A black and white illustration of a young girl in a big chair, reading a book in front of an open window. A logo for Authors Against Book Bans is in the right bottom corner, beside bold text that says “Books open windows.”

It’s #bannedbooksweek 📚 Kids are people and all people deserve to learn from a rich, diverse range of reading material. If you’re interested in joining Authors Against Book Bans, please feel free to DM me! #kidlit #kidlitart

It's a starred SLJ review for BRAVE LIKE FIREWEED by @jessewhiteillustration.com (which releases today!)

🌟 “A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, and inspiration in the natural world” 🌟

Read the full review here

Learn more about the book

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An illustration of two profiles - a woman on the left and a man on the right - with a violin and bow in between them. They are looking directly into each other's eyes. Several different objects are arranged around them, including some Monopoly pieces, a satsuma mandarin, and a spilled bottle of vitamins. A border of oak leaves surrounds them. The limited color palette used is dark plum, mint, peach, bright red, bright pink, and a light olive green.

A recent #illustration for PineStraw & O'Henry Mag, to accompany Katherine Min's The Music Lover. I wanted to give this piece a kind of star-crossed lovers vibe, with a sprinkle of angst and mystery. Lots of fun to work on and an honor to illustrate one of Min's pieces. #editorialillustration #art

August #sketchbook prompt drop! I’ve been enjoying a bit of a pace change recently (as in, slowing downnn!) so haven’t been as present on social media but am looking forward to digging into these for sure ✏️💕 #art

An illustration of a little girl kneeling on a beach, holding a big shell up to her ear. She has blue pajamas on and is wearing a bright red backpack and boots. An excerpt from the School Library Journal review is added to the bottom left of the illustration: "A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, and inspiration in the natural world."

⭐ Brave Like Fireweed received a SLJ Starred Review! Hooray!

They state that BLF is "a thoughtful offering for SEL units as well as an upbeat lesson on resiliency in nature; this is also a great choice for sharing one-on-one".

You can pre-order now at the link in my bio 🌿🎒✨

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A STAR for @jessewhiteillustration.com's author-illustrator debut BRAVE LIKE FIREWEED!

⭐ "A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, & inspiration in the natural world.”—School Library Journal

Pre-order now!
www.unionsquareandco.com/978145494971...

This kept me from having a regular sketchbook practice for YEARS and then when I finally just embraced the “bad” I started finding gems along the way. Now I draw in my sketchbook every morning. It’s really transformed my work!

Thank youuuu! It was such a fun one to make 💕

Gorgeous! I love the colors 💕

If you see this, post your moon art 🌕🌖🌗

*Posts one of my seventeen thousand illustrations that has a moon in it 🙃
#kidlitart #kidlit #art

Ooo yes, watercolor is such a good example. I feel the same way when I use it!

Thanks, Reagan! 💕 Definitely had fun with all of the flowy lines haha

An open sketchbook on a wooden table showing a drawing of a girl walking through grass and trees. She is wearing a bright red backpack and looking over her shoulder. A big bird flies across the foreground while smaller bird shapes are visible in the distance.

This week’s #sketchbook spread for FOLLOW. The colors didn’t come out exactly like I had imagined but I had lots of fun making it. I love when sketchbook work gives me a little reminder to focus on the process rather than the product 🌿🪶🎒
#kidlitart #art

Lol the overfilled stew-ish scramble is a constant struggle

This looks delicious! I love quinoa. I put it in salads a lot BUT if you bake it in the oven with a little olive oil until crispy after cooking it and THEN add it to the salad, it takes everything up several notches!

Any excuse to post a cat 😊 One of my fave spots from last year, for Kazoo Magazine 💕
#kidlitart #kidlit #cat

A photo of my brown tabby lying on my lap in bed. The photo is focused on one back paw, with pink toe beans visible. Her front paw is curled over her face.

A photo of my brown tabby sitting in the sun on top of a folded beige blanket. The blanket is on a cushioned window seat and a magnolia tree is visible through the window behind her.

Maeve recently 💕
#cats #toebeans

Ohhh love that observation! I’ve been trying to embrace brighter colors recently so happy to hear you like them 💕

Ahh thank you!!! It was a fun one 💕

An open sketchbook is on a wooden table, with four wax pastel crayons and a mug of coffee beside it. The sketchbook drawing shows large, bright abstract florals with a red fox underneath. The fox has its nose pointed up to a moon.

An illustrated list of sketchbook prompts, with the hand lettered title Along a Path of Layered Leaves, Sketchbook Prompts for July. The prompts are BURIED (July 1-5), ST (July 8-12), FOLLOW (July 15-19), WHOOSH (July 22-26), and SUMMER (July 29-August 2).

Monday morning #sketchbook! I think this one is finished 😊 On to FOLLOW tomorrow 🖍️
#art #kidlitart

Haha sammmeee! I just gaze wistfully at it every time I open my closet 😂

We went to see that new horror movie, Longlegs - unfortunately I can’t recommend it, I didn’t think it was very good at all 😂 But the popcorn was delicious!

Wow, it was so fun reading what everyone did! Makes me want to go do all of the things 😂 I went out to dinner at a new restaurant last night and the food was soooo good. Then we went to see a movie at the theater. It was a hot and rainy day so it felt like the perfect evening activity!

This is beautiful! I also love hand crafts as an excuse to watch trashy tv 😊

This was such a great read! I also have a Pina Zangaro screwpost portfolio that I use when I show printed work and I absolutely love it.

Wow this sounds like such a neat book!

Haha I read it as a play on words, like the sound an owl makes 😂

Haha so truuuueee! The more 🦉 the better

I love using hearts of palm as a seafood sub! So so good.