There are a lot of new children's picture books at this link, including my own. Books make great holiday gifts! Check them out at SCBWI BookStop. www.scbwi.org/bookstop

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What is a Barreleye Fish? I had the same question when I started illustrating IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Here is my best explanation.
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Today is World Octopus Day!
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Today's signing event = success! Thanks to Open Door Bookstore for hosting and to all the folks who attended. We sold out of both IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA and SALAMANDER SKY! 🌊🐬 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustrator

TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book.

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Come see me at The Open Door Bookstore on Saturday, October 4, 1-2:30 pm! I am signing copies of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? 🐬🌊

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IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?
Coming 9/23. Pre-order now! "Learn about a wide variety of beloved and obscure sea creatures and the lives they live beneath the spray." Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
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My nieces sent me a handwritten note and a dandelion! My heart is melting. Thank you, girls, I love it! I will put it up on my studio wall.

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These things didn't make it into IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA: Phytoplankton (not an animal), sea otters, kelp (not an animal), different version of oyster reef, baby octopus.

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Bookmarks ☑️ Postcards ☑️ Business cards ☑️

If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?
Coming September 23. #preorder at your local bookstore or online.

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My illustrator copies arrived! Don't they look amazing? IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be out Sept 23. 🐬🐠🐙🪼 Pre-order at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. Thanks, @weboflifebooks.bsky.social & Julie Honan Johnston. #picturebook #kidlit #shark #fish #octopus #dolphin #seashore

My #picturebook, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?, is swimming to bookstores on 9/23/25! Author Julie Honan Johnston. Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social. So glad I can share this cover with all of you! 🐋🐠🦀🐧🐙🐙🪼 #oceananimals #sealife #marinebiology #kitlit #kidlitart #digitalillustration

Here are the indoor and outdoor activities at #ThacherPark in March: Making #bluebird boxes, #watercolor #painting classes, the Annual #Nature #Art Show, #fossils, #scavengerhunt, and more!

It's been a while since I worked with soft #pastels. Here we go! This is Callie, a white boxer. #petportrait #dogportrait

Things you didn't know about rabbits... We saw blue rabbit pee in our backyard. Yes, blue! Apparently, a rabbit's pee will turn from yellow to blue after the rabbit has eaten buckthorn bark and twigs. There is a phytochemical in the buckthorn that turns the urine blue when sunlight hits it.

My dog told me to start posting on Bluesky. So here I am!