Two girls reading books sitting at the bottom of a big cup filled with pink peonies.

Hello #kidlitpostcard day 👋🏻

My name is Josée and I’m a French-Canadian kidlit author-illustrator available for magazine & picture book work. 🖍️

HeyJosee.com

Hello March! Did you know that the month of March is the month of “francophonie”? Although I mostly share in English here, I’ve vowed to start sharing more in French on other platforms as it’s my first language and I’m extremely proud of that.

Is there anything you’re celebrating this month?

People skating on an outside skating rink with a village in the background.

Bonjour #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Josée and I’m a French-Canadian Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Author. I have a special place in my heart for children’s books, magazines and anything that touches the educational side of illustration. I’m currently available for work!

HeyJosee.com

When I have a minute, I like to create printable pages for the kiddos. For Valentine’s Day, I added cards and colouring pages to my website. Both in French and English! I can’t wait to see how they colour these. 💘

How could I not have this national day written down in my calendar 💨. Thanks again for hosting stinktober! And yes, you should do it again this year. 😌

Happy #nationalbookpublishersday 🎉 As some of you may know, I’ve self-published 8 children’s books up to now, both in english and french. It’s a lot of work (that I do by myself) but I’m happy to have the opportunity to do so. One day, I hope to have books published the traditional way. 🤞🏻

It’s that time of year again, it’s #artvsartist time. With our wedding this year, I felt like my year was definitely busy with all the planning but I still had time to make new books, get new clients, travel and think of upcoming projects. It was a wonderful year and I’m very thankful!

Every year, I like to create holiday cards for my family, friends and clients. With the post services on pause for a while, I wasn’t able to send out the cards in time. Anyways, I still have lots of cards left and wanted to share the artwork. Happy holidays!

2025 is going to be a fruity year. 🍐 I started this fruit series last summer but still haven’t completed it. I thought it would be perfect for next year’s calendar.

🍎🍊🍋

Bonjour Christiana! Yes, indeed! All the artworks on the wall are mine :)

Hello friends! It’s been a while that I’ve posted or even opened this app so I thought I’d re-introduce myself. Bonjour! I’m Josée and I’m a French-Canadian graphic designer/illustrator/author. I love creating artwork for kids magazines and writing/illustrating children’s books. Let’s be friends! 🖍️

Bonjour #kidlitartpostcard day 👋🏻 My name is Josée Lavoie and I’m a french-Canadian author-illustrator. This year, I want to illustrate and/or write more PBs, board books, activity books and more. I’m currently available for more fun projects. 🖍️

Portfolio: HeyJosee.com
Email: Contact@HeyJosee.com

Children’s book page of a little girl hugging her grandmother.

Last year I self published a children’s book that I wrote and illustrated inspired by my childhood. Today is the “in real life” Nanny’s birthday! 🎉🥳

I’m so thankful that they’re still here today and that I was able to gift them a book inspired by my childhood with them.

Hey kidlit illustrators, I’d like to gift a free, one-hour, portfolio-review/coaching-session.

1) reply with a sample of your art.
2) repost this message.

I’ll pick a winner at random from those who do both. Win or lose, I’ll take a close look at every reply.

💙❤️

I’ve been working on a fun passion project and this is by far one of my favourite characters. I typically draw human characters but decided to try something new. ✏️

But to be honest, I often wonder how many doors stay closed if I don’t have an agent. 🤔 Can someone help me understand this more?

Last year I had time to create lots of passion projects, add more to my portfolio and be very present online. This year I want to be more present irl and do a lot of cold-emailing.

I try to remind myself that I need to reach out for opportunities and keep putting myself & my work out there.

Bonjour #kidlitartpostcard day 👋🏻 My name is Josée Lavoie and I’m a french-Canadian author-illustrator. This year, I want to illustrate and/or write more PBs, board books, activity books and more. I’m available now & on the lookout for an agent!

Portfolio: HeyJosee.com
Email: Contact@HeyJosee.com

Every year I create Christmas cards to send to friends and family. This year I decided to re-use the illustration I had made for the month of December in my calendar!

Ah!! Thank you so much 🫶🏻

In 2023, I didn’t have many clients. However, I still created a lot of fun projects and added more artworks to my portfolio.

I can’t wait to see what 2024 has waiting for me 🫶🏻

Some Christmas doodles. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas if you’re celebrating. 🥰

I spent the weekend in NYC and visited this lovely bookshop I’ve wanted to see for a while now. It was all kinds of special.

I manifested that one day I would have some of my books here and also create a window display. 💛

December has been so busy for me that I completely forgot to share my KidLit Postcard over here 😭 So here it is!

Hi! My name is Josée and I’m a French-Canadian author/illustrator currently available and looking for work in PB, activity books, board books, you name it.

Portfolio: HeyJosee.com

Hello December! Bringing back my holiday card. Personally I love making cards and giving them/mailing them out but I find it so hard to sell. 🥲

Putting this out into the world but I’m hoping 2024 brings me more opportunities to read and do workshops with little ones. 🤞🏻

I’m totally gonna keep these in my back pocket. Thanks!

A rainy day jumping in puddles. 🌈☔️

I’ve been very wrapped up with my calendars these last couple weeks & everyday goes by so fast but I’ve been enjoying it. I’m so proud of the work I’ve done with this project and I don’t take enough time to appreciate my work. 🥹

Anyways, hope you had a good wkd!

How many cats can you count? 🐱

This illustration was created for my 2024 calendar for the month of September and I don’t think I’ve ever drawn this many cats before.

One of my favourite illustrations from my 2024 calendar. The horse is inspired by the movie Spirit. 🥹