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KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR 🌈 Rep: Deborah Warren @eastwestlit.bsky.social she/her https://linktr.ee/k8cosgrove?fbclid=PAAabMQUP9aLIDiOylx1JASn-n7ENDVrSKlbPdNyvIGdtGs6qfXIhmjM1BMTk_aem_AQY1 🚫A.I.

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · Feb 7

🌈 My art from The OA 24 Society of Illustrators has been chosen for the 2025 Bologna Book Fair art exhibit, April 1–4, 2025.

Showcasing illustrators on an international stage

A TREE IS A COMMUNITY
by David L. Harrison
Art by me

#kidlit #bolognabookfair #nytbestseller #kidlitpostcard

Bologna Book Fair flyer- colorful creatures joyfully march in a parade of yellow, orange, green, blue & black

My illustration framed a little child with dark hair, brown skin and a green raincoat listening to the tree roots begging for rain.

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!! ⭐️

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 1d

My brand new chapter book series WILDLIFE RESCUE is out today, and I can't imagine a better way to celebrate this book birthday than spending it with these great South Carolina readers! (Amazing cover art is by Jen Bricking!)

Kate Messner sitting on the edge of a school stage with half a dozen elementary school students, two of whom are holding copies of the WILDLIFE RESCUE chapter book series

Book covers - WILDLIFE RESCUE HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER has cover art showing two kids walking through brush toward a baby river otter. WILDLIFE RESCUE HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER shows two kids walking toward a very fluffy baby owl in the grass.

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, friends...I need your sleuthing help! I have been trying to track down a creepy/surreal children's book that I loved as a kid, but can't recall the title. It would be PERFECT for this time of year. All my searching efforts have been futile, but maybe you can help. I'll describe it below!

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 3d

💜 hahaha

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 4d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 4d

“There,” said Toad. “Now I feel better. I am not in the dumps anymore.”

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 7d

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops

Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 8d

📚👍Congrats to @isabellakung.bsky.social on launching her beautiful new picture book about big emotions, Nunu and the Sea!!! It’s gorgeous! #kidlit #picturebooks

Isabella Kung speaking about Nunu and the Sea at her book launch

A stack of Nunu and the Sea at On Waverly bookstore in San Francisco

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5d

Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation https://theonion.com/cool-dad-raising-daughter-on-media-that-will-put-her-en-1819572981/

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Joshua Pruett @zombietardis.bsky.social · 5d

See you tomorrow!

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 7d

Walter stole my mat. #goldendoodle

Golden doodle dog chilling…stretched out and relaxed on blue yoga mat that doesn’t belong to him.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 7d

The Rider

Naomi Shihab Nye, 1952

A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street corner while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, pink petals that have never felt loneliness, no matter how slowly they fell.

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Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social · 8d

Well, this is exciting! I'm headed to the wonderful bookshop Author's Note, owned by the NY Times best selling author @julieberrybooks.bsky.social. And not just one local paper wrote about it, two did! If you live near by, please come! 519 Main St., Medina, NY, Oct. 15, 6pm.
#pigeons #kidlit

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12d

Me walking into the feed, seeing the baseball comments, grabbing my hat and walking back out

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 17d

Picked up Walter after being out of town for a few days. He’s so weird & cute 😆 #goldendoodle

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 20d

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement.

1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 26d

🚨AUTHORS: The judge has approved the settlement in the Anthropic copyright case. By 10/2 you will be able to look up your name/works on the settlement website to see if you are eligible for payments. Which Authors Guild explained will be split evenly between authors/publishers who both hold rights.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by nonfict...

authorsguild.org

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 21d

The chimpanzees are wearing black armbands to commemorate the passing of Jane Goodall. The anteaters are wearing bedazzled jeans because they have terrible fashion sense.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks!! 🌈 Your piece makes me happy!

Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 24d

Quote with your yellow art 💛 #kidlitart

Outdoor forest scene drawing and below earth if hibernating fox and skunk and rabbit. Yellow sky. Two children one Black girl yellow shirt blue pants one Asian boy orange shurt black pants frolicking with black cat

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Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social · 24d

My kid is doing cross country, which means I am spending a lot of time in fields waiting for them to run by.

This time I brought my drawing pad…
1. Random girl with French braids
2. Fuzzy feather in field
3. Nerd’s NewBalance

#illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #sketchbook #nytbestseller #drawing