Natasha B Padhiar
@natashabpadhiar.bsky.social
Author and Ilustrator of wonder and love
Www.brightandbluestudio.com
Www.brightandbluestudio.com
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November's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Thankful Thoughts!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
November's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Thankful Thoughts!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
Join your hosts on Nov 20, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about thankfulness!
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’ve been busy wrapping up the illustrations for this beautiful book by Geshu Sugandh—woo!
Seeking representation as an author/illustrator for picture books and illustrated gift books! You can see my portfolio of surface design and kidlit art: brightandbluestudio.com
Seeking representation as an author/illustrator for picture books and illustrated gift books! You can see my portfolio of surface design and kidlit art: brightandbluestudio.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’ve been busy wrapping up the illustrations for this beautiful book by Geshu Sugandh—woo!
Seeking representation as an author/illustrator for picture books and illustrated gift books! You can see my portfolio of surface design and kidlit art: brightandbluestudio.com
Seeking representation as an author/illustrator for picture books and illustrated gift books! You can see my portfolio of surface design and kidlit art: brightandbluestudio.com
Summer vibes for #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author & illustrator focusing on SEL stories and everyday wonder and warmth.
Currently querying agents with a couple of PBs, seeking representation as an author/illustrator!
💼: brightandbluestudio.com
Currently querying agents with a couple of PBs, seeking representation as an author/illustrator!
💼: brightandbluestudio.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Summer vibes for #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author & illustrator focusing on SEL stories and everyday wonder and warmth.
Currently querying agents with a couple of PBs, seeking representation as an author/illustrator!
💼: brightandbluestudio.com
Currently querying agents with a couple of PBs, seeking representation as an author/illustrator!
💼: brightandbluestudio.com
Reposted by Natasha B Padhiar
Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Reposted by Natasha B Padhiar
Neighborhood Literary is ready. Me and @beccapodos.bsky.social will see you there. 💜
DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
June 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Neighborhood Literary is ready. Me and @beccapodos.bsky.social will see you there. 💜
A LOOK at my recent passion project come to life, “Look! What do you see? A game of wonder…” inspired by walks of awe with my toddler, as well as my time as an Reggio-based educator! Learn more at brightandbluestudio.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A LOOK at my recent passion project come to life, “Look! What do you see? A game of wonder…” inspired by walks of awe with my toddler, as well as my time as an Reggio-based educator! Learn more at brightandbluestudio.com
Happy Earth Day! I’m excited to share a new project all about connecting with the world around us, and prompting moments of awe, wonder, creativity and more.
Preorder here: brightandbluestudio.com/goods/
Preorder here: brightandbluestudio.com/goods/
April 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy Earth Day! I’m excited to share a new project all about connecting with the world around us, and prompting moments of awe, wonder, creativity and more.
Preorder here: brightandbluestudio.com/goods/
Preorder here: brightandbluestudio.com/goods/
Happy #weneeddiversebooksday and #kidlitartpostcard day!
I write/illustrate PBs filled with wonder and warmth, focusing on socio-emotional learning, and creating opportunities of representation in authentic ways.
I’m currently querying agents!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
I write/illustrate PBs filled with wonder and warmth, focusing on socio-emotional learning, and creating opportunities of representation in authentic ways.
I’m currently querying agents!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy #weneeddiversebooksday and #kidlitartpostcard day!
I write/illustrate PBs filled with wonder and warmth, focusing on socio-emotional learning, and creating opportunities of representation in authentic ways.
I’m currently querying agents!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
I write/illustrate PBs filled with wonder and warmth, focusing on socio-emotional learning, and creating opportunities of representation in authentic ways.
I’m currently querying agents!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
Reposted by Natasha B Padhiar
The relentless attacks on library workers, educators, and community members are meant to create an environment of fear.
For #RightToReadDay, we’re asking you to celebrate — and defend — the freedoms that are found in our libraries!
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
For #RightToReadDay, we’re asking you to celebrate — and defend — the freedoms that are found in our libraries!
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
Right to Read Day
The right to read is under attack. On Right to Read Day, April 7, 2025, take action to support your library and protect your freedom to read.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The relentless attacks on library workers, educators, and community members are meant to create an environment of fear.
For #RightToReadDay, we’re asking you to celebrate — and defend — the freedoms that are found in our libraries!
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
For #RightToReadDay, we’re asking you to celebrate — and defend — the freedoms that are found in our libraries!
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
Spotted my pal Kush at the library! 😬 so grateful 🫶🏼
March 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Spotted my pal Kush at the library! 😬 so grateful 🫶🏼
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April 3 is officially We Need Diverse Books Day!!
The nonprofit org We Need Diverse Books works to promote books which reflect our world–and on their 10th anniversary, they're sharing resources on how to do the same. Check out their recommendations!
reactormag.com/celebrate-in...
The nonprofit org We Need Diverse Books works to promote books which reflect our world–and on their 10th anniversary, they're sharing resources on how to do the same. Check out their recommendations!
reactormag.com/celebrate-in...
This April, Celebrate the Inaugural “We Need Diverse Books Day” - Reactor
The non-profit We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) is turning ten this year, and to celebrate the occasion—as well as highlight the importance of reading books that reflect our beautifully diverse world—the ...
reactormag.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
April 3 is officially We Need Diverse Books Day!!
The nonprofit org We Need Diverse Books works to promote books which reflect our world–and on their 10th anniversary, they're sharing resources on how to do the same. Check out their recommendations!
reactormag.com/celebrate-in...
The nonprofit org We Need Diverse Books works to promote books which reflect our world–and on their 10th anniversary, they're sharing resources on how to do the same. Check out their recommendations!
reactormag.com/celebrate-in...
It’s been one year that my picture book, Quiet Kush, has been out in the world! To celebrate, I made a paper-sculpted chocolate cake, and am currently hosting a giveaway on IG.
I’m also going to be doing a school visit this Friday and I’m so excited! #kidlit
I’m also going to be doing a school visit this Friday and I’m so excited! #kidlit
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s been one year that my picture book, Quiet Kush, has been out in the world! To celebrate, I made a paper-sculpted chocolate cake, and am currently hosting a giveaway on IG.
I’m also going to be doing a school visit this Friday and I’m so excited! #kidlit
I’m also going to be doing a school visit this Friday and I’m so excited! #kidlit
My little has a book fair this week, and he spotted a book he liked! He was so excited to read it, so I bought it. I thought about my childhood and how my hard-working immigrant parents never said no when it came to books. I thought about how tough it must have been financially for them, 1/3 #kidlit
February 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My little has a book fair this week, and he spotted a book he liked! He was so excited to read it, so I bought it. I thought about my childhood and how my hard-working immigrant parents never said no when it came to books. I thought about how tough it must have been financially for them, 1/3 #kidlit
Excited about this sweet freebie that will be included in this month’s newsletter. Hint: it’s a game! #kidlitthreads
February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Excited about this sweet freebie that will be included in this month’s newsletter. Hint: it’s a game! #kidlitthreads
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You can’t post your way out of fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You can’t post your way out of fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Reposted by Natasha B Padhiar
It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! And I’m here to keep showing up with LOVE! I love stories about nature, animals, the earth, mindfulness, & imagination. Illustrator/author of PBs & more. Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social & Rosa Frazier @seymouragency.bsky.social.
weyakindesigns.com
#kidlit #kidlitart
weyakindesigns.com
#kidlit #kidlitart
February 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! And I’m here to keep showing up with LOVE! I love stories about nature, animals, the earth, mindfulness, & imagination. Illustrator/author of PBs & more. Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social & Rosa Frazier @seymouragency.bsky.social.
weyakindesigns.com
#kidlit #kidlitart
weyakindesigns.com
#kidlit #kidlitart
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author/illustrator who focuses on the little everyday joys and highlighting SEL through my work. #kidlit
Currently seeking representation!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
Currently seeking representation!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author/illustrator who focuses on the little everyday joys and highlighting SEL through my work. #kidlit
Currently seeking representation!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
Currently seeking representation!
💼: www.brightandbluestudio.com
This article was written in 1990, and it’s just as important a reminder today: scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This article was written in 1990, and it’s just as important a reminder today: scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...
Keep on writing because your story matters! #kidlit #kidlitart
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Keep on writing because your story matters! #kidlit #kidlitart
The January freebie from my newsletter! #illustrator Www.brightandbluestudio.com/newsletter
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The January freebie from my newsletter! #illustrator Www.brightandbluestudio.com/newsletter
#artvsartist2024 I didn’t create as much new work as I would have liked to this year, but that’s starting to change more recently! 🫶🏼✨
December 19, 2024 at 10:13 PM
#artvsartist2024 I didn’t create as much new work as I would have liked to this year, but that’s starting to change more recently! 🫶🏼✨
I’m a better writer than I am a speaker, I think, but I got to share my thoughts on true diversity over tokenism, as well as storytelling and creativity from an educator/parent perspective! Listen at the link below (also available on Apple Podcasts)
open.spotify.com/episode/7qFO...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qFO...
S1 Ep 3: Passing the Torch
Zubaani: South-Asian Parenting Tips and Storytelling · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I’m a better writer than I am a speaker, I think, but I got to share my thoughts on true diversity over tokenism, as well as storytelling and creativity from an educator/parent perspective! Listen at the link below (also available on Apple Podcasts)
open.spotify.com/episode/7qFO...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qFO...
A winter woodland sticker sheet for a sweet nature-based playgroup—I truly love working on these unique commissions!
The client wanted woodland creatures but no holiday motifs, as they’ll be used for all of winter ❄️ all of the animals, the snowman and a few snowflakes are stickers! #illustration
The client wanted woodland creatures but no holiday motifs, as they’ll be used for all of winter ❄️ all of the animals, the snowman and a few snowflakes are stickers! #illustration
December 16, 2024 at 3:23 AM
A winter woodland sticker sheet for a sweet nature-based playgroup—I truly love working on these unique commissions!
The client wanted woodland creatures but no holiday motifs, as they’ll be used for all of winter ❄️ all of the animals, the snowman and a few snowflakes are stickers! #illustration
The client wanted woodland creatures but no holiday motifs, as they’ll be used for all of winter ❄️ all of the animals, the snowman and a few snowflakes are stickers! #illustration
Reposted by Natasha B Padhiar
I will be in Newton, Massachusetts on Saturday! Bring your kids to meet some authors or sneak out to buy a signed book for them as a surprise. 🤫🎁
Come see me at the inaugural Newton Children's Book Festival on 12/14! A signed book is always the perfect gift for a child in your life.
December 13, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I will be in Newton, Massachusetts on Saturday! Bring your kids to meet some authors or sneak out to buy a signed book for them as a surprise. 🤫🎁
Dusted off my market props for a very cute holiday bazaar with a bit of stationery and signed books!
December 8, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Dusted off my market props for a very cute holiday bazaar with a bit of stationery and signed books!