getting it wrong (visual post #5) to get it right!

A substack post:

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March is Women's History Month, gente! This month we will feature picture books about women and women's history!

11. RIVER OF MARIPOSAS, 2023

Author & Illustrator: @msmirelle.bsky.social

💙📚 #booksky
#picturebooks
#WomensHistoryMonth

Ahh thank you so much for featuring River of Mariposas ✨🦋🩷

INCREDILE!! Alysa Liu, you’re golden!

Have a bewitching Valentine’s Day! (And a happy Friday the 13th)

New book deals on the way from @marianarios.bsky.social @emilybarthisler.bsky.social @paigekeiser.bsky.social @msmirelle.bsky.social + more buff.ly/JJuq2F0

🎉🎉🎉

‘Tis this season…

I truly didn’t even know how much I didn’t remember until I saw the recap and I am so confused!

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Me watching Sranger Things recaps on YouTube. (I’ve watched all 4 seasons, mind you)

Thank you 🩷

My Day of the Dead Altar this year.

My grandparents died when I was - teenager and lived in Mexico. So much has happened since! In my altar, I like leaving snacks and candy of things that I’ve tasted since that I would have liked them to try (because I know they would have loved) 🤍

Thank you ❤️

Feliz Día de Muertos 🖤

A spread from my book “Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land”

Dodgers back to back!!!!!!! 😭✨

What a World series !!!!!!!

Feliz Día de Muertos to everyone who celebrates today and tomorrow.

I hope your altars are set and that you may feel the love of your dearly departed today and always 🖤

Happy Halloween 👻

It’s publishing Day for PEPE AND THE PIÑATA 🪅✨

You can get the book here: littlebeebooks.com/books/pepe-a...

Disponible también en español 🤗

“I am Halloween - spooky, creepy, hocus-pocus. Y soy el día de los Muertos - ofrendas, catrinas y papel picado.”

One of my favorite spreads I got to illustrate for “I Am, Yo Soy”. A very special dua-lingual book about growing up a part of two different cultures.

This is the time of year when I take naps to the “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” soundtrack.

California fall 🍁

I wrote about the end of summer and endpapers for newsletter.doc 💛

You can check it out here (it’s free):
mirelleortega.substack.com/p/the-endpap...

Some cute pictures from the Draw Off at the LA Libros Festival last weekend!!

Thanks Angela! ☺️ I figured they would be new to some people!

Happy Mexican Independence Day! And Happy Hispanic Heritage month!

I didn’t have time to do a drawing this year, so I’m reposting some of my favorites I’ve drawn through the years.

I AM, YO SOY by Gabriela Orozco Belt, illus. by @msmirelle.bsky.social is a lyrical, dual-lingual picture book about the beauty of being part of two cultures! This is a wonderful read-aloud book—and a great one to share this upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month 🌟

Congrats 🎉✨

Today on National Parents Day, we highlight MAMIACHI & ME written by mom and son duo, @writerjolene.bsky.social/Dakota Gutiérrez illustrated by @msmirelle.bsky.social plus THE YOWLERS by Stacy Lynn Carroll illustrated by @mollyruttan.bsky.social. #kidlit #kidlitart

It’s like a little bit gloomy outside and all I want to do is light a candle, decorate for Halloween and read a book about Vampires.