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Josh Lewis
@joshjlewis.bsky.social
Author • Illustrator • Art Director
#kidlit #kidlitart

Author of Ray’s Big Day (Scholastic, 2024)
Illustrator for LEGO Little Golden Books

Agent: Natascha Morris @socalledyalife.bsky.social, the Tobias Literary Agency.

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And this year, I'm one of the mentors! If you're in the RMC chapter, check it out.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Big news! I’m illustrating a new book.
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Here's a style exploration for my book dummy.

I'm an author and illustrator, open to
• picture books/board books
• lettering/title treatments
• coloring graphic novels

📚 Rep'd by Natascha Morris @socalledyalife.bsky.social
🌐 joshjlewis.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Here's a style exploration for my book dummy.

I'm an author and illustrator, open to
• picture books/board books
• lettering/title treatments
• coloring graphic novels

📚 Rep'd by Natascha Morris @socalledyalife.bsky.social
🌐 joshjlewis.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today's @ppld.org find.
What an amazing book by @johnloren.bsky.social!
August 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard! ✌️

I’m just an author and illustrator standing here with a book dummy. I love telling weird, humorous stories, often with a nonfiction element.

📚 Rep'd by Natascha Morris @socalledyalife.bsky.social
🌐 joshjlewis.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard! I’m an author and illustrator. This artwork is from my book Ray’s Big Day (Scholastic 2024).

🎨 joshjlewis.com

Rep: @socalledyalife.bsky.social
@thetobiasagency.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thanks to the Space Foundation Discovery Center for having me out today to read Ray’s Big Day! Presenting my art on the Science on a Sphere has been a longtime goal.
#space #kidlit
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thanks to the Space Foundation Discovery Center for having me out today to read Ray’s Big Day! Presenting my art on the Science on a Sphere has been a longtime goal.
#space #kidlit
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Seeing your friend’s success over time is one of the coolest parts of the #kidlit community.
February 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy 50th @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social ! Celebrating with my tribute to Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker.

#snl #snl50 #chrisfarley #kidlitart #illustration
February 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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#ABCsofFebruary: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

L - Louise Little (Activist and mom of Malcolm X)

The K.K.K. targeted the Little home because Louise and husband, Earl, were unapologetic activists who pushed a message of revolution in the new Black communities of the unwelcoming Midwest.
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Happy Book Birthday to my buddy @scottsoeder.bsky.social!!
Thanks to Art Director Maryn.
I colored the interiors.
#kidlit #bookbirthday
February 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

H - Harry T. Burleigh (Composer and Arranger)

Burleigh became the soloist at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City in 1894. Although he faced opposition due to his race, he was hired after J. P. Morgan's crucial vote.
#BHM
February 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

G - Gordon Parks (Photographer and Filmmaker)

Parks’ work in film and literature further showcased the African American experience, making him a significant cultural figure and advocate for change through visual storytelling.
#BHM
February 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

F - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Poet and Abolitionist)

In 1858, Harper refused to sit in the "colored" section of a segregated trolley car in Philadelphia. Same year, published well-known poem "Bury Me in a Free Land".
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

‪Ernie Barnes (Artist and Activist)‬

Barnes, a former pro-football player, was also an activist who used his platform to advocate for social change and equality.

#BHM
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders Who Uplift The Masses

B is for Bayard Rustin (Civil Rights Organizer)

Rustin was a gay man who often worked behind the scenes to advise civil rights leaders due to criticism of his sexuality.

#BHM
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My good friend is at it again! Give Dameon a follow for his 8th year of the ABC’s of February.
#ABC’s of February: The Lead - Leaders who uplift the masses
A is for Anna Julia Cooper

"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class — it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”
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#theabcsoffebruary2025 #americanhistory #blackhistoryfacts
February 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This looks awesome!
Cover reveal!

Alexander Vidal did an amazing job illustrating TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT: How Paleontologists Unearthed a City's Prehistoric Past.

This cover is also textured! Trust me when I say it's so, so cool.

TRAPPED is available for pre-order wherever books are sold!

#kidlit #nf #stem #fossils
January 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I need humorous and wacky pictute books #MSWL
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Happy MLK Day! (This illustration is from Recipes for Change, written by Michael Platt and published by Magic Cat Publishing & Abrams Kids. A pecan pie recipe goes along with this spread. 🥧) #kidlitart #illustration #mlkday
January 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Happy Martin Luther Ling Jr Day! The only thing worth celebrating today :)
January 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s like a reverse Big (the movie) but Christmas. Seriously, check it out!
I love this wacky Christmas story with loads of heart! It's available for 4 more days and BBC audio dramas are the best. Have a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - The Christmas Present - BBC Sounds
Ben Crompton's heart warming seasonal drama.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:09 AM