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Charlene Chua

@charlenedraws.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat 🎨 CharleneChua.com 🔗 All links - charlenedraws.bio.link 🖌Alt account @sygnin.com 🚫AI/NFT

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 11d

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #chapterbooks #boardbooks

art of 3 cute witches riding on broomsticks above a city. each witch has a cute cat familiar riding with her.

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MacKids Books @mackidsbooks.bsky.social · 13h

We are looking for kid lit influencers! If you love all things picture books to middle-grade, apply to our Mac Kids Content Creators program at the link! Applications close 10/27/25. bit.ly/MacKidsInflu...

#books #influencers #kidlit #reading

We are looking for kidlit influencers! Apply now! bit.ly/mackidsinfluencer (link in bio)

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 15h

P.S for #kidlitart folks 👇

#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 15h

The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, October 14th! If you’re a creative looking for work or someone looking to hire talent, this is the tag for you! Watch this video to find out how to participate.

👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈

More info at portfolioday.art 💛

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

October's #KidLitArt topic is up! 🎃🦇

#kidlit

KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · 1d

October's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Spooky Chat!

Join your hosts on Oct 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about spooky stuff!

Banner art by Rubin Pingk

Art of a black girl conjuring up magical cookies that are floating in the air. Text says Spooky Chat, #kidlitart. Art by Rubin Pingk

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KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · 1d

October's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Spooky Chat!

Join your hosts on Oct 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about spooky stuff!

Banner art by Rubin Pingk

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Crampula!

PerimenopausePerson!

The OuchVenger!

(Still working on the costume; probably includes a hot water bottle)

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Huh, you might be on to something there…

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

If only I could monetize this natural talent 🙃

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Sigh. Bodies. Why. 😭

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I have magnesium now. I think I did blood tests not too long ago and they didn’t note any deficiencies but who knows, maybe if it’s a specific thing then the baseline isn’t enough.

Or my body just likes being a jerk.

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Sigh… i do take iron supplements and several others so.. idk. At this rate I may as well buy the whole vitamin section and chug it every day, that should do it.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Sigh yeah. Especially those videos that could be a minute long but the host spends 9 minutes saying ‘I’m going to tell you this trick that no one else knows’ in 20 different ways.

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I suppose at least I can rule out my Birkenstocks being the culprit (since the last few times it happened, I was wearing those) 🙄

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Well I have discovered I now can cramp my foot doing… nothing. Absolutely nothing.

It’s amazing. Brilliant. Just wow.

(Sarcasm, in case that wasn’t clear).

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Horse riding a bicycle

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

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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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

I misread an article on FallCon and thought it was FailCon 😅

Then again, perhaps FailCon might not be such a bad idea.

It would be for us to commiserate all our book/publishing failures for the year, and lord there would be many.

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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Ontario creators 👋 Our creative community has been through a lot in the past six years. Making It Work 2025 wants to capture where we are now - and help chart the path forward.

Share your voice: https://bit.ly/MakingItWork2025
Survey closes: October 27

#MakingItWork2025 #OntarioArts

Graphic with text 'Making It Work 2025' in large teal letters with green '2025'. Below reads 'Shape the Future of Arts, Culture & Creative Careers in Ontario' and a green button saying 'Take the Survey'. Features overlapping teal and green circles as design elements. Work in Culture and Nordicity logos at top, funder logos at bottom: Ontario Creates, Ontario Arts Council, and Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University.

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 3d

We read banned books 📚 SCBWI Staff and our favorite SCBWI blogger @themermancam share our picks for what banned book we’d recommend!

What is your favorite banned book and why is it important to you? Comment below ⬇️

Learn more about how to combat censorship here: www.scbwi.org/essential-re...

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 3d

If I could be allowed a mild tech geekout?

I was so honored to do a Scholastic Story Voice event this morning and share mine and @charlenedraws.bsky.social's "Things That Go Bump In The Day" with classrooms around the US. It was great fun! 🧵

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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 3d

The Science Writers and Communicators of Canada are accepting submissions to the 2025 SWCC Book Awards, which includes a youth literature category. Submission deadline is October 31, 2025. Learn more at https://sciencewriters.ca/bookawards/submissions

#CanLit #KidLit #Science #STEM #BookAwards

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 3d

An illustrator alerted me to the attached email. Someone is impersonating me! Offering #kidlit illustrators fake deals!

This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!

Please let me know if you receive an email like this!