Kim Wagner Nolan
@kimwnolan.bsky.social
I make art and exhibits for kids. #KidLit Author/Illustrator, Museum Exhibit Designer, Illustrator at Little Thoughts Press #SCBWI #RISD
https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
Pinned
#PetPortrait of my sweet little weirdo, Dorothy who passed away recently. Her beak was crooked and the way her comb flopped sideways and feathers stuck up on the back of her neck gave her an 80s vibe that I wanted to capture here. #petchicken
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#PetPortrait of my sweet little weirdo, Dorothy who passed away recently. Her beak was crooked and the way her comb flopped sideways and feathers stuck up on the back of her neck gave her an 80s vibe that I wanted to capture here. #petchicken
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Look who came to visit 🥰
#hummingbird
#hummingbird
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Look who came to visit 🥰
#hummingbird
#hummingbird
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Submissions are now open for Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen & Nose!
We are looking for #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork about the human body.
We accept submissions from writers & artists of all ages.
Find out more and submit your work here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
We are looking for #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork about the human body.
We accept submissions from writers & artists of all ages.
Find out more and submit your work here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Submissions are now open for Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen & Nose!
We are looking for #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork about the human body.
We accept submissions from writers & artists of all ages.
Find out more and submit your work here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
We are looking for #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork about the human body.
We accept submissions from writers & artists of all ages.
Find out more and submit your work here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Today is the last day to enter our #kidlit #poetrycontest!
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
Our 3rd Annual "From Trash to Treasure" Kidlit Poetry Contest!
Little Thoughts Press and the Revision Raccoon are excited to announce the return of our “From Trash to Treasure” Kidlit Poetry Contest!
www.littlethoughtspress.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today is the last day to enter our #kidlit #poetrycontest!
Hooray for #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m open to picture book and middle grade projects.
kimwnolan.com
kimwnolan.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hooray for #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m open to picture book and middle grade projects.
kimwnolan.com
kimwnolan.com
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Someone else's success in the publishing industry doesn't diminish your own chance of success. Boost fellow writers and illustrators. Try very hard not to compare yourself to others (I struggle with this, too). Focus on finding your own joy at your own pace. #Uplift
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Someone else's success in the publishing industry doesn't diminish your own chance of success. Boost fellow writers and illustrators. Try very hard not to compare yourself to others (I struggle with this, too). Focus on finding your own joy at your own pace. #Uplift
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
It’s a busy month ahead with our From Trash to Treasure contest (guest judged by @tracierenee.bsky.social) coming November 13th and submissions for Issue 13 opening on November 20th.
Keep 👀 later this week for a full theme announcement, but here’s a hint
🫁👁️🫀🦷🧠🫵
Keep 👀 later this week for a full theme announcement, but here’s a hint
🫁👁️🫀🦷🧠🫵
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s a busy month ahead with our From Trash to Treasure contest (guest judged by @tracierenee.bsky.social) coming November 13th and submissions for Issue 13 opening on November 20th.
Keep 👀 later this week for a full theme announcement, but here’s a hint
🫁👁️🫀🦷🧠🫵
Keep 👀 later this week for a full theme announcement, but here’s a hint
🫁👁️🫀🦷🧠🫵
This was my submission for the SCBWI Narrative Art Award 2025 Prompt: "Because this is the quarter-century mark since the Y2K scare, tell a story about something that turns out not to be a threat.” #SCBWINarrativeArtAward2025 #narrativeartaward #SCBWI #kidlit #kidlitart
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This was my submission for the SCBWI Narrative Art Award 2025 Prompt: "Because this is the quarter-century mark since the Y2K scare, tell a story about something that turns out not to be a threat.” #SCBWINarrativeArtAward2025 #narrativeartaward #SCBWI #kidlit #kidlitart
I had to make this little Frog Prince extra kissable for Evelyn Day’s adorable poem, “The Frog Prince Sets the Record Straight.” 😘🐸 Published in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11, Stirring Words.
@evelynday.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidlitart
#childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
@evelynday.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidlitart
#childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I had to make this little Frog Prince extra kissable for Evelyn Day’s adorable poem, “The Frog Prince Sets the Record Straight.” 😘🐸 Published in Little Thoughts Press Issue 11, Stirring Words.
@evelynday.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidlitart
#childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
@evelynday.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidlitart
#childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
@littlethoughtspress.com takes kid lit seriously—and so do we. They’ve been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025 for their stunning, thoughtful, contributor-friendly work.
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
@littlethoughtspress.com takes kid lit seriously—and so do we. They’ve been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025 for their stunning, thoughtful, contributor-friendly work.
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Wow! What a fantastic bit of news to wake up to!
Thank you so much @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this incredible write up of our magazine and team, and to @tracierenee.bsky.social for nominating Little Thoughts.
And a special thanks to all of our amazing contributors who make our issues shine!
Thank you so much @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this incredible write up of our magazine and team, and to @tracierenee.bsky.social for nominating Little Thoughts.
And a special thanks to all of our amazing contributors who make our issues shine!
@littlethoughtspress.com takes kid lit seriously—and so do we. They’ve been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025 for their stunning, thoughtful, contributor-friendly work.
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination.
Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wow! What a fantastic bit of news to wake up to!
Thank you so much @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this incredible write up of our magazine and team, and to @tracierenee.bsky.social for nominating Little Thoughts.
And a special thanks to all of our amazing contributors who make our issues shine!
Thank you so much @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this incredible write up of our magazine and team, and to @tracierenee.bsky.social for nominating Little Thoughts.
And a special thanks to all of our amazing contributors who make our issues shine!
“Quibble” by Mike Flowers was such a great word choice to write about for the Stirring Words Issue of @littlethoughtspress.com What a fun word to say and illustrate!
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration #kidlitart #m
#illustrationforkids #childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration #kidlitart #m
#illustrationforkids #childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Quibble” by Mike Flowers was such a great word choice to write about for the Stirring Words Issue of @littlethoughtspress.com What a fun word to say and illustrate!
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration #kidlitart #m
#illustrationforkids #childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration #kidlitart #m
#illustrationforkids #childrensmagazine
#kidlitillustration
“A Pebble Remembers” by Mona Voelkel can be found in Issue 11 of
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart
#kidlitillustration
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart
#kidlitillustration
October 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“A Pebble Remembers” by Mona Voelkel can be found in Issue 11 of
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart
#kidlitillustration
@littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart
#kidlitillustration
My illustration for @mimssully.bsky.social ‘s sweet poem “Elf-Locks” for @LittleThoughtsPress.com, Issue 11: Stirring Words.
“Their songs are spells, or so it seems,
For they weave beauty into dreams,
And lull us gently through the night
until the peep of day brings light.”
#kidsmagazine
#kidlit
“Their songs are spells, or so it seems,
For they weave beauty into dreams,
And lull us gently through the night
until the peep of day brings light.”
#kidsmagazine
#kidlit
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My illustration for @mimssully.bsky.social ‘s sweet poem “Elf-Locks” for @LittleThoughtsPress.com, Issue 11: Stirring Words.
“Their songs are spells, or so it seems,
For they weave beauty into dreams,
And lull us gently through the night
until the peep of day brings light.”
#kidsmagazine
#kidlit
“Their songs are spells, or so it seems,
For they weave beauty into dreams,
And lull us gently through the night
until the peep of day brings light.”
#kidsmagazine
#kidlit
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Don't you love how you can immediately hear a kid's voice in @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social's poem "Catch"?
Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st Street
in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st Street
in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Don't you love how you can immediately hear a kid's voice in @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social's poem "Catch"?
Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st Street
in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st Street
in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
“Cats and Dogs” by Webb Smith was such a fun poem to illustrate! You can find it in Stirring Words, Issue 11 of @littlethoughtspress.com Order a copy at: littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit #scbwi
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrator #spotillustration
#illustrationforkids
#kidlit #scbwi
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrator #spotillustration
#illustrationforkids
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Cats and Dogs” by Webb Smith was such a fun poem to illustrate! You can find it in Stirring Words, Issue 11 of @littlethoughtspress.com Order a copy at: littlethoughtspress.com
#kidlit #scbwi
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrator #spotillustration
#illustrationforkids
#kidlit #scbwi
#kidsmagazine
#childrensillustration
#kidlitart #scbwiillustrator #spotillustration
#illustrationforkids
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!
Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.
Available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.
Available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
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September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!
Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.
Available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.
Available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Nick Fordham's "Keys for My Sister" is an unexpectedly heartfelt & heartbreaking response to @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration. A wonderful example of the range of emotions art can evoke.
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nick Fordham's "Keys for My Sister" is an unexpectedly heartfelt & heartbreaking response to @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration. A wonderful example of the range of emotions art can evoke.
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
#PetPortrait of my chicken, Fizzgig who passed away on July 29th, 2025. I wanted to make a painting that captured her feisty personality. The size of a Thanksgiving turkey, Fizzy was the leader of the flock. She was a tough chicken and fierce protector of her friends but deep down, Fizzy was…🧵
September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#PetPortrait of my chicken, Fizzgig who passed away on July 29th, 2025. I wanted to make a painting that captured her feisty personality. The size of a Thanksgiving turkey, Fizzy was the leader of the flock. She was a tough chicken and fierce protector of her friends but deep down, Fizzy was…🧵
Thank you @littlethoughtspress.com for the fun interview! I hope it inspires young #kidlit writers and illustrators.
Lovely interview with Kim Wagner Nolan (@kimwnolan.bsky.social) up on the blog today!
Kim shares the inspiration behind her illustration 51st Street, her favorite #kidlit illustrators & lots more!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/intervi...
Kim shares the inspiration behind her illustration 51st Street, her favorite #kidlit illustrators & lots more!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/intervi...
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thank you @littlethoughtspress.com for the fun interview! I hope it inspires young #kidlit writers and illustrators.
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
We love how @hilaryelder.bsky.social's poem "Outdoors Upstairs" captures the sense of escape & adventure children create through imagination alone. Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st St.
Read the full poem in Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Read the full poem in Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
August 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We love how @hilaryelder.bsky.social's poem "Outdoors Upstairs" captures the sense of escape & adventure children create through imagination alone. Inspired by @kimwnolan.bsky.social's illustration 51st St.
Read the full poem in Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Read the full poem in Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
Submissions are open for Issue 12: Better Together! Send us your #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork on the theme of community and collective action now through September 22nd.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Submissions are open for Issue 12: Better Together! Send us your #kidlit poetry, stories & artwork on the theme of community and collective action now through September 22nd.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
Reposted by Kim Wagner Nolan
⭐⭐THEME ANNOUNCEMENT⭐⭐
Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...
Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action
For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.
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Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...
Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action
For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.
1/4
August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
⭐⭐THEME ANNOUNCEMENT⭐⭐
Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...
Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action
For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.
1/4
Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...
Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action
For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.
1/4
I’ve been bursting to share the news that I’ve joined the team at Little Thoughts Press as their new in-house illustrator! I’m looking forward to creating kidlit magic for this very special magazine. 💖
@littlethoughtspress.com #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #childrensmagazine #kidsmagazine
@littlethoughtspress.com #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #childrensmagazine #kidsmagazine
July 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ve been bursting to share the news that I’ve joined the team at Little Thoughts Press as their new in-house illustrator! I’m looking forward to creating kidlit magic for this very special magazine. 💖
@littlethoughtspress.com #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #childrensmagazine #kidsmagazine
@littlethoughtspress.com #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #childrensmagazine #kidsmagazine