A watercolor illustration of a boy riding a bicycle and another boy running with a paper airplane in front of small, cute houses.
It’s simpler and more spacious than usual, but I really like how it turned out. I’ll do more like this!
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
More at yusukewatanabe.com
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartis #海外絵本作家
I’m happy to share the (not so new for some of you!) news, that I followed my amazing agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social and joined her new agency Starling Literary + Media! #illustrationartists #bookcoverartist
🦎🛼🦀Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon with wild stories!
⭐️ I illustrate fic & non-fic picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects!
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at Starling Literary + Media
🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com
An illustration of a souvenir horse figurine of Chagu Chagu Umakko, a traditional festival in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Yusuke, a Japanese illustrator who loves whimsical and fun stories!
2026 is the Year of the Horse, so I painted チャグチャグ馬コ (Chagu Chagu Umakko), a traditional horse festival in Iwate Prefecture, Japan!
Portfolio yusukewatanabe.com
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
🌟 Our Starling Illustrator Pages are now live! 🌟
Visit our website to learn more about the Starling artists and view their incredible work! ✨
#StarlingFirsts #StarlingLit #StarlingArt #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookcoverart
Mock-up book cover celebrating a new beginning: Starling Literary + Media.
Mock-up book cover celebrating a new beginning: Starling Literary + Media.
A little piece of news ✨ (a bit late!)
I’m happy to share that my agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has officially launched her own agency @starlingliterary.bsky.social.
I’m so grateful to continue working together in this new chapter! To celebrate this new start for us, I made a mock-up book cover📗
Yay! ✨💫🧑🏽🚀🤿 A new book!! By @laurabontje.bsky.social & pics by me : Spring 2028. I can't wait...the ocean & space? Two of my favorite things. (Who doesn't love the ISS?)
@owlkids.bsky.social
@jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #kidsbookpublishing #kidlit #Kidlitart
Graphic with the cover of AT THE COOKOUT with the following excerpt from Kirkus Reviews: The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. Warm and inviting.
Kirkus review part one: “A youngster reconnects with a favorite cousin at a get-together. It’s summer break, and for Cici, that means making time for family cookouts at Grandma’s house. Cici has a bunch of cousins to play with—and we see them taking part in balloon water fights in the backyard, jumping double Dutch, and playing horseshoes—but there’s one cousin in particular whom the child is searching for, and he’s looking for Cici. At Cici’s lowest point (“Still no sign of Chase”), the little one is compelled to check under a table, where Chase has been hiding with a handful of Grandma’s chocolate chip cookies. Their reunion means the party can finally start in earnest as they join everyone else in cutting up the dance floor until the food is ready to be eaten.”
Kirkus review part 2: “Plates full of chicken, burgers, mac and cheese, greens, and more feed the whole family, but Cici and Chase are nourished by each other and the love they share. The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. The author/illustrator employs a variety of panel sizes and vibrant pastel backgrounds, making for an accessible picture book filled with smiling brown faces, as dynamic as the event itself. Warm and inviting. (Picture book. 4-8)”
I’m so happy to share this great review of AT THE COOKOUT from Kirkus!
I wanted to write a book that was full of joy & love, & I’m so happy that I get to share it with you when it releases this April.
See below for preorder options #kidlit
@jemiscoe.bsky.social
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
The illustration of apartment in Queens, New York.
From September to December 2017, I lived in Queens, New York. Here’s an illustration inspired by those memories. I’d love to visit again sometime this year!
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
More at yusukewatanabe.com
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartis #雨だけどサニーサイド
Honored to win a 2025 Northern Lights Book Award for my 2023 debut PB!
Representing Agent: @jemiscoe.bsky.social
Publisher: @albertwhitman.bsky.social
What a way to start 2026!
@celinafrenn.bsky.social and I found out that our new book SPY GRANDMA, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
So many thanks to @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social for this honor! As well as to our agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social for putting this spy squad together!
The mixed media illustration about a child engrossed in drawing.
It's first #kidlitartpostcard day of 2026!
I’m Yusuke and I’m a PB author and illustrator who loves whimsical stories and mixed media. I'm available for picture books, board books & covers to illustrate!
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
More at yusukewatanabe.com
🐢🐋📚Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon and wild stories!
⭐️ I illustrate fic & non-fic picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects!
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
at @starlingliterary.bsky.social
🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com
girl in lizard (chameleon) costumer looking excited with trees behind her.
🦎🛼🦀Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon and wild stories!
⭐️ I illustrate fic & non-fic picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects!
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
at Starling Literary + Media
🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!!!
NEW YEAR...NEW AGENCY same amazing agent 😌 💗
I'm August and I'm proudly represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social :^)
Illustration of a Black girl riding on the back of a starling while other starlings fly in the background. The text says Nadia Fisher represented by Starling Literary + Media Agency
⭐️I have a new agency & the same amazing agent! My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social along with @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @pterlip.bsky.social , all alums of Andrea Brown, founded a new literary and media agency, @starlingliterary.bsky.social , & I’m happy to start this new journey with them ✨
Graphic that reads 5 weeks as a New York Times Bestseller. With an image of the New York Times bestseller list from 12.10.2025. Number 8 is circled: “Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma. (Little, Brown) Kidan's quest for power consumes her as she must face her sister, June, in a looming war. (Ages 14 to 18)” The right side of the graphic includes the cover of Eternal Ruin which is red with the image of two hands reach for a golden mask. Bottom of the graphic reads Eternal Ruin, by Tigest Girma
ETERNAL RUIN is still going strong on the NYT list!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to @tigestgirma for your 5th week on the charts!
#StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy
Dear #Writers and #illustrators,
If you recently queried
Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social),
Paige Terlip (@pterlip.bsky.social), or
Jennifer March Soloway (@marchsoloway.bsky.social),
there is no need to re-query us at Starling.
We received it and will respond, we promise!
Excited to be here!
Hi Sarah! Thank you! And great question. No, you don’t. I still have access to all queries from before, and as long as you’re okay with being considered for Starling (and I hope you are), I will review as soon as I can.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
Same agent, new agency!
My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.
If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!
#art #kidlitart #illustration
An illustration of a girl sitting on her father’s lap while he towels her wet hair dry.
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Yusuke Watanabe, a Japanese author/illustrator who loves whimsical stories and mixed media. I'm available for picture books, board books & covers!
Thank you!
More at yusukewatanabe.com
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
So excited that my agent, @jemiscoe.bsky.social has just launched Starling Literary + Media (@starlingliterary.bsky.social) — 🪶🐦⬛📚
Can't wait to be a part of this exciting journey!
Thrilled to share that my agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has launched her own agency Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social !!
And of course I'm going with her! I can't wait for our new chapter to begin!
How perfect!!! Thanks, Yara, for making the beautiful starlings! ❤️
So excited for this next chapter with @pterlip.bsky.social and @marchsoloway.bsky.social!!!
In gray scale, hamster runs on hamster wheel
Family (Dad, Mom, Daughter, and son) drinks warm drink in RV, and dog plays at their feet.
Kids of all races and genders, in a huddle
In gray scale, two teen girls, one with dark-colored braids and the other with blonde hair are talking. The one with blonde hair looks like she’s pleading, while the one with the braids makes a frustrated face.
🎨 Spotlight on Courtney Lovett!
Courtney's Illustrator Page
Courtney is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social) and is open to picture books, black and white interiors, covers, graphic novels, and nonfiction.
A spooky witch's house.
I usually work on picture book illustrations, but I'm available for book cover projects as well! If you have a project you think would be a great fit, please reach out to my agent Jemiscoe Chambers-Black @jemiscoe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: yusukewatanabe.com
Thank you!
A publisher marketplace deal report reads: Author of THE NIGHTMARE KEEPER Vienna James's CALL OF THE DARKNESS, a dark paranormal romance in which a deadly hex sweeps through Salem, killing its victims with plague-like fury, and an investigative reporter must join forces with the high witch's other grandson-a gifted potion maker haunted by his past-to uncover its source before it consumes them both, to Lauren Plude at Montlake, for publication in fall 2026, by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
More books from me! CALL OF THE DARKNESS is a paranormal romance out next fall! Thank you to @jemiscoe.bsky.social for her hard work!
