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Anne Appert (they/them)
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Author/illustrator: BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH?. LOCH NESS MONSTER’S UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE (2026)
Illustrator: ZOOMI & ZOE (Summer 2025)
Rep: @charlottewenger.com #KidLitArt

Art: anneappert.com
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adriakarlsson.bsky.social
It was so fun to get to table with @anneappert.bsky.social at the Newton Children’s Book Festival on Sunday! I saw so many people and failed utterly at taking photos… so here are two I managed and one from Victoria. They star the very cool @weyakindesigns.bsky.social and @andrewchacket.bsky.social !
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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fangmousbooks.bsky.social
Lots of goodies in my newsletter this month, including free holiday swag, a new educator's guide for Ava Lin, my NCTE appearances schedule, and my 2026 Highlights Workshop with @kazwindness.bsky.social and @anneappert.bsky.social!⁠

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Holiday Goodies & An Educator's Guide!
Stickers, signed bookplates, and a new educator guide for Ava Lin
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November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Had so much fun seeing friends, meeting new friends, and looking at and buying SO MANY BOOKS at the Newton Children’s Book Festival today! In photos: @phaeacrede.bsky.social @adriakarlsson.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @andrewchacket.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
Victoria K. Chapman takes a selfie with author, Phaea Crede at the Newton Children’s Book Festival. Victoria K. Chapman takes a selfie with author, Andrew Hacket at the Newton Children’s Book Festival. Victoria K. Chapman takes a selfie with authors and illustrators, Anne Appert and Adria Karlsson at the Newton Children’s Book Festival. Victoria K. Chapman takes a selfie with author and illustrator, Adria Karlsson at the Newton Children’s Book Festival.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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authorsabb.bsky.social
Everything we've accomplished over the last year has been with free tools & volunteer efforts. Now that we are officially a nonprofit, with your support we can do a whole lot more
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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byconniechang.bsky.social
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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erininthemorning.com
6. Similar results followed in New Jersey, where Dem Mikie Sherrill won decisively. Her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, ran a platform centered around the forced outing of trans students and opposition to gender-affirming care. His campaign pushed ads accusing Sherrill of “pushing LGBTQ+ on children."
Democrat Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor’s race, CNN projects | CNN Politics
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win the race for governor in New Jersey, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, maintaining Democratic control of the seat one year after the state showed signs of shifting ...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics.

From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.

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"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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mombian.bsky.social
Today is National Coming Out Day, and as many of us queer parents know, coming out is not always a simple matter of finding the courage, but of balancing our needs and those of our children. Here are my thoughts, plus some resources for LGBTQ parents. mombian.com/2025/10/11/r...
Rainbows Are Made of Visible Light: Thoughts As an LGBTQ Parent on National Coming Out Day - Mombian
Today is National Coming Out Day, and as many of us queer parents know, coming out is not always a simple matter of finding the courage, but of balancing our needs and those of our children. Here are ...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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adriakarlsson.bsky.social
Got my 2nd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #TheCrystalBallReveals! This started out fun and ended up slightly ominous… what with the approaching rain clouds and all.
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@andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #itsybitsy #spider #treehouse
Child with black pigtails and a green hoodie gazes into a crystal ball sitting on a brown wooden chair. A friendly spider is perched on top of the crystal ball. Inside the crystal ball is a treehouse with a same size spider web built next to it and a tiny image of the kid and the spider waving at each other. In the top of the crystal ball are approaching rain clouds. All of the image is rendered in cut paper.
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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adriakarlsson.bsky.social
My 1st piece for #ABLArtFest - the prompt was #fallfestivities!

I adore the sneaky dragon, the determined bunny, and the trying-ever-so-hard robot…. But the mad scientist and dog for sure “steal” the scene (see what I did there?!).

#kidlitart #illustration #cutpaper @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Four kids are trying to eat donuts hanging on strings without using their hands. The first one is a curly redheaded white kid dressed as a purple dragon and is cheating- using their hands to hold the donut. The second is a south Asian kid with straight black hair in a large pink bunny suit. The third is Black kid with an Afro and a hair pick, dressed up as a mad scientist - his donut has been stolen by a white dog. The dog is running away with the donut. The fourth kid is a smaller white kid dressed as a robot who has not gotten any donuts yet. There’s a large tree with fall leaves and a stone wall in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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stephlaubooks.com
Pleased* to announce my second picture book! MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is slated to launch Fall 2026, with @harpercollins.bsky.social

*Pleasssssssed

Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it!
#kidlit
BOOK DEAL: Megan Ilnitzki at HarperCollins has acquired, at auction, Medusa's Pet Rock and a second untitled mythology-based picture book by Steph Lau (The Abominable Snow Dancer). When it's Medusa's turn to take the class pet home, she tries to be careful, but inevitably, ZAP. Medusa's teacher won't give up, though, and she's sure that this time, she's found a class pet that even Medusa can enjoy. Publication is planned for fall 2026; Alexandra Levick at Writers House sold world rights. A headshot of a smiling woman with a felt plushie snake curled around her neck. Below is a chubby toddler Medusa, trying to share her juice box with her pet rock.
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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cynthiaycheng.bsky.social
I'll be co-teaching an introductory course on graphic novels this fall via @highlightsfound.bsky.social! If you've wanted to make a GN but don't know where to start, this might be the workshop for you.

I'm honored to teach alongside @mythjae.bsky.social & @anneappert.bsky.social for this course! 💞
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
If you want to join the #KidLitArt chat tonight, here's how! 👇
kidlitart.bsky.social KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · Sep 25
To join the chat, you can:

1) Follow @kidlitart.bsky.social and manually check the Q's & A's here

2) Use the Search for Latest Results with #kidlitart

3) Use @deck.blue to make a column for #kidlitart
and see the new replies in real time
kidlitart.bsky.social KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · Sep 9
September's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Making Money with your Art!

Join your hosts on Sep 25, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about m-o-n-e-y (and art)!

Banner art by Scout Underhill
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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mythjae.bsky.social
I'll be a guest lecturer for @highlightsfound.bsky.social ✨
If you or anyone you know has been interested in getting into graphic novels, this is the course for you! Taught by @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social myself and @anneappert.bsky.social

Register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fro...
A promo for the From Story To Script: An Introduction to Writing Graphic Novels course, showing photos of the three lecturers, Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Jasmine walls, and special guest Anne Appert. This is a 4-week online course from October 23 - November 13
September 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
Happy #BiWeek ! 💗💜💙
Painting of a cat in the colors of the bi flag
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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brianlarossa.com
Hey #kidlit illustrators!

We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder.

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Big Cartel shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help.

All of my creations are designed, sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of my fabric art creatures. There's a green fur floor and a galaxy print fabric background in the pic. Here are some of the creatures: a watermelon ghost with a green body and pink face and twinkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a black crablike creature with wide set blue eyes and purple eyeshadow. She has red lips, four tentacle-like arms and an embroidered rainbow flower on her forehead. There's a black ghost bag covered with red embroidered flowers. There's a watermelon ghost bag. There are two yellow creatures. Each has three eyes, two tentacles, and mouths full of sharp teeth. There's a cosmic moth sitting on a little chair. The moth is black with a gray face, twinkly red eyes, and a wide grin full of sharp teeth. The moth is covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors.
August 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
anneappert.bsky.social
My next picture book was announced on Tuesday! So thrilled I get to illustrate these wonderful happybaras and their adventures, as written by my friend @sudiptabq.bsky.social .
Image of a book announcement with two headshots to the left and text that reads “ Mary-Kate Gaudet at Little, Brown has acquired world rights to Happybaras, a picture book by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, illustrated by Anne Appert, about two capybaras with different outlooks on life who take a trip to Alaska. Publication is set for Summer 2026; Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency represented the author, and Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency represented the illustrator.
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
New book deals on the way from @sudiptabq.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig
August 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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gabino.bsky.social
We read books by LGBTQ+ authors before. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors now. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors tomorrow. Literature is for and by everyone.
June 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Etsy shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help.

All of my creations are designed, hand-sewn, hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make.

jeremycreature.etsy.com
jeremycshipp.bsky.social Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · Jun 13
Here are some of my recent creations!

jeremycreature.etsy.com
Here's a lovely photo of three fabric art eggs watching the tiny witch homunculus balancing on one foot on a small broom. The eggs are purple, pink and white, and they're covered with embroidered flowers. The eggs have mouths with lip colors that match their flowers. They have two flat teeth poking out of their mouths. The pink egg is wearing a small sun hat. The tiny witch homunculus is green with large sparkly red eyes and a little frown. There's green fur in the background of the photo. Here's a lovely photo of the cosmic ghost bag. She's a black ghost with various stars and planets embroidered on her body. There are little white stars, larger white stars, yellow stars, purple stars, a dark purple planet, a light purple planet, a red planet with a yellow ring. She has a gray moon-like face with large sparkly black eyes and a little frown. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat. She's resting on my palm and there's green fur in the background of the pic. Here's a lovely photo of Big Bad Beatrice. She's a tall, purple ghost-like being, with seven yellow cat-like eyes and greenish blue eyeshadow. She has a large mouth filled with big, sharp teeth. She has two greenish blue tentacle-like arms. Her lower body is covered with embroidered greenish blue flowers. There's green fur in the background of the photo. Here's a lovely photo of my fabric art creature Sweet William. He has a black gumdrop-shaped body and a blue face with four lavender eyes. He has an open mouth and seven sharp teeth. He has long arms with hands that are like pincers. He has six lavender, lightning-shaped spikes coming out of the top of his head. There's green fur in the background of the photo.
June 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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portersqbooks.bsky.social
And while we're reminding folks about stuff with deadlines, applications are now open for our 2026 Writers in Residence! Assuming we make it to 2026, we'll once again welcome an author for adults & an author for young readers into our community! portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...
Porter Square Books Writers in Residence Program
Porter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2025
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June 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so.
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erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 20
I am getting multiple reports that the Trump admin is NOT complying with the court order requiring passport updates for transgender people.

Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
wuffles.bsky.social Sol Brennan (3D Rigger/Looking for work) @wuffles.bsky.social · Jun 20
#Trans folks in the US who are reapplying for their passport to be fixed. Don't bother. Just had an emergency appointment today (I travel on the 30th) and they cannot issue me a corrected #passport. All decisions regarding this 'issue' are on hold until they receive guidance from the head office.
June 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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esqueer.net
When Dobbs came down, the media rightly saw it as the culmination of a decades long effort to eliminate abortion rights by the conservative legal movement. When Skrmetti came down, the media blamed trans people and not that same conservative legal machine.

It's the same court and lawyers.
June 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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zodi777.blacksky.app
If you really want to dig into some extensive #Juneteenth primary sources, the Library of Congress has a massive archive of interviews from formerly enslaved people. Here is part of the Texas collection:

www.loc.gov/item/mesn161/
Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 16, Texas, Part 1, Adams-Duhon
www.loc.gov
June 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM