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Brooke Baum

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🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee 🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator 📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian 😴 Current tired mom 🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching brookebaum.com

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 6d

LATE BIRD is sick of Early Bird getting all the worms--and all the glory. But don't worry, Late Bird has a plan. Forget the alarm clock, this calls for a catapult. Look out world, here comes Late Bird!

THE BAD SEED x THE VERY IMPATIENT CATERPILLAR

#DVPit #ND #PB

Images of LATE BIRD looking for worms and getting increasingly agitated as he doesn't find any. Another image of LATE BIRD sweaty and out of breath saying "I made it!"

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Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social · 18m

What do you know?! It's #kidlitchat day again. We'll gather her on Bluesky at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific and chat #kidlit for an hour with all of y'all who join in. It's hope that YOU are part of all y'all this week... but if not, we do this EVERY week. See some of all of y'all soon....

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 19m

🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃

Day 14: THE ZOMBEES by @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and art by @kalyquarles.bsky.social

Why I 🖤 it: I was not expecting this to be a rhyming PB but boy did Justin pull it off! Plus, Kaly's whimsical & adorable art had my 3 year old obsessed!

#kidlit #booksky

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 5h

Hi #PortfolioDay , I’m Mike and I love drawing fun, colorful characters, animals, and situations.
I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social
and I'm especially looking for middle grade cover work.

See more of my work at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co or linktr.ee/mdashow

#kidLitArt #illustration

In a spooky night-time scene, a girl - approximately 14 with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing jeans and a denim jacket - crouches on a dirt driveway and looks behind her in consternation. Behind her is a large dark house with peaked gables and spiky points sticking out of the roof and a tall tower. The top floor of the tower is lit - the only illumination in the house - and a figure is silhouetted in the window. Behind the house are fir trees and a huge full moon. the entire scene is in spooky greens and blues.

An illustration of a hippopotamus ice skating in the Olympics. She's got a lovely lavender dress on with lots of sparkly sequins on it. She looks very graceful and happy.

A panicked apprentice witch (she's human, with pink hair, glasses, and light academia clothing) makes a mess of her cauldron while being calmy advised by an older, wiser witch (who is a bear.) Aside from the exploding cauldron, the browns of the scene make it warm and cozy.

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 7h

Hello #portfolioday !

I am a #kidlit illustrator (of many things) and author (of picturebooks) and here is a little snapshot of my portfolio.

For a closer look, head to NicolaSchofield.com

I'm repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kitlitart #pb #illustration

Image showing the home page of NicolaSchofield.com with lots of kidlit illustration thumbnails

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 6h

Right??

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 11h

Hello 👋 #portfolioday … I’m a #kidlit #kidlitart author and illustrator rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🌟 work: www.twofishillustration.com
📚 books: www.twofishillustration.com/books

A boy is on a balloon ride over the city

A boy is building a tower out of blocks. A bird landed on the top. A cat is looking mischievously at the whole thing

A spot from Whirby, a book from HarperCollins out in Feb ‘26

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 8h

Popping into #portfolioday on behalf of art directors to say thank you for sharing your work. It makes our job easier. We appreciate you.
💙❤️

Also, FWIW, I made a starter pack of hiring art-, creative-, design-directors who actively use Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 8h

Happy #PortfolioDay --spooky edition! 👻

I'm Brooke Baum and I'm an author/illustrator currently seeking representation! You can check out more spooky (and non-spooky, if you're into that sort of thing) work at brookebaum.com.

#kidlit #kidlitart

A witch knitting a scarf while her cat shreds it behind her.

A black, white, and orange grid of silly Halloween cats

A boy reading ghost stories and a ghost reading human stories

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 9h

Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 9h

Image of children in eerie Halloween costumes

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 9h

🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃 (sick day makeup edition)

Day 11: A WOGGLE OF WITCHES by Adrienne Adams

Why I 🖤 it: Published in 1971, this is one of the most brilliantly illustrated Halloween books on my list. Check out some of the illustrations in the comments!

#kidlit #booksky #halloween

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you, Mark! :)

Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 23h

If it makes you feel better, I just googled Sky's End and I looked for 5 minutes and still haven't found that review. I even googled "Sky's End google review ai" and didn't find it.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 1d

🌸 If you see this, post something pink! 🐷

#art #artshare #ifyouseethis #kidlitart #illustration

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 1d

Just in time for Halloween, I’m delighted announce my new picture book, BUT I’M A PUMPKIN! It’s the story of a little watermelon seed who dreams of becoming a Jack-o-lantern… I can’t wait for you to see the adorably spooky art from Heidi Moreno!

Deal announcement for the picture book BUT I’M A PUMPKIN by Kat Choppy, with art by Heidi Moreno

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 1d

So excited for this debut! Only 3 weeks! #kidlit

Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · Feb 19

It's the cover reveal! My picture book debut, 🩰❄️The Abominable Snow Dancer❄️🩰, is now available for pre-order:
✨Amazon: amzn.to/4hBtlfs
✨B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abomin...
✨Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/17193/9780...
✨And at select indies!(www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9780593... is one of my locals)

The Abominable Snow Dancer by Steph Lau - animated gif
A bunch of unicorns with varying facial expressions watch a yeti in a tutu and scarf jump gracefully across the stage. THERE ARE SPARKLES!

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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 1d

We are THREE WEEKS away from my debut picture book. Here's Part 2 of my Otto the Abominable Snow Dancer costume (the scarf!).

This photo was shortly after my husband smacked me in the face. We were going for heroic wind swept vibes and the scarf floating elegantly behind me, but ALAS.

#kidlitart

A woman with a yellow and orange scarf trailing behind her bends over in laughter. A hand holds onto the other end of the scarf. The scarf is a chevron pattern with orange fringe

Cover for The Abominable Snow Dancer, a picture book by Steph Lau, published by Penguin Workshop

Leaping into stores Nov 4, 2025
Pre-order or request from your library!

www.stephlaubooks.com

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"Different from the toys we got this weekend" is killing me. 😂

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Nicole, this is so sweet!!!! Thank you! Don't worry, I'm a Late Bird, too. Early Bird won't get all the worms if we have anything to say about it. 💙

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 2d

Mother-in-law’s rhyming picture-book manuscript

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social · 2d

This is in fact my most boomer complaint.

Ran Ari-Gur @ran-arigur.bsky.social · 24d

Why is everything a video these days? I do not need ten minutes and high production values to absorb one paragraph's worth of information, tyvm

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Yay! Just sent you my dummy for LATE BIRD (there's a pitch pinned on my Bluesky profile if you're curious). Thanks for the opportunity! 💙🐦💙

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Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · 6d

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

www.manuscriptwishlist.com

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 2d

Double double, toil and trouble! It’s time #Kidlit writer friends! 🧙‍♀️

Make sure you check out this year’s #Halloweensie guidelines from Susanna Leonard Hill! 🎃

And the prizes? Jam packed with treats!

susannahill.com/2025/10/11/i...

“I’ll Get You, My Pretty!” – Announcing The Guidelines for the 15th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest for Children’s Writers!!!

Our hands begin to twitch -our thoughts, to pitchand suddenly ideas flywithout a hitch.A ghost? A witch?A mummy with an itch?Our Halloweensie storiesflow without a glitch.And oh, what happens then …

susannahill.com

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 3d

🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃

Day 10: THE GHOSTS GO MARCHING by Maria Modugno & illustrated by Claudia Boldt

Why I 🖤 it: Read to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching," this book had my 3 year old begging to read it again and again. A great preschool read aloud!

#kidlit #halloween #booksky

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