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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Aug 9

Happy #NationalBookLoversDay
"It's good to be a SEEKER, but sooner or later you have to be a FINDER.And then it is well to give what you have found —a gift into the world for whoever will accept it."
-J. Livingston Seagull
And what better place to seek and find than in that book? #kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Aug 7

August #kidlitartpostcard !
And did you know that shooting stars love to swim? Once in iodine… they never fade away ✨✨⭐🌠 + 🌊 = ✨
I am a Mediterranean artist always on the look for projects that fill our pockets with starlight - treasures to hold on tight to during rainy days

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today’s the day!! ANYADA BUENA, SHANAH TOVAH by @SarahAroeste
published by @KarBenPub is out now
📚🍏🍯🍎

#bookbirthday #kidlit #kidlitart #boardbook #childrensbooks #bilingual

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 17

One million things to do, but first Connie Francis.
Thank you for all the dancing!
- How can you not dance to Siboney?

Ah, the 60s ✨🔥
Timeless icon, RIP, Connie Francis.
#sketches #fanart
#conniefrancis #siboney #conceptart #editorial #editorialillustration #publishing #magazine #magicalrealism

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you for sharing!🙏🌻

KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today we celebrate #GiveSomethingAwayDay with @nrpaulson.bsky.social and #illustrator @mariamola.bsky.social's NILA'S PERFECT COAT. @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #picturebook #SEL #booksky #edusky #thrifting #empathy #kindness

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 14

Are we all part of an endless chain (not-so-discreetly) living out the dreams that once had to be tucked away?

And in that generational chain, is there a way to retroactively tuck in the childhoods that hid their dreams under beds with lanterns?
🌻

Happy Birthday, mama!🎈🎈
#kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 10

"We've left Letting Go Island behind",said the Captain.
"Ahead of us lies our destiny: Surrender Island. A tax-free place where there's really nothing you can do but to stay put,
as cozy as you can, while the roulette wheel spins again"
#graphicnovel #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #magicrealism

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 4

A safe thought, a safe step... 🤲🏻

For so many children this 4th of July won't look the same...

#fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #leftbehind #editorial #editorialillustration #kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 3

July #kidlitartpostcard !

Just imagine all the incredible things that could happen...
when your mama IS the ocean:
endless treasures ahead!🪸🦀🐠

I am Maria, a mediterranean illustrator, not so-secretly in love with all things blue and wave-kissed.
#kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jul 2

July!

An anchor song within the world's chaos, take a seat...

#anchorsongs

“Save me now, close the door
Put on a sitcom and stare at my toes
I've had enough of today's emotions”
Glass Animals, Lost in the Ocean

#graphicnovel #dystopia #kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 30

Packing up June, The Waterboys and a pint of strawberries will do

#graphicnovel #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensillustration #childrensbooks

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 23

Feliç Revetlla de Sant Joan! 🥂 ✨ 🔥

"Take this waltz, is yours now, it's all that there is" - Leonard Cohen

#revetlladesantjoan #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebookmaker #picturebooks #visualstorytelling

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sunday Scaries…Special edition: doom and g_ _ _ _
History: " you promised never to repeat it..."
Give P E A C E a chance

#peace
#graphicnovel #dystopia #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensillustration #bookcover #editorialillustration

Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 16

- Nooooo!!!!!

#oceangangsters

#sketches #graphicnovel #kidlit #kidlitart #characterdesign

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NPR @npr.org · Jun 12

Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software.

In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement

Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software.

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 12

Up to no good🧚‍♀️…

#strawberrymoon

#kidlit #kidlitart #childrenillustration
#picturebookmaker #childrensbooks

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 10

The human birth lottery…

#juneode #oceanode

#childrenrights #humanrights
#editorial #editorialillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #peace

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 8

On #WorldOCeansDay thinking of 12 souls in a little boat on the same sea that connects us all
#hopingforsafety
There are olive trees
Dying under bombs
Where the first dove appeared,
Forgotten peoples
Harvested by war
Moustaki
#kidlit #kidlitart #graphicnovel
@gazafreedomflotilla #alleyesonmadleen

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I am Maria, an illustrator with a soft bias for stories where children always win: ginger hair, blonde, pink, neon, from down the street, fairy tales or faraway...even the little adorable mischievous ones! 🥰

#kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · Jun 2

June, already?!

Every year I improvise, an ode to June, the gateway to summer,
a countdown to the magic... 🐬 🌊 🦪 🪸

A blue palette,
adrift blue thoughts in a bottle,
as blue as the state of the world...

A rite of passage for any artist?
Blue. Period.

#ya #graphicnovel #kidlit #kidlitart

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · May 27

The Side that hurts the most…
No words.
Just hearts.
Broken hearts. 💔💔💔💔💔

#humanrights #childrights #protectchildren #peace #gazachildren #editorial #editorialillustration #visualstorytelling #kidlit #kidlitart @unicef #unicef #illustrationartist

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · May 24

New Englanders in despair after one week of rain...🌂☔️🌧️

#shortstories #arttherapy
#storytelling #visualstorytelling #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #picturebookart #graphicnovel

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom figures out there! 💐

There's a place where only good things happen:
a haven,
a cuddle,
a lullaby,
a fairy tale,
a nap
a fox kiss...

on mama's lap.

#kidlit #kidlitart #mothersday #childrensbooks #picturebooks

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · May 8

Happy Birthday Marco, 13!!!! 🎈🎈

Wouldn't you just love to crawl inside those baby pictures and squeeze them tight? I tried ... Still need to finish this piece as I have some birthday errands to run, c'est la vie!

#sketches
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

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Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social · May 1

Happy May #kidlitartpostcard 🌻 🌹 🌸

It's never too early for books that teach magic words to tiny hands:
Like Optimism..🌱

Open to projects made with care for little hands with growing minds 🤲🏻

#kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebookart #picturebookillustration #childrensbooks

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