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Charlene Chua
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🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat

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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#birds #ducks
Art of cute ducks with yellow umbrellas and rain boots walking through the rain
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Lol ❄️☃️
Even more snow
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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It snowed ❄️
Photo showing ground with some snow and lots and lots of fallen leaves
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #starwars
Art showing a couple of Jedi kids holding lightsabers. One is a blue twi'lek girl and the other is a human boy. In the background are Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2D2 looking on with comic concern. Various spaceships from Star Wars are in the sky above.
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Happy I READ CANADIAN DAY! If you're looking for a Canadian #kidlit book, here's some I've worked on! All authors & publishers are Canadian 🍁!

#IReadCanadianDay #IReadCanadian #canada
graphic showing a variety of children's books illustrated by Canadian illustrator Charlene Chua. All titles also feature Canadian authors, and are published by Canadian publishers
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Went to my local zine fest yesterday. Got a bunch of cool stuff, but these were the best coz they were made by kids!

#comics #kidlit
Photo of a couple of zines made by children. One says Tales of Captain chicken Feet and the Fish Beast and features a giant chicken fighting a fish man monster. The other is Cat-Alogue and has a cat drawing on the cover.
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Tiny demon kitten wishes everyone a happy and safe #Halloween ! 🧡🖤🎃

#kidlitart
Art of a cute black kitten sitting on top of an annoyed skull with black candles burning
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Well.. gotta use this as an excuse to push the vampire book I did 😅

Art from Things That Go Bump in the Day by @melindabeatty.com !

#kidlitart
Art from THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE DAY by Melinda Beatty and illustrated by Charlene Chua. A cute two headed monster sits in bed coughing, while a blue vampire boy and his purple vampire mom stand off to the side. Mom has snakes as curlers in her hair.
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Another new #cheese -Tomme de haut-Richelieu

Says goats milk, washed rind, Quebec

Kinda semi soft and nutty, I think
Slice of Tomme de haut-Richelieu cheese
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Happy #baseball ⚾
Cover of Baseball Baby, a board book by Diane Adams and illustrated by Charlene Chua
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I got this #illustration job email, which I think is a scam. Here's why:

1) The header says it is from LinkedIn but it is sent to my email from the sender, who is using a Gmail address

2) The payment is supposedly in crypto (due to internal financial circumstances???)

(cont)
screenshot of a probably fake illustration job email from a company supposedly called My Marketing Dept
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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New #cheese to try - triple crème de charlevoix from Laiterie Charlevoix in Quebec

I love creamy cheeses although I don’t buy them all the time. I like it when they are very ripe and almost dripping.
Photo of a wedge of Triple Crème de Charlevoix , Quebec soft cheese
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Happy #diwali to all who celebrate! 🪔

#kidlit #kidlitart
Cover of Shubh Diwali by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two south Asian children in festive outfits holding lamps. In the background are colorful decorations.
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Picture of Sly Cooper and his friends Bentley and Murray. Sly is a thief raccoon who wears a blue outfit. They are from the Sly Cooper video game series.
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Wooo I found a perfect butter knife!!!

At a Japanese restaurant.. where it was actually a display prop (they were kinda baffled I wanted to buy it)

It’s cute, made in Japan and has paw prints! Apparently it was a 2 pack but I only needed one anyway!
Photo of a cute Japanese butter knife
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit
Cover for When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M Campbell, illustrated by Charlene Chua. A group of school kids of various ages and ethnicities look at a group of friendly dragons of different shapes and sizes. Cover for Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home, by AR Capetta, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two cute puppies with paws on a cauldron in front of a purple, witchy looking house. Cover for Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Girl with read hair and a cowboy hat, holding a heart shape valentine, looking at another girl with a purple jacket and hat. Cover for Things the Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty illustrated by Charlene Chua. Cute blue vampire boy sitting up in his coffin bed, looking worried.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Join author Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com this Friday on Scholastic Story Voice for a reading of Things That Go Bump in the Day!

storyvoice.scholasti...

#kidlit #edusky #tlsky #skybrarians
screencap of scholastic story voice event featuring author Melinda Beatty reading Things the Go Bump in the Day
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hi! I'm Charlene, I draw cute stuff for kids & children's books!
art of a cute cat made to look like the Creature from the Deep art of a cute cat dressed as dracula
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #chapterbooks #boardbooks
art of 3 cute witches riding on broomsticks above a city. each witch has a cute cat familiar riding with her.
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Quote with your yellow art! 💛

#kidlitart
Art of a girl and a corgi in a field of wildflowers against a yellow sky
September 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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It's been 6 years today, and I still miss you, sweet girl 💔

Uno, 2002 (?) - 2019
Photo of my cat Uno. Grey tabby cat sitting on a flagstone in a garden.
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#kidlitart #kidlit
Cover for The Pink Pajamas. Girl wearing pink Pajamas holding a sewn cat toy looking at sewing machine Cover of Love Violet. Girl with red hair and cowboy hat holding valentine looking at girl with dark skin and purple hat and jacket Cover for Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Chinese girl sitting on a giant steamed bun waving at reader Cover for Hug? Girl hugging cat notices a bunch of animals and creatures also wanting hugs standing behind her
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I have pie!!! 🥧

Just making sure @ace-of-dragons.bsky.social knows lol
Photo of a blueberry pie
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I do love mythology although for some reason I have really little based on it in my kids portfolio.

Including some fantasy-type pieces instead that may be of interest?

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Spread from chapter book Hocus and Pocus and the Dragon Next Door. Hocus as a dragon flying through the air chasing blue dragon Bye Bye, while her family watches in the background. art of a fairy with brown skin sitting on a mushroom and holding a flower. behind her is a black bird with some grass in its beak art of a green Chinese dragons flying in the sky. the small human figure is Ne Zha, a Chinese mythological child trickster/hero.
September 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Happy #BiWeek ! 💗💜💙
Painting of a cat in the colors of the bi flag
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM