Meg Auchenbach
@megauchenbach.bsky.social
🎨 Author & Illustrator | Surface Designer
📖 If You Are an Artist (Peter Pauper Press 2024) When Night Sleeps (Post Wave 2027)
#kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity
🎨 Custom Pet Portraits
📧 megauchenbach@gmail.com
💻 www.megauchenbach.com
📖 If You Are an Artist (Peter Pauper Press 2024) When Night Sleeps (Post Wave 2027)
#kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity
🎨 Custom Pet Portraits
📧 megauchenbach@gmail.com
💻 www.megauchenbach.com
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My agency @illustrateit_agency will be having a big Art Show in September!
VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th
Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th
illustrate-it.co.uk
Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.
VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th
Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th
illustrate-it.co.uk
Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.
August 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My agency @illustrateit_agency will be having a big Art Show in September!
VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th
Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th
illustrate-it.co.uk
Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.
VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th
Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th
illustrate-it.co.uk
Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.
Friends, I need your help deciding between two grumpy boss characters for a new book dummy. Which Bob do you prefer, Blobfish or Beluga? TIA for helping with this incredibly serious and difficult decision. (I love this career) 😂 #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks
May 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Friends, I need your help deciding between two grumpy boss characters for a new book dummy. Which Bob do you prefer, Blobfish or Beluga? TIA for helping with this incredibly serious and difficult decision. (I love this career) 😂 #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks
April 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New book deal! 📖 Coming 2026
I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜
I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜
Announcing new deals for @cesalter.com @megauchenbach.bsky.social @rizzyfig.bsky.social @jasmineifang.bsky.social + more
Rights Report: Week of April 7, 2025
News about children's books, picture books, young adult books, kids' and YA authors, and kids' book events and trade shows, plus the Children's Bookshelf Newsletter
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April 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New book deal! 📖 Coming 2026
I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜
I'm thrilled to work with @postwavebooks.bsky.social and bring When Night Sleeps into the world! It is the moody, magical book of my heart! 💜
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Storyteller's Society Book Club Meeting #1 is in the books!
Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social
@katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social
We talked about...
- opening chapters
- reading vs. audiobook
- character development
And more!
Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social
@katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social
We talked about...
- opening chapters
- reading vs. audiobook
- character development
And more!
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Storyteller's Society Book Club Meeting #1 is in the books!
Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social
@katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social
We talked about...
- opening chapters
- reading vs. audiobook
- character development
And more!
Author: @lizalterman.bsky.social
@katieisenhuth.bsky.social @wininoid.bsky.social @leslieconner13.bsky.social @megauchenbach.bsky.social
We talked about...
- opening chapters
- reading vs. audiobook
- character development
And more!
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, a picture book author-illustrator from PA. We're inching toward Spring, but I loved working on this holiday piece!
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, a picture book author-illustrator from PA. We're inching toward Spring, but I loved working on this holiday piece!
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
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This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
January 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
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"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”
December 16, 2024 at 9:38 PM
"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”
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When I was teaching 7th grade a student’s dad came up to me in the grocery store once & told me he was worried about his son.
“He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?”
My answer?
“Get him more graphic novels.”
#LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove
“He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?”
My answer?
“Get him more graphic novels.”
#LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
When I was teaching 7th grade a student’s dad came up to me in the grocery store once & told me he was worried about his son.
“He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?”
My answer?
“Get him more graphic novels.”
#LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove
“He keeps…” He paused here, and sighed. “…reading graphic novels all the time. What should I do?”
My answer?
“Get him more graphic novels.”
#LetKidsReadWhatTheyLove
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, an author-illustrator from PA, and I love stories with whimsy, magic, and nature!
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
December 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Meg, an author-illustrator from PA, and I love stories with whimsy, magic, and nature!
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
✨Rep: John Rudolph at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
✨Portfolio: www.megauchenbach.com
✨Instagram: @megauchenbachart
#kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitcommunity
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I really love painting skies... 🌅
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#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #illustrator #picturebook #picturebookillustrator #writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity
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#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #illustrator #picturebook #picturebookillustrator #writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity
November 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I really love painting skies... 🌅
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This is not how books work. It's not a quantity game. Reading is an intensely focused act. Readers notice everything. You should see the letters we get. You can't chase trends, you have to set them, and that requires intuition, and the ability to spell Strawberry.
November 25, 2024 at 2:06 PM
This is not how books work. It's not a quantity game. Reading is an intensely focused act. Readers notice everything. You should see the letters we get. You can't chase trends, you have to set them, and that requires intuition, and the ability to spell Strawberry.
Want to know a secret? 🤫 I hid my kids inside IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! They think it's pretty cool that they get to say they're in a book! #illustration #ifyouareanartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitartists #kidlitartist
August 5, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Want to know a secret? 🤫 I hid my kids inside IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST! They think it's pretty cool that they get to say they're in a book! #illustration #ifyouareanartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitartists #kidlitartist
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Reminder to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit readers, creators, agents, editors, art directors, publishers posting about books & book events. Adding one of the HASHTAGS in the previous sentence will help your post get discovered by feeds.
Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!
Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!
July 30, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Reminder to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit readers, creators, agents, editors, art directors, publishers posting about books & book events. Adding one of the HASHTAGS in the previous sentence will help your post get discovered by feeds.
Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!
Ditto for adding #BookBirthday to posts about books coming out today!
Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Hilary! ❤️
I don’t think a photo can totally convey just how beautifully illustrated, designed, and crafted this picture book is. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST by Meg Auchenbach and Peter Pauper Press is an empowering ode to artistic children everywhere. A delight!! #kidlit #amreading
July 31, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Hilary! ❤️
July 18, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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I wrote some portfolio 💼 to-do’s and some don’t-do’s according to my long and winding #kidlitart journey.
👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
(I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)
👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
(I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)
Crafting an Illustration Portfolio
1/2 part how-to, 1/2 part don't do
open.substack.com
July 12, 2024 at 12:26 PM
I wrote some portfolio 💼 to-do’s and some don’t-do’s according to my long and winding #kidlitart journey.
👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
(I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)
👓 Read: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
(I won portfolio honors eventually, high fived #kidlit luminaries on my way to stage in the most awkward way possible)
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Hi, #kidlit artists! I'm seeking a MG (ages 9-12) illustrator for a coming-of-age mystery story featuring friendship, adventure, and an elusive white wolf.
Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator.
Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.
Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator.
Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.
June 24, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Hi, #kidlit artists! I'm seeking a MG (ages 9-12) illustrator for a coming-of-age mystery story featuring friendship, adventure, and an elusive white wolf.
Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator.
Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.
Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator.
Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.
✨ Meet the characters of 'If You Are An Artist'! Each one has a special story to tell. Who's your favorite? 📚👧👦
#ChildrensBooks #MeetTheCharacters #IfYouAreAnArtist #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #childrensbook #Illustration #picturebook #Illustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration
#ChildrensBooks #MeetTheCharacters #IfYouAreAnArtist #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #childrensbook #Illustration #picturebook #Illustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration
June 28, 2024 at 7:23 PM
✨ Meet the characters of 'If You Are An Artist'! Each one has a special story to tell. Who's your favorite? 📚👧👦
#ChildrensBooks #MeetTheCharacters #IfYouAreAnArtist #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #childrensbook #Illustration #picturebook #Illustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration
#ChildrensBooks #MeetTheCharacters #IfYouAreAnArtist #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #childrensbook #Illustration #picturebook #Illustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration
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Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it
June 24, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it
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Ta-daaaa!!!! It's a FREE VERSE poetry contest for kidlit -- because kidlit is NOT just about rhyme. You can do it! And we can't wait to see what you create. Get all the details at www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
June 21, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Ta-daaaa!!!! It's a FREE VERSE poetry contest for kidlit -- because kidlit is NOT just about rhyme. You can do it! And we can't wait to see what you create. Get all the details at www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
📚 I had a blast this weekend at the Cecil County Library Children's Book Festival. I got to chat with fellow kidlit author and illustrators, meet awesome kids, and enjoy PERFECT weather. If you are ever in the area, this is the most gorgeous library I've ever seen! #kidlit #childrensbooks
June 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
📚 I had a blast this weekend at the Cecil County Library Children's Book Festival. I got to chat with fellow kidlit author and illustrators, meet awesome kids, and enjoy PERFECT weather. If you are ever in the area, this is the most gorgeous library I've ever seen! #kidlit #childrensbooks
📚 I'll be at the Cecil County Public Library Children's Book Festival in Maryland tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th) from 10-2! Any kidlit friends in the area? I'd love to chat!
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June 7, 2024 at 9:36 PM
📚 I'll be at the Cecil County Public Library Children's Book Festival in Maryland tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th) from 10-2! Any kidlit friends in the area? I'd love to chat!
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#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #childrensbook #publiclibraries #cecilcountymd
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#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #childrensbook #publiclibraries #cecilcountymd