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Jesse White
@jessewhiteillustration.com
🌙 Illustrator, author, & muralist in Durham, NC
🌿 Brave Like Fireweed (UNSQ)
🐚 Rep’d by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
bio.site/jessewhiteillustration
It’s #bannedbooksweek 📚 Kids are people and all people deserve to learn from a rich, diverse range of reading material. If you’re interested in joining Authors Against Book Bans, please feel free to DM me! #kidlit #kidlitart
September 26, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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It's a starred SLJ review for BRAVE LIKE FIREWEED by @jessewhiteillustration.com (which releases today!)

🌟 “A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, and inspiration in the natural world” 🌟

Read the full review here

Learn more about the book

@pterlip.bsky.social
August 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
A recent #illustration for PineStraw & O'Henry Mag, to accompany Katherine Min's The Music Lover. I wanted to give this piece a kind of star-crossed lovers vibe, with a sprinkle of angst and mystery. Lots of fun to work on and an honor to illustrate one of Min's pieces. #editorialillustration #art
August 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
August #sketchbook prompt drop! I’ve been enjoying a bit of a pace change recently (as in, slowing downnn!) so haven’t been as present on social media but am looking forward to digging into these for sure ✏️💕 #art
August 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
⭐ Brave Like Fireweed received a SLJ Starred Review! Hooray!

They state that BLF is "a thoughtful offering for SEL units as well as an upbeat lesson on resiliency in nature; this is also a great choice for sharing one-on-one".

You can pre-order now at the link in my bio 🌿🎒✨

#kidlit #picturebook
July 24, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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A STAR for @jessewhiteillustration.com's author-illustrator debut BRAVE LIKE FIREWEED!

⭐ "A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, & inspiration in the natural world.”—School Library Journal

Pre-order now!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494971...
July 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
If you see this, post your moon art 🌕🌖🌗

*Posts one of my seventeen thousand illustrations that has a moon in it 🙃
#kidlitart #kidlit #art
July 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This week’s #sketchbook spread for FOLLOW. The colors didn’t come out exactly like I had imagined but I had lots of fun making it. I love when sketchbook work gives me a little reminder to focus on the process rather than the product 🌿🪶🎒
#kidlitart #art
July 19, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Any excuse to post a cat 😊 One of my fave spots from last year, for Kazoo Magazine 💕
#kidlitart #kidlit #cat
July 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Maeve recently 💕
#cats #toebeans
July 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Monday morning #sketchbook! I think this one is finished 😊 On to FOLLOW tomorrow 🖍️
#art #kidlitart
July 15, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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Summer is all about melty stick marshmallows and cut-off jean jackets, amirite?

Hello! My name is Druscilla Santiago- I like to make pictures with limited color palettes, sketchy textures, and quirky characters.

Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
#kidlitartpostcard #Kidlit #kidlitart
July 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM
If you too have been searching for a way to add a Bluesky social icon to your SquareSpace website instead of the generic link icon (bleh!) - here are the resources I used to do that! Any time I use custom code I feel like a genius 😀 This was SO satisfying! ⬇️
July 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard !
I'm Cani, an illustrator from Taiwan. I am available for work in the #kidlit realm including #picturebook, #boardbook , #nonfiction for kids, as well as puzzles and games for kids.

🎨 www.canigrin.com
Represented by
@jmcgowanbks.bsky.social

#kidlitart
#picturebook
July 11, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day. I love storytelling with my illustrations. Please reach out if you would like to work together. I am excited to hear from you. #kidlitart

Portfolio: theremaybecats.com
Agent: @carynwiseman.bsky.social
✉️: caryn@andreabrownlit.com
July 11, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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Happy #KidLitArtPostCard Day🥳 Here's a concerned duck mom reporting seeing the most wanted armadillo in the Wild West.

I'm a #kidlit illustrator from the U.S. who loves to capture magical moments between characters! I'm available for PB, board books, and editorial projects!

📣 claryillustration.com
July 11, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator, author, and muralist specializing in #kidlit. Stories about fierce, independent girls and nature are at the top of my wishlist. I draw way too many owls! 🦉

Excited about #pb and #mg projects. Rep'd by @pterlip.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 💕
July 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Postcard day is tomorrow! #kidlit #kidlitart
Please note July's #KidLitArtPostcard event is getting pushed out one week due to the 4th of July holiday. You have an extra week to make a great promo piece #kidlitart illustrators. And an extra week for #kidlit art directors, editors, and agents to come on over to Bluesky.
July 10, 2024 at 8:07 PM
The swallowtail butterfly chrysalises in our fennel have opened and I like to think this butterfly I saw today in the beebalm came from one! 🦋🌱✨
#gardening
July 10, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Today’s #sketchbook progress 🫡 I was looking through old sketchbook photos yesterday and realized this little fox shows up quite frequently! She just works her way into a design without me even thinking about it. Do you have characters that have become friends like that? 💕
#art #kidlitart
July 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I started a SFF world building class this evening (!!!) and it takes place on Tuesday evenings so it’ll be hard for me to join #kidlitchat in earnest the next couple weeks.
TOPIC: Define "picture book." Or "middle grade." What makes a book YA? Is it simply age range? Or how it's shelved in the library? Do you have a firm grasp of the categories and where your writing and/or art fits? #kidlitchat
July 10, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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Happy #portfolioday 🦋 I’m Cindy, a Latinx illustrator, muralist & cartoonist in Philly. I have a soft spot for dense cities, female friendship (and romance!), bright dreamy colors, and 90s pop culture.

Rep’d by Saritza Hernández at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Cindylozito.com
July 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Aloha! I’m Druscilla- a published children’s book illustrator with a background in art direction & graphic design. I’m new to Blue Sky—and thought it would be fun to introduce myself on #PortfolioDay. Here are some of my favorite #kidlit pieces.

Let’s Party.
July 9, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Hello, #PortfolioDay ✨ I'm a #kidlit illustrator for children's literature who loves to capture magical moments between characters!

I'm available for picture books, board books, and kids' magazine projects.

📣 claryillustration.com
💌 hello[at]claryillustration.com
July 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM