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Jenny Alvarado
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#kidlit Author-Illustrator & T1D Mom 💙 | PENCIL & ERASER (book 3) Jan 2026 | She/Her | Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
www.JennyAbooks.com
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I don’t know how I missed this but Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma! won the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for beginning fiction! 🎉🙌🏆
Thank you so much @mdlibraryassoc.bsky.social What an honor! Many thanks to everyone on the committee 💕
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Image shows the word “Winner!” Across the top in capital letters. Below it is and image of the book Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma! and the seal of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award which features a blue crab reading a read book. Pencil and Eraser are at the bottom of the image saying “thank you.” This image shows the seal of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award which features a blue crab reading a red book. Below it reads “MARYLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION YOUTH SERVICES DIVISION” and its address. Below that is a whale reading a red book. On the right side of the image it shows that the book Pencil & Eraser: We have a Dull-emma! by Jenny Alvarado is the winner for beginning fiction. There is a description of the book and below it are the honor winners of the category Dog and Pony Show: Dog Gets a Pet by Jeff Mack, Words Are Magic by Zaila Avant-garde, and Ty's Travels: Showtime! by Kelly Starling Lyons
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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✨ Happy #portfolioday ✨
I’m Jenny, an author and illustrator of kids books. I love comic style illustrations, characters that get themselves in a bit of trouble, and drawing while watching crime docs.

I’m represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎨 www.jennyabooks.com
A square divided into 4 separate illustrations. Top left is a little girl with vitiligo having a tea party with Death. She is wearing a pretty pink and yellow dress and holding Death’s scythe that she just used to cut a slice of cake for him. Death is unamused as he holds a tiny tea cup. Top right is a group of 3 pre teen friends taking a selfie together. They’re all holding up peace signs. Bottom left is a group of 3 pre teen age witch friends laying on a pink blanket. One friend is munching on snacks and another is getting their attention to look at something in the sky. There are hats and snacks scattered around and their brooms are on the left bottom corner. Bottom right is a black and white illustration of 2 friends sitting on the ground. The friend on the left has dark curly hair and is holding a book open. The friend on the right has light curly hair and is pointing at something in the book.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Kirkus has spoken. Pencil & Eraser books are perfect for beginning readers and I couldn’t agree more! 💕

Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule! is available for pre-order and will be out on Jan. 6th 2026 ✨
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Anthropomorphic characters Pencil & Eraser are holding up their book (Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule!) Ruler is standing behind them looking up in excitement at the Kirkus review for the book.
October 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Hey, hey, hey! It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! 🍂
Anyone up for a witchy picnic and some stargazing?

🎨 www.jennyabooks.com
Rep’d by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
A cartoon style illustration featuring three young witches and their black cat laying on a blanket stargazing. The blanket has snacks, drinks and witch hats scattered about.
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Hey #KidLitArtPostcard!!! 🎨
I’m Jenny, an author & illustrator of kids books.

✨rep’d by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Illustration of 3 kids making chalk art. There are bushes and flowers in the foreground as well as the background with white space in the middles where the children are drawing.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It’s Disability Pride Month! Disability comes in many forms and we all probably know someone in our life with a disability. I’d like to share a bit about one in our life.
If you’d like to learn more, check out
Breakthrough T1D, Beyond Type 1, and Touched by type 1
Drawing of a girl wearing an insulin pump putting her pencil and eraser into her book bag. The background features the disability pride flag
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule! is a JLG Gold Standard Selection! 🥳
You know what this means? 👀
All three Pencil & Eraser books hold this honor. 🥹
Thank you so much Junior Library Guild and @putnambooks.bsky.social
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#jlgselection
July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Pencil & Eraser: We Have a Dull-emma! is a selected title in the Children’s Book Council 2025 Building a Home Library list!💕
Do you have Pencil & Eraser in your home library? If you don’t, here’s your sign to add it!
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June 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Fridays Are for Churros first trade review and it’s a sweet one! It was so hard for me to pull a quote from this review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social because it was all so kind. Thanks so much! 💕
Image features the quote from a Booklist review of Fridays Are for Churros. The book is shown at the bottom on the image surrounded by churros.
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Just a mother and her twin book children 💕☺️📚
Happy book birthday to them!! 🎂🥳🎉
#pubday #kidlit
Author holding her books; Pencil & Eraser: Lost and Frown! And Fridays Are For Churros
May 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today is the day!!! It’s Pencil & Eraser’s book 2 birthday!!!🥳🎉🎂
Pencil & Eraser: Lost and Frown! is out in the world 🤩
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May 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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It’s time for a cover reveal! 🎉

Book 3 will be out in the world on January 6th, 2026!

Huge thanks to @chrismakesbooks and the team at @putnambooks.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

Book 2 and 3 are available for preorder! ✨
April 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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What the what?!
Pencil & Eraser: We Have a Dull-emma! is a CBC Favorites Award Winner! 🥹
It’s a Top 10 CBC Children’s Favorite for grades 3-5
Thank you so much Children’s Book Council and huge thanks to Chris and Kyra and everyone at @putnambooks.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social

#kidsfaves
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Wooo!!! 🙌 What great news!
Agent Unicorn is a CBC Favorites Award Winner 🥹 It was named a CBC Teacher Favorite for grades K-2.
Thank you so much, Children’s Book Council.

#kidsfaves
Agent Unicorns is a Children’s Book Council Teacher Favorites Winner. Image shows a graphic of the award. Agent Unicorn is looking at the award. He is a green unicorn in a detective hat and coat.
April 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Proving why I don’t show my awkward face around here one “unboxing” video at a time ✨📚🫶

Fridays Are For Churros is available for preorder and will be out in the world on May 6th!!! 😋
Los Viernes Comemos Churros will be out on May 27th!!! 😍
April 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Hey #KidLitArtPostcard!!! 🎨
I’m Jenny, an author & illustrator of kids books.

✨repped by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

www.JennyAbooks.com

#kidlit #kidlitart
Graphic novel style illustration of three friends taking a selfie on a cell phone with a teal cover. Friend on the left is blonde with fair skin, and is wearing a cochlear implant. Friend on the right has brown skin and long red curly hair. She is the one holding the phone for the photo. The friend in the back is jumping and sticking out their tongue. They have light tan skin and is wearing a bucket hat over short black hair. All three friends are doing piece signs with their hands.
March 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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How I found time to add something new to my portfolio this month is beyond me. 💕 Hope everyone is doing well. I’m headed back into my deadline cave ✌️ #kidlitart #kidlit
February 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! 💕
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Hey hey hey #portfolioday I’m Jenny, an author - illustrator of kids books. I love puns, color and silly characters. 💕

I’m open to PB, CB, and GN projects.

Represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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What a year! So many “firsts”. First PB published, first early GN, first time visiting CA and OH, my son’s first diaversary, his first time wearing an insulin pump, first time seeing snow, first school visit, first book event, etc. I can’t wait to see what firsts 2025 brings for all of us! 💕
December 31, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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@slj.com gave me the a great Christmas gift ☺️ such kind words for Agent Unicorn! Thank you!
Full review www.slj.com/review/agent... 💕
Want to know what else would make a great gift? A book about a unicorn who dreams about being detective. 👀 #kidlit #kidlitauthor #kidlitart
December 17, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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Cover reveal!! 👀😋💕
Fridays Are for Churros will be available in English and in Spanish on May 6, 2025 published by Holiday House
But you can preorder now 🙌
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitbooks
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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I have exciting news! 📚🎉🙌
I’m now represented by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA 😍✨💕
I’m thrilled to be part of the ABLA team and I can’t wait to see what the future holds!!!
October 23, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Happy Friday!!! This Friday is extra happy because I just learned that PENCIL & ERASER: LOST AND FROWN! is also a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much @jrlibraryguild
This book will be out in May but you can pre-order now! 🤩 #JLGSelection @putnambooks @penguinkids
October 18, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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A little before & after ✨

Pencil & Eraser were very different in the beginning. Not only did they look different, they had different personalities and started out as a picture idea!

Book 2 will be out May 6th, 2025 but you can preorder it now!! 💕🙌💃🏻
October 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM