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Kate Cosgrove
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KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR 🌈
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard buddies
I make books for kids
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
#kidlitart #art #childrensbooks #NYTbestseller
#theoriginalartexhibition #societyofillustrators
Kidlit postcard illustration by me- Blue background Bert & Ernie’s happy house with them snug in their beds and flowers in their garden under a rainbow
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Bert & Ernie's House
©2025 Cosgrove...
New Art Print in my Etsy shop!!
My homage to Bert & Ernie
#BertandErnie #sesameestreet #fanart #muppets #kidlit #80skid #illustration #artprint #kidlit #kidlitart
: link for my Etsy Shop in bio / Linktree

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Small plastic Sesame Street toys next to brightly colored Bert & Ernie in their house on Sesame Street under a rainbow next to a colorful modern city surrounded by flowers and a white cat in the garden.
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The #1 NYT Bestseller: A DAY WITH NO WORDS by Tiffany Hammond, illustrated by me, pub by Bloomsbury IS BACK ON THE SHELVES!!! 💜
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #BlackBoyJoy #autism #nonspeaker #actuallyautistic #bookposse #diversebooks #disability #inclusion

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Brand new copies of the picture book A Day With No Words fanned out on taupe carpet. The title in pink Aidan on the cover, a Black boy in glasses, yellow shirt and purple plaid pants having fun at the playground
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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BOO!

#fairy #goth #halloween #artist #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #nytbestseller
Pink haired me, middle aged white woman, in creepy fairy costume, black wings, black dress, striped cuffs silver star wand.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🎃 Sabrina the Teenage Witch
©2025 Cosgrove
Halloween week drawing…decided to do a Sabrina sketch
#kidlit #blackcat #noai #witch #halloween #pencil #comics #archiecomics #childrensbooks #sabrinatheteenagewitchedit #kidlitart #mg #graphicnovel #ya

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B/w pencil drawing of Sabrina the teenage witch and her black cat on a witches broom under the moon. Next to drawing us an orange glass jackolantern and two fun size reeses pb cups
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet©2025 Cosgrove

What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? 🖤🧡🖤🧡🎃🎃🎃🎃

#humandrawing #kidlit #bunny #noai #dressup #trickortreat #childrensbooks #kidlitart #halloween #spooky #scary #costume #pumpkin #candycorn
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Halloween illustration in dark gem colors. A jack-o’-lantern carved into a house for a squirrel, hands out candy to tiny animal trick or treaters… bat dressed as dino, mouse dressed as alligator, caterpillar dressed as fish. Under the moon and some twinkle lights of candy corn.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Walter stole my mat. #goldendoodle
Golden doodle dog chilling…stretched out and relaxed on blue yoga mat that doesn’t belong to him.
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Picked up Walter after being out of town for a few days. He’s so weird & cute 😆 #goldendoodle
Derpy golden doodle with a lion cut
October 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Quote with your yellow art 💛 #kidlitart
Outdoor forest scene drawing and below earth if hibernating fox and skunk and rabbit. Yellow sky. Two children one Black girl yellow shirt blue pants one Asian boy orange shurt black pants frolicking with black cat
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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My kid is doing cross country, which means I am spending a lot of time in fields waiting for them to run by.

This time I brought my drawing pad…
1. Random girl with French braids
2. Fuzzy feather in field
3. Nerd’s NewBalance

#illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #sketchbook #nytbestseller #drawing
Pencil drawing. White girl French braids sweatshirt holding sports water bottle Pencil drawing of fluffy feather. Sprigs of grass. One clover leaf Photo of empty field, forest border. Two black and white New Balance sneakers
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard buddies 🌈
I make books for kids
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart #art #childrensbooks #NYTbestseller
#theoriginalartexhibition #societyofillustrators
Little girl with black hair brown skin green glasses yellow hair tie yellow shorts, knee sox . Holding a little brown & white dog and a green flashlight- shining on purple flowers with moths. Night sky
September 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Made a friend
Green praying mantis against green grass
August 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Rainbow my kid recently doodled, and it makes me happy 🌈 #kidart #rainbow
Rainbow by my kid, green blue yellow orange red pink and brown
August 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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TWO000 PEEWEE ART PRINTS in my Etsy shop (link in my linktree) #kidlit #PEEWEE #nostalgiacore #nostalgia #moviememorabilia
#PEEWEESBIGADVENTURE
#80s #retro #80sbaby
#childrensbooks #nytbestseller #artprint
July 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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NEW ART PRINT in my Etsy shop (link in my linktree) #kidlit #carebears #nostalgiacore #nostalgia #80s #retro #80sbaby #childrensbooks #nytbestseller #artprint
July 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Walter
Derpy Goldendoodle with his tongue poking out
June 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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AVAILABLE TODAY!!! Wherever you buy books!

My Pollinator Garden:
by Jordan Zwetchkenbaum
Art by me
Pub by @holidayhousebks

#juniorlibraryguild #goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#thebestbooks
#kidlit #polinatorgarden #picturebook #steam #bookrelease #bees #kidlitillustration #picturebook
May 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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So excited MY POLLINATOR GARDEN is a Junior
Library Guild Gold
Standard selection!!
AVAILABLE TODAY!!! by Jordan Zwetchkenbaum
Art by me
Pub by @holidayhousebks
#juniorlibraryguild #goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#thebestbooks
#juniorlibraryguildgoldselection #kidlit #picturebook
Cover of my latest picture book My Pollinator Garden with the Junior Library Guild Gold medal resting on a floral fabric. Junior Library Guild congratulations message emailed to me.
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Disassociating
Vintage sticker with rainbow, white cloud, stars & red comic book font saying FAR OUT!
May 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It’s fine.
Photo of a brown horse galloping out of a McDonald’s
May 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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May 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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New Art Print in my Etsy shop!!
My homage to a Mary Blair / Fantasia Centaur 🌈
#centaur #Fantasia #disneyfantasia #maryblair #kidlit #illustration #artprint
: link for my Etsy Shop in bio / Linktree
Pink Centaur- homage to Mary Blair / admiring reflection in water / dark plumb forest with pink blue white and yellow flowers and trees / art print resting on a floral cloth with two real flowers in yellow & white.
May 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I had A BLAST at Steele Elementary for an Illustrator visit!! & snapped pix w/ my twin cousins
School visit: contact my booking agent Sarah @hownowbooking
#kidlit #authorvisit
#illustratorvisit #schoolvisit #childrensbooks #STEAM #GOLDENDOODLE
#NYTbestseller #servicedog #read
Kate Cosgrove illustrator visit pink haired white woman showing slide show to school children seated criss cross on the floor. Kate Cosgrove illustrator visit pink haired white woman rainbow skirt signing books for school children. Kate Cosgrove illustrator visit pink haired white woman rainbow skirt posing with white brown haired female twin cousins Kate Cosgrove illustrator visit pink haired white woman rainbow skirt on floor with white and brown golden doodle service dog
May 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Be your own Easter Bunny. #cadbury #Goldendoodle
Walter the golden doodle peeking over the box of creme eggs I bought myself
April 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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#UNBOXING my latest picture book!
MY POLLINATOR GARDEN: HOW I PLANT FOR BEES, BUTTERFLIES, BEETLES, AND MORE
by: Jordan Zwetchkenbaum
Art by: Me, Kate Cosgrove
@holidayhousebks
PREORDER NOW!!
Available May 27, 2025
#bookunboxing #kidlit #bees #NONFICTION #nytbestsellers #bookrelease #pinkhair
April 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM