Thank you, Sophie!

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Even as a person that regularly does lettering for comics, this seems like witchcraft

I can’t recommend Letters to a Monster highly enough-
Friendship
Bravery
Overcoming Fear
Funny
Sweet
Clever
10/10
By @pforde123.bsky.social and Sarah Warburton #discoveririshkidsbooks

That looks so good!

This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this.

www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...

Love it, Jen :)

A comic strip - Bandit the dog on a nice beach walk

Two panels of a close up of his paws. In the first, he is walking on pebbles. In the second his paw hits the sand.

Close up of his eye, with his pupil dialated and sparkly

Three panels - in the first, he exclaims ‘sand!’, looking at the ground. In the second, he throws the sand in the air, and it sparkles in the sun. In the third, he has the zoomies and is running around his two owners with a very excited expression on his face.

Hello! My name is Jen, and I am a freelance illustrator based in the UK by the coast 🌼 I care an awful lot about drawing, and how much joy it can bring into peoples lives, whether that’s looking at it, or doing it ✨ please enjoy my new comic, SAND!

Congratulations @rashmiwriting.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Photo of Wonderland Bookshop obstructed by scaffolding.

Well, we've flirted with it before, as have many indie retailers, but today, the day came.

We have had our first ZERO day. That's right. We sold nothing.

Scaffolding makes a difference - we ARE open and we also sell online.

#kidlituk

A beautiful singing robin.

A squashed up robin cake.

Me at the start of Christmas vs me at the end of Christmas.

The invisible problem with children’s books Julian Gough on bridging the gap between reading picture books and young fiction/chapter books

The invisible problem with children’s books. Loved this @juliangough.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

All you newbies drawing their first comic and haven't printed their comic before: 300 dpi, CMYK colours, bleed and safety, 0 0 0 100 K black text on a separate layer. Make sure you have all of these on all of your comics files, otherwise you'll end up like me having to fix 660 pages of my webcomic

Thank you @sparkbookaward.bsky.social 🫶

Why are #BookElves2024 so great at recommending books?
They read heaps of children's books for work & pleasure.
They really know their stuff!
We are booksellers, reviewers, authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians & we LOVE children's books!
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Nice visual 🤣

Thanks so much for recommending Pablo and Splash x

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And thanks @grainneobrien.bsky.social 🫶🐧🐧

Thanks @childrensbooksireland.ie @kennysbookshop.bsky.social and @ravenbooks.bsky.social!!

Who doesn't love time-travelling penguins?!
@sheenadempsey.bsky.social

This looks amazing.

Cover image of All Brains Are Wonderful by Scott Evans, illustrated by The Boy Fitz Hammond. The cover features a bright yellow background with a silhouette of a head and brain, filled with inclusive illustrations that symbolise the unique power and diversity of every brain. Text below the image reads ‘Out in February 2025’.

Hello Bluesky 👋

📒 My debut children’s book, ALL BRAINS ARE WONDERFUL, is publishing in February 2025! 🧠

🌟Huge thanks to Dr Rachel Williams, The Boy Fitz Hammond and b small publishing for bringing it to life so beautifully!

🔗 Pre-order it here: bsmall.co.uk/product/all-...

#AllBrainsAreWonderful

Hello Blueskyers, lovely to be here, do come and connect! Jenni x

Love this book! If you are looking for a Christmas pressie for your little one, this one is utterly roarsome!! 🦁 Words by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and pictures by @fionawoodcock.bsky.social, the perfect paring and almost as good as a mouthful of Tayto+Cadbury Choc 😋

Flashback Friday: Disney Legend Floyd Norman <div> <div>The twins are crazy busy this week so we dive back to the archives for a Flashback Friday episode with Disney Legend Floyd Norman!  Hear him ...

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This is such a treat, Floyd Norman talks about his time at Disney going back to the 1950s onwards.

Yes please, mine are for years 2-6. Thanks Abie :)

S6 Ep60: Posy Simmonds, cartoonist and graphic novelist <div>This week I'm in the London home of artist and writer Posy Simmonds. From the 1970s onwards, Posy had a regular comic strip in The Guardian, where ...

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Delighted to discover that Posy Simmonds is the latest guest on In Writing podcast ...

This is so heart-warming, I love that they haven't been asked to share 🤣🐧🐧 Pablo and Splash would definitely want one each too. Thank you.