Meg Sodano

@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social

There are a lot of new children's picture books at this link, including my own. Books make great holiday gifts! Check them out at SCBWI BookStop. www.scbwi.org/bookstop

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What is a Barreleye Fish? I had the same question when I started illustrating IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Here is my best explanation.
#picturebookillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebook #sealife #fish #marinebiology @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social

Wow, another great review for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Thank you, #KirkusReviews! #kidkit #illustrator #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #sealife #seaanimals #ocean #fish #coralreef #seaturtles #whales #dolphins
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Today is World Octopus Day!
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#octopus #cephalopod #illustration #picturebook #picturebookillustration #sealife #digitalillustration

Today's signing event = success! Thanks to Open Door Bookstore for hosting and to all the folks who attended. We sold out of both IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA and SALAMANDER SKY! 🌊🐬 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustrator

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Illustrating 58 Species! When I received the manuscript for If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?, I counted about 30 animals. I had to find their scientific names so I could portray them accurately and put them in th…

Yes, 58 species! Now you know why I spent almost 2 years working on this book. Each animal was treated with love and respect! 🙂 @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
#sealife #ocean #marinebiology #ecology #kidlitartist #kidlit #picturebooks #manatee #fish #whale #dolphins

Thank you, @shelfawareness.bsky.social !

Thanks for your very nice and thoughtful review!!

Happy #BookBirthday to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social (left) and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social (right) for creating such a beautiful, whimsical and educational book about some of the many sea creatures with which we share the world. Congratulations!

TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book.

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Come see me at The Open Door Bookstore on Saturday, October 4, 1-2:30 pm! I am signing copies of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? 🐬🌊

#booksigning #childrensbook #picturebook #ocean #sea #sealife #whales #penguins #fish
@juliehonanjohnston @weboflifebooks

If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? Book Trailer. YouTube video by Web of Life Books

🌊 Check out our book trailer for "If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?"🐬
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Trailer by @icebird.bsky.social

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Coloring Page for Beaver and Otter Download a free Beaver and Otter coloring page!

I made a coloring page for Beaver and Otter. Download it at my website. 🦫
#illustrator #childrensbooks #picturebooks #beavers #otter #pond #coloring #coloringpages #activitiesforkids

Beaver & Otter: Cover Design Book covers are important and a challenge to design. They have to be attractive, expressive, and include the main characters in action. We want kids and parents to notice a beautiful book on a shel…

I love when illustrators show their process for creating a really great #bookcover. It's the first thing we look at while browsing the aisles at a bookstore. To see my process for Beaver & Otter, visit my website.
#beavers #otter #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #illustrator

Beaver & Otter: Study of Characters Thought I’d show some sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along… (Sort Of). ▲ Expressions and postures of beavers. ▲ Expressions and postures of river otters. ▲ Drawings that were not us…

I never posted about Beaver and Otter on my blog! Here we go...

(Sketches from Beaver and Otter Get Along... Sort Of)

#childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #graphite #sketches #beavers #otter

IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?
Coming 9/23. Pre-order now! "Learn about a wide variety of beloved and obscure sea creatures and the lives they live beneath the spray." Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
#childrensbooks #whales #octopus #penguins

Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for your review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?! "This is a remarkable introduction to sealife for young readers. Fascinating peek at the creatures who populate our oceans.” @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social

My nieces sent me a handwritten note and a dandelion! My heart is melting. Thank you, girls, I love it! I will put it up on my studio wall.

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These things didn't make it into IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA: Phytoplankton (not an animal), sea otters, kelp (not an animal), different version of oyster reef, baby octopus.

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Thank you!

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If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?
Coming September 23. #preorder at your local bookstore or online.

@weboflifebooks #sea #seacreatures #oceananimals #seaturtle #penguin #coralreef #whales #kidlitart #kitlit #picturebook #illustration

Julie Honan Johnston author of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? holds her book for the first time at an event put on by #publishersgroupwest at #MrsDallowaysBookstore! Congratulations, Julie!

Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...

@megsodano.bsky.social

We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!

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From NPR, children’s book author Kate DiCamillo.

My illustrator copies arrived! Don't they look amazing? IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be out Sept 23. 🐬🐠🐙🪼 Pre-order at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. Thanks, @weboflifebooks.bsky.social & Julie Honan Johnston. #picturebook #kidlit #shark #fish #octopus #dolphin #seashore

Do what you can. A new kids' book shows how even 'The Littlest Drop' helps A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator Jerry Pinkney worked on before he died. His son Brian finished it for him.

'The Littlest Drop' was one of illustrator Jerry Pinkney's last projects. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #illustration #hummingbird #animals #environment

My #picturebook, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?, is swimming to bookstores on 9/23/25! Author Julie Honan Johnston. Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social. So glad I can share this cover with all of you! 🐋🐠🦀🐧🐙🐙🪼 #oceananimals #sealife #marinebiology #kitlit #kidlitart #digitalillustration