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Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

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Illustrator, scenic artist, kid book collector, creator and stationery lover✨
📚Books in the world🌎•Night Walk•Nonna and the Girls Next Door•Auntie’s Rez Surprise•A is for Anne•The Warmest Blanket in the World•Levi’s Gift November 2025!
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Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Wonderful book launch day for Levi’s Gift! The ❄️ made it more special you celebrated with us✨
#kathystinson

Thank you to @nimbuspub.bsky.social #torontoartscouncil #torontolitup #TIFA and Tilly Guest for playing so beautifully.

#cankidlit #booklaunch #canscaip @picturebookseh.bsky.social #scbwi

November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Paper ornaments made from music practise paintings for Levi’s Gift. Enjoyed the playfulness making these.

Ornaments will be at our book launch this Sunday @918bathurst from 2-3:30!

@nimbuspub.bsky.social #torontoartscouncil #tifa @picturebookseh.bsky.social #canscaip #scbwicanadaeast #cankidlit

Circular paper decorations spread across a table, each painted with watercolour swirls in blues and yellows. There’s a black ink lined drawing of a violin and bow on each one. Pencil crayoned music lines with notes in blues, greens and pinks come out of each violin. One is strung with a yellow ribbon for hanging the rest are waiting to get their ribbons.

Beige background with the left half showing the front cover of Levi’s Gift. A young man playing a violin is in the centre with music swirls coming out of the violin in punks and yellows. The back ground in blue watercolour and there is a young girls dancing with a violin in the top left corner. The other half explains the details of the book launch.

November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

It’s Levi’s Gift Book Birthday!!!🧁📚

Author Kathy Stinson and I @elliearscott.bsky.social with @nimbuspub.bsky.social invite you to celebrate with us at our book launch this Sunday Nov. 9th, 2-3:30, 918 Bathurst St. Toronto. There’ll be celebratory cookies!

#cankidlit #kidlit #canscaip #scbwi

Front cover of the picture book Levi’s Gift with a young man playing the violin with his eyes closed. The music is pictured coming out of the violin and swirling around him, up into the air above his head. the music is described in swirls of yellow, pinks and blues with little notes moving along it. There are also white sparkly white swirls to help describe the music with a hint of magic. There is a small girl dancing in the top left corner holding a violin in her own swirl of matching music. The cover is on a blue watercolour background. The title Levi’s Gift is dark blue written in cursive placed centred above the young man playing the violin. Author/illustrator credit are either side of the young man’s legs. The illustration is in watercolour with soft pencil lines describing the details. There is a vanilla cupcake on a white dish with a lit candle and sprinkles in the icing placed on the surface the book is placed on.

November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

It’s Levi’s Gift Book Birthday!!!🧁📚
So happy it’s out in the world!
Meet author Kathy Stinson and I at our book launch this Sunday Nov. 9th, 2-3:30, 918 Bathurst St. Toronto. There’ll be celebratory cookies!

#cankidlit #kidlit #bookbirthday @picturebookseh.bsky.social
@nimbuspub.bsky.social

November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

I made a behind the scenes reel about making the cover for Levi’s Gift, words by Kathy Stinson out Nov 4th with @nimbuspub.bsky.social

I hope you like it- more sneak peeks to come!

Book launch Nov 9th, 2-3:30,
at 918 Bathurst St, TO

#cankidlit #kidlit #newrelease @picturebookseh.bsky.social

October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Had a great time at @canscaip.bsky.social #PYI2025 Conference yesterday. Chatted so much I didn’t get any pictures!

An inspirational day with old & new friends and speakers who brought their best to share with us.

Thanks to all that made it happen!👏🏻👏🏻

#cankidlit #canscaip #ireadcanadian #kidlit

October 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Had a wonderful time at Ella Minnow last night sharing my art for Levi’s Gift with teachers, librarians and of course the folks at Ella Minnow!
Very proud of this one✨
Out November 4th!

#kathystinson #cankidlit @nimbuspub.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social #canscaip #scbwicanadaeast #kidlit

October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Looking forward to attending @canscaip.bsky.social PYI conference this weekend for a dose of inspiration, friends old and new and books of course😉
Hopefully see you there!!
#kidlit #cankidlit #pyi2025

October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Kathy Stinson and I are hosting a book launch for Levi’s Gift, Nov. 9th, 2-3:30 at 918bathurst.com
There’ll be a reading, book signing and special musical guest 🎻🌟
…and 🍪’s of course.
See you there!
#cankidlit #kidlit #canscaip #scbwicanadaeast @picturebookseh.bsky.social #newrelease #booklaunch

October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Congrats to my friend @camelliakoo.bsky.social on her debut book Yaya and the Dan-Tats!

We all have those stories of mischief and secret snacks with our elders- this charming book full of bright illustrations is the perfect night-time giggle read!

#annickpress #cankidlit #anotherstorybookshop

October 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Had a great time tonight listening to these great new #cankidlit books on
@picturebookseh.bsky.social Great Canadian Picture Book Party🇨🇦📚!
Check them out and share them widely⭐️⭐️⭐️
@canscaip.bsky.social

September 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Lots of magic in the pocket tonight! Thanks for a great evening of inspiration Lauren Soloy ! Lovely to meet you😊

The Osborne Collection 18th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture
at Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch.

#kidlitart #cankidlit

September 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Thanks for the open #kidlit call Brian!
I work in traditional watercolour and procreate. My debut book was a night-time book called Night Walk. Here are some night-time starry fireflies, snow and Christmas samples. More work at elliearscott.com
I would love to be considered.

September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Warm nights of late summer
Stars shining in the city
Neighbourhood sounds of baseball and bicycles
Tea
= ?

September 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

The perfect spot for a capture of the Eiffel Tower☺️ Our trip to France is complete✨👏🏻💛 We love you Paris! 🥐☕️🇫🇷

#sketchaday

July 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Notre Dame, Paris, quickly in between showers
☔️🌧️🌦️ #sketchaday

July 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Sketch in the restored medieval town of Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France. Sketching, a glass of Cotes du Rhone red and goat cheese☺️
#sketchaday

July 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Early morning sketch of Le Columbier from the back in Festalemps, France this morning.
#sketchaday

July 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

Sketches from France now that the heat wave is over and I can lift my arms!!!🥵
Festalemps and Bergerac so far.

July 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

@scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social Sketch & Scrawl GTA St Lawrence Market today was so deliciously busy and fun! 😋✍️
Thanks for coming out @milifayart.bsky.social @camelliakoo.bsky.social @thisisjaclyne.bsky.social
Andy and Pedro for coming out!

April 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

The Warmest Blanket in the World ( @secondstory.bsky.social ) written by Tamara Levine, Illustrated by @elliearscott.bsky.social
Out Feb. 11th!
Find it secondstorypress.ca/products/the...
#kidlitlaunches #kidlitart #cankidlit
📚🎂 week, yay!!!

Image of a young girl with curly red hair held back with a turquoise band and her great grandma, with soft grey hair in a bob cut wearing blue glasses on a chain. They are snuggled close together under a grape purple hand knit blanket looking at each other chatting. Their hands are pulling the edge of the blanket up close. The image is cropped tight to the characters with their heads at the top third and the blanket taking up the bottom two thirds. The title The Warmest Blanket in the World is hand lettered to look like ochre yarn which contrasts on top of the purple blanket. The background is a pale blue watercolour with darker blue soft pastel shading and a pale green leafy vine in a vertical pattern.

February 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM

Ellie Arscott

@elliearscott.bsky.social

It’s The Warmest Blanket in the World’s Book Birthday today!
📚🎂!!!! Illustrated by me, written by Tamara Levine and published by @secondstory.bsky.social
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
#kidlitart #kidlit #cankidlit @picturebookseh.bsky.social
#canscaip #scbwi