th year at Simon and Schuster, and my 10th year in children's publishing!! I'm very emotional!
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today marks my 7th year at Simon and Schuster, and my 10th year in children's publishing!! I'm very emotional!
I've made the executive decision that I don't want to needle felt all the strawberry seeds from the original sketch. What should he be holding instead?? If you had a little mushy familiar, what would he help you carry home after a long day of foraging???
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I've made the executive decision that I don't want to needle felt all the strawberry seeds from the original sketch. What should he be holding instead?? If you had a little mushy familiar, what would he help you carry home after a long day of foraging???
There's a real chance this is my magnum opus
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There's a real chance this is my magnum opus
Tried my hand at needle felting for the first time, and I am very excited by the potential of it!! There were no coherent instructions included in the kit I ordered so I deviated from the script quite a bit, but I think it turned out super cute anyway!!!! He looks so polite!
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tried my hand at needle felting for the first time, and I am very excited by the potential of it!! There were no coherent instructions included in the kit I ordered so I deviated from the script quite a bit, but I think it turned out super cute anyway!!!! He looks so polite!
Show me your Pink art! 🩷🌸🌷
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Show me your Pink art! 🩷🌸🌷
Finished another Felt Little Guy!! I think he looks SO POLITE!! Would you give him treats?
August 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Finished another Felt Little Guy!! I think he looks SO POLITE!! Would you give him treats?
Lots of new people here, so let me reintroduce myself: I'm Becca. I'm an Associate Art Director in Children's Publishing. I use this account to research artists, share my work, and hype up YOUR creative projects! I also love hockey and internet cats. Say hi sometime!
July 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Lots of new people here, so let me reintroduce myself: I'm Becca. I'm an Associate Art Director in Children's Publishing. I use this account to research artists, share my work, and hype up YOUR creative projects! I also love hockey and internet cats. Say hi sometime!
Would you still love me if I was a worm? I'd watch the whole Worm World from the pocket of your shirt.
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Would you still love me if I was a worm? I'd watch the whole Worm World from the pocket of your shirt.
SO happy to share that HAROLD THE ICEBERG MELTS DOWN was named as a Blue Spruce Honor Book at the Forest of r
Reading Festival!!! What an enormous honor! Congratulations to the winners and nominees! I am positively overjoyed to be included on such a spectacular list of creators! 🥗💚♻️
Reading Festival!!! What an enormous honor! Congratulations to the winners and nominees! I am positively overjoyed to be included on such a spectacular list of creators! 🥗💚♻️
May 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
SO happy to share that HAROLD THE ICEBERG MELTS DOWN was named as a Blue Spruce Honor Book at the Forest of r
Reading Festival!!! What an enormous honor! Congratulations to the winners and nominees! I am positively overjoyed to be included on such a spectacular list of creators! 🥗💚♻️
Reading Festival!!! What an enormous honor! Congratulations to the winners and nominees! I am positively overjoyed to be included on such a spectacular list of creators! 🥗💚♻️
In an effort to beat burnout, I've put away the iPad, and pulled out the Big Drawing Pad™️ and good ol' crayons. I love how much more confident my lines look when the medium is chunky and totally unforgiving!!
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In an effort to beat burnout, I've put away the iPad, and pulled out the Big Drawing Pad™️ and good ol' crayons. I love how much more confident my lines look when the medium is chunky and totally unforgiving!!
A VERY special Honorable Mention to this live-action Rainbow Brite Birthday video. I still get the birthday song stuck in my head.
April 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A VERY special Honorable Mention to this live-action Rainbow Brite Birthday video. I still get the birthday song stuck in my head.
I LOVED Sailor Moon growing up, but seeing "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer" first (when I was probably waaaaayyyy too young) is what fundamentally changed my DNA and set the course for the next 30 years of my life.
April 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I LOVED Sailor Moon growing up, but seeing "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer" first (when I was probably waaaaayyyy too young) is what fundamentally changed my DNA and set the course for the next 30 years of my life.
Ok the lighting in my office is unforgivable but how SWEET did the slime-green spot color turn out on this latest F.T. Lukens jacket?! Another illustrated masterpiece by Sam Schechter 💚✨🔮
March 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ok the lighting in my office is unforgivable but how SWEET did the slime-green spot color turn out on this latest F.T. Lukens jacket?! Another illustrated masterpiece by Sam Schechter 💚✨🔮
Ten years dungeon
March 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ten years dungeon
SO excited to see SATURDAY MORNING AT THE 'SHOP featured on CBS!!! Ken is such a tremendous illustrator and all-around kind soul, and I'm BEYOND grateful to have been a part of the team that made 'Shop. 💈♥️
February 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
SO excited to see SATURDAY MORNING AT THE 'SHOP featured on CBS!!! Ken is such a tremendous illustrator and all-around kind soul, and I'm BEYOND grateful to have been a part of the team that made 'Shop. 💈♥️
The best part of being in love is the way your speech will devolve into nonsense sounds, but you'll still understand each other perfectly
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The best part of being in love is the way your speech will devolve into nonsense sounds, but you'll still understand each other perfectly
Just some guys on the move
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just some guys on the move
I forgot to take better pictures before I gifted it, but here's the Shih Tzu portrait I sewed up for a very dear friend! Finding a tactile way to include her "meat beard" was the best part 😂❤️
December 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I forgot to take better pictures before I gifted it, but here's the Shih Tzu portrait I sewed up for a very dear friend! Finding a tactile way to include her "meat beard" was the best part 😂❤️
Here's an in-progress little guy! After years of wrestling with right-handed tutorials, I finally learned how to do a French Knot left-handed! A triumph! Next I'll give him some presents to hold, and maybe boots/a hat. What do you think? 🎁🎅🎄❄️
December 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Here's an in-progress little guy! After years of wrestling with right-handed tutorials, I finally learned how to do a French Knot left-handed! A triumph! Next I'll give him some presents to hold, and maybe boots/a hat. What do you think? 🎁🎅🎄❄️
Have yourself a wormy little Wormmas. Let your worms be liiiight.
🪱🎄🎅🎁⭐❄️⛄
I've always loved needlework/plush crafting/hand sewing, but felt has been SUCH a revelation as a medium. I don't know why I didn't try it sooner! Expect more felt experiments in the future!!
🪱🎄🎅🎁⭐❄️⛄
I've always loved needlework/plush crafting/hand sewing, but felt has been SUCH a revelation as a medium. I don't know why I didn't try it sooner! Expect more felt experiments in the future!!
December 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Have yourself a wormy little Wormmas. Let your worms be liiiight.
🪱🎄🎅🎁⭐❄️⛄
I've always loved needlework/plush crafting/hand sewing, but felt has been SUCH a revelation as a medium. I don't know why I didn't try it sooner! Expect more felt experiments in the future!!
🪱🎄🎅🎁⭐❄️⛄
I've always loved needlework/plush crafting/hand sewing, but felt has been SUCH a revelation as a medium. I don't know why I didn't try it sooner! Expect more felt experiments in the future!!
Stylish but illegal Ikea monkey
November 26, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Stylish but illegal Ikea monkey