Ginger Ngo | Illustrator 🤡
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Ginger Ngo | Illustrator 🤡
@gingerngo.bsky.social
Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
https://gingerngo.com
https://gingerngo.substack.com/
I remember my grandfather "testing" my Chinese by asking me what I had for dinner when I was a kid.

I couldn't answer properly and everyone laughed at my terrible Chinese. My mom looked kind of embarrassed.

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#kidlitart #kidlit #childhoodillustrated
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sketchbook studies with one of my favourite painters ever, Filipino national artist Fernando Amorsolo. I was able to finally pick up a book of his works when I was back in Manila last month. #sketchbook 🇵🇭
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Play as research? That's an important part of being an illustrator, no?

I am having some fun drawing and painting studies based on the amazing stuff I saw at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum I visited Hanoi last month. It was so wonderful!

#sketchbook #kidlitart
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hi hi! Happy #kidlitartpostcard today!

I'm Ginger, and I am a picture book author and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love illustrating funny kids who get into trouble.

gingerngo.com

I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illustration

#kidlitart #kidlit
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dopey pigeons always looking at you with THOSE EYES 👀

Been feeling a bit creatively blocked/sour lately. Thank goodness for these incredibly accurate nature drawings I've been doing to fill my sketchbook.
#sketchbook #kidlitart
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Yup, it is most definitely "colourwork sweaters and hot chocolate while waiting for the bus" weather.

#kidlitart
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reworking an old sketch with a more loose hand. How is your Friday going? #sketchbook #kidlitart
October 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! My name is Ginger and I'm based in Vancouver, BC! I love heartfelt stories and sharing parts of my childhood memories from the Philippines in my work. #kidlitart

gingerngo.com

I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illo!
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
First day of a new month! So many things to do!
#kidlitart #childrensillustration #sketchbook
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A cool, calm, serene thanks to Christina Barber for her review of EMERSON on The Miramichi Reader! #kidlitart #bcbooks #canadiankidsbooks

miramichireader.ca/2025/09/emer...
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just a funny idea for an imagined book cover. 😂 Maybe a middle grade book in the future?

I remember my grandpa had a mini shark at some point! Or maybe I was dreaming and it was just a really big fish...

#kidlitart
September 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I heard from some little birdy that today is NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY 💕

Thought I'd share these funny idea sketches I had for a story I've been working on for a while.
#kidlitart #sketchbook #kidlit
September 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am kind of a local news nut, so this is a dee-light to see!

Mr. Keith Baldrey's bookshelf is the ultimate BC author's easter egg!!! ❤️ This man has made it a mission to support BC books even as he talks about federal funding for EV infrastructure. He is so cool.

#kidlit #kidlitart #bcbooks
August 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lots of new friends I've made have asked me how to pronounce my last name. What a thoughtful question!

My last name is a common word in Asia, particularly from Vietnam. Most English speakers have trouble, but that's okay.

Also, do you know who Barbara Walters and Arnold Palmer are? 😰

#kidlit
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What a great Saturday! We had storytime w our pals at Kinder Books in New West, BC. They were all so excited to learn that Emerson is real!

Photo credit ❤️ Anne! Thanks for having us! Let's support our local bookshops--they are such an important part of our communities!
kinderbooks.ca

#kidlitart
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I did not anticipate how much I would LOVE my new little friends sending me back some Emerson postcards.

"I ate [too] much [salmon] rolls." 😍 Me too, girl. Me too.

www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781998...

#kidlitart #bcbooks #readbc #kidlit
August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oh goodness. Emerson and I were featured on the cover of @bcbooklook.bsky.social

bcbooklook.com/victorias-se...

How fashionable! Thank you! ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #bcbooks
August 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
HOLY COW! Looks like Emerson's gotten the SEAL OF APPROVAL! We're No 4 on this week's BC Bestsellers according to @readlocalbc.bsky.social on our release week! Thanks everyone!

#kidlitart #kidlit #readlocalbc

@picturebookseh.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🎉 Today is publication day for EMERSON THE ELEPHANT SEAL!

I'm so excited to share my boyfriend with you. He is over 500 lbs, so there is plenty of Emerson to go around!

Now available widely across Canadian bookshops!
www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781998...

#kidlit #kidlitart #canadiankidlit
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Some special folks have said some lovely things about Emerson lately.

I was nervous about making this book, but friends like Eloise and Mr. Lucky Budd made it feel less scary to show everyone else! Thank you! ❤️

#kidlitart #kidlit
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
August 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Ginger, a Canadian Filipino-Chinese kids' book illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love seeing children like me and our chaotic multicultural childhoods celebrated in picture books.

gingerngo.com

I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illo!

#kidlitart
August 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A conversation with me and my boyfriend. Get to know me and EMERSON as we share our new book with all our friends!

gingerngo.com/emerson-the-...

#kidlitart #kidlit #kidsbook #childrensbook #canadian #victoriabc
August 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh gosh, our EMERSON stickers have just arrived! Just in time for our August adventures together! Weee!

gingerngo.com/emerson-the-...

#kidlitart #kidlit
August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM