The chickens and I are joining the BlueSky community! #kidlit #scbwi #epascbwi #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlitauthor #kidlitillustrator

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Kaleidoscope. I reimagined Alice in Wonderland using the kaleidoscope as the starting point for her journey. I thought collage would be a great medium for this prompt.

#scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Congrats to all the winners of the 2025 Blueberry Awards! The list of honored titles is full of amazing books. My TBR list just got longer. Extra special congrats to #scbwi members @anitasanchezauthor.bsky.social @katemessner.com and @lynnekelly.bsky.social #kidlit

Zoom Mtg Award-Winning Authors- Sara Pennypacker, Sally Pla, and Pam Muñoz Ryan -on Craft, Career, and Critique Groups & 3 Critique Giveaways & Submn Guide from Sara Crowe Literary on Apr. 11 at 2-4 PM PT. Replay available. scbwi.org/events/april...
#scbwi #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingtips

A childrens illustration of an little sailor, on an adventure theu kaleidescope isles

#SCBWIDRAWTHIS
#kaleidescope
#scbwiillustrator
March challenge
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An illustration of a kid wearing ear defenders reclining against some pillows while looking through a kaleidoscope. Above them is a wavy shape filled with a kaleidoscope pattern in which the kid is pictured floating along with some pattern blocks. Art human made by Clay Adamah.

Was anyone else obsessed with pattern blocks in elementary school?

Entry for this months SCBWI challenge: KALEIDOSCOPE

#scbwiDrawThis #scbwi #scbwiIllustrators

The highlight of the conference for me so far is meeting this legend! #SCBWI

Zoom Mtg Award-Winning Authors- Sara Pennypacker, Sally Pla, and Pam Muñoz Ryan -on Craft, Career, and Critique Groups & 3 Critique Giveaways & Submn Guide from Sara Crowe Literary on Apr. 11 at 2-4 PM PT. Replay available. scbwi.org/events/april...
#scbwi #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingtips

I 💓 Birmingham #5amWritersCub & everyone I met at the #SCBWI conference, but this #CrazyCatLady misses her Pebbles & Bam Bam!

After being hospitalized since 3/13 then jetting here, all I want is for the 4 of us to cuddle & watch The Flintstones! 😉

Day 28 of #NaNoMyWay - 1,422 words added to MACULA

REVISE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT WITH INTENTION on April 21 with award-winning author Heidi E.Y. Stemple.
#kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

Register Here:
www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we...

The image has information about the Picture Book Intensive on April 11, with photos of the four guest speakers and a central illustration of an open face peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

PB’n’J Day: learn all about the perfect picture book online!
Developing a Cinematic Eye for Illustrators
The Picture Book as a Physical Object
Plotting Your Picture Book
Writing Picture Books that Sing
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #picturebook #writing #childrensbook

The Intersection of Character and Plot Part 2 2-part recorded Canva presentation on YouTube

The Intersection of Character and Plot by G.S. Harrington:
A newsletter post including both videos: open.substack.com/pub/gsharrin...
Or, here's the link directly to the first video, which leads to the second: youtu.be/bTxidhvrqb8?...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #writing #YAlit

I plan on reading a good book this weekend.
#read #childrensbookillustrator #scbwi

#5amWritersClub

I'm getting this out early for many reasons

This will serve as my Day 27 #NaNoMyWay post. I intentionally wrote 91 words, today would've been my Grandma Pearl's 91st birthday

I pitch KDWTM in the morning at the #SCBWI conference in Birmingham

The concept is from grief losing her

A coloring and activity book I did for a client last year
#scbwi #childrensbookillustrator #artist

I'm boots on the ground....anyone else here already? 👀

#SCBWI

Well, since I'm waiting to check in I'm about to see what the scene is like here. I think I last visited as a teenager eons ago

So it's not MY fault I'm going shopping & spending hubby's money. It's the hotel's fault...I swear, frfr! 😉

#WritingCommunity #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Halloween #Ballerina #Werewolf #BloodMoon #FullMoon #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #AmWriting #Acrylic #AcrylicPainting

#Werewolf #Ballerina #BloodMoon #FullMoon #Halloween #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

Can’t wait! See you in Alabama!

#wik26 #scbwi #southernbreeze #scbwisouthernbreeze

A cartoon featuring a spatula and a whisk standing next to each other on a stage with curtains drawn. Above them reads a banner, “Kitchen Utensil Theater.” The spatula asks the whisk, “Is your work dangerous?” to which it answers, “It has its whisks!”

“Thank you and goodnight!” #kitchenutensils #illustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustra#whimsy #scbwi #mixedmedia

A chameleon watching through a kaleidoscopic lens and getting amazed by what they see

For this month’s #drawthis prompt “kaleidoscope” I decided to challenge myself with oil pastels + crayons. Sometimes I wish to have a kaleidoscope to watch my own life and be amazed by the many ways I have been able to transform and adapt like a chameleon #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrator #scbwi

Covers are fun, but jackets are magical. I love the way art can wrap around a book, like a warm hug.

#kidlit #kidlitart #bookcover #bookjacket #coverdesign #illustrator #illustration #scbwi #mgcover #middlegrade #coverart

From Sketch to Ink with Joe Latham From Sketch to Ink is an Illustrator-focused WORKSHOP with Joe Latham, the creator of the award-winning Haru books.

Last call, I'm running an online workshop with #scbwi today at 7pm CET (6pm GMT). www.scbwi.org/events/from-...

Days 18 & 19 of #NaNoMyWay while being hospitalized with a terrible lupus flare!

Every little bit is progress! All that matters is I continued my writing streak!

#LupusWarrior #BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #KidLit #SCBWI

Sara Pennypacker, Author

Zoom Mtg Award-Winning Authors- Sara Pennypacker, Sally Pla, and Pam Muñoz Ryan -on Craft, Career, and Critique Groups & 3 Critique Giveaways & Submn Guide from Sara Crowe Literary on Apr. 11 at 2-4 PM PT. Replay available.
scbwi.org/events/april...
#scbwi #kidlit #childrensbooks

I cannot be any prouder of myself, I didn't have to, but I continued my writing streak from Christmas Eve. I go insane when I don't write

Here's the numbers from day 13 of #NaNoMyWay, the day I was admitted into the 1st hospital

#LupusWarrior #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #KidLit #SCBWI #AmQuerying

A cluttered desk with papers, pens, and highlighters in front of a computer screen displaying a presentation titled "Critique Groups aren't born... they're made."

Alt text: "Flyer for March 2026 SCBWI meeting titled 'How to Receive Critiques with Kathryn LeRoy.' Includes photo of smiling woman. Event details: March 25, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Arts Center of the Brazos Valley & Zoom. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators logo at bottom."

The Messy Middle of preparing for the Brazos Valley SCBWI Meeting.
We will talk about critique groups, how they are made, and why they are indispensable for our writing process, from ideas to publication!

It takes a team, and it's more FUN!

#kidlit #SCBWI #brazosvalley #texaswriters

SCBWI March Prompt "Kaleidoscope".
#scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi @scbwi @inscbwi #childrensbookillustration

Hope this day is bearable for all of you. #kidlit #author/illustrator #art #bear #bicycle #kidlitart #scbwi

#kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #scbwi #booksky