Clay

Such an incredible opportunity! Still time to get in your apps!

We need that classic Facebook tag yourself feature for this.

These are fantastic!

Amazing! Congrats! Such a fantastic book 💖

doodle blobs of a raptor with pizza, a mouse in cheese, snakes on a plane, a chef holding poison, a boxy dino, a tiny house, and a huggy library.

Watercolor texture blobs in light yellow

Needed another doodle break!

(Plus a blank version waiting for your doodles if you do too!)

Amplifying this for anyone who's rep is on the committee, but also hey why not call your rep anyway and ask them to speak out against this bill right now?

Book Bans are wildly, cartoonishly unpopular and multiple states have passed Freedom to Read Acts. Lean on your rep to condemn these weirdos.

I love this! 🔥

blob doodles of a spaceship, a reptile with a lolling tongue, some lovey dovey creatures, an annoyed mushroom man, a guy freaked out by a sharp toothed bean, a sleepy furry friend, and a kid sleeping through a test while their rat escapes their backpack.

Can't stop; won't stop.

(Is that how you use a semicolon? Probably not 🤷)

Silly blob doodles of a mushroom house, a bat in a trench coat selling questionable watches, two odd creatures smoochin’, a sweater man ghost thing, a pizza fish, and an unimpressed biker rabbit.

Silly blob doodles of a dino noodle guy, a horse in hat, a scared apple, a too good for that apple guinea pig, some bendy blob guys, and sleepy golems.

Silly blob doodles of a basketball player rhino, a robot falling apart, a fuzzy monster with their baby, two odd birds, a guy sad about taxes, and a hermit crab with a protest sign.

Silly blob doodles of a mammal with a fluffy tail a cloud man is strutting on, a fish squishing a rabbit ish creature of some sort, a monster blob eating pizza, a dude in sweater with tangled limbs, and a broccoli guy.

How to procrastinate when you should be filling out paperwork, a four page essay.

I'm addicted to making these now and I blame you entirely 😂

Okayyy, I’ve been influenced 😆 I had to try some blob monsters too!

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 #valentine #valentinesday #love #kidlitart

You totally captured it 🤩

Zeb and Bel: A Case of Bird Problems: A Graphic Novel A Graphic Novel

Hello #comics and #kidlit fam! Today’s the day that my 2nd graphic novel for kids, ZEB AND BEL: A CASE OF BIRD PROBLEMS flies to the shelves. Pick up your copy here, and thanks for your support!
@harperkids.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/zeb-...

Graphic of the state of Minnesota forming the I in "I stand with Minnesota".

If you're looking for ways to help, the organizations at the site below are helping in all kinds of ways. Find one that speaks to you and donate if you can: www.standwithminnesota.com

Melanie_ICEOutComins_1

#iceoutminneapolis #iceoutmpis #melArt🔥

I jumped on the #iceoutcomics trend. Here’s what’s on my mind these days…

Thank you! And thank you for putting out into the world. I really enjoy your illustration work!

ICE OUT Cartoonists against ICE Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities! *4-panel comics* *3:4 Instagram format* Use this Blue: *There is a color drop block of blue to copy * Use these hashtags: #iceout[your city] #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social
defend612.com

A reading wrap-up book cover grid of 25 books: Twin Cities, Our Members Be Unlimited, Ask Baba Yaga, Slip, Pashmina, Love Languages, Tranz, Writing Picture Books, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang, The Boy from Clearwater, Adulthood is a Gift, When I Grow Up, Goodbye My Havana, Stargazing, The Complete Cul de Sac, Don't cause trouble, Muybridge, Hardly Creatures, Fake Chinese Sounds, Housecat Trouble, The Maid's Secret, Dory Fantasmagory, Belonging, Their Blood Got Mixed, and True Colors.

A grid of 25 book covers: Spy X Family, Dan in Green Gables, The Sunbearer Trials, Finna, Look Back, How to Draw a Secret, The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur, Spent, Lost Time, Born a Crime, Eden of Witches, Sea Legs, Ghost Book, The Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Wastelands, Goat Magic, Almost American Girl, The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales, Parachute Kids, Before They Were Artists, The Real Riley Mayes, Wynd, A First Time for Everything, One Little Goat, Hostage

Visitations, This was Our Pact, Stars in Their Eyes, Gaysians, Light from Uncommon Stars, Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave, Radical, Love, Misha, A World Worth Saving, The Story that Cannot Be Told, Frontera, Millie of the Manor, Color of Always, Match Maker, Speak Up!, Dream On, Trans History, No Rules Tonight, Lunar Boy, Transmogrify!, Leap, Miss Quinces, The Unfinished Corner, Thinking About Thinking, and Kirby's Lessons in Falling

A grid of 25 book covers: Oksi, Uprooted, Picture This, Year of the Rabbit, Dare to Disappoint, Writing with Pictures, We are not Strangers, Illustrator's Sketchbooks, Olivetti, Disability Visability, Boys Run the Riot, The Book of Joy, On Tyranny, The Banned Book Club, Ash's Cabin, Brownstone, The Wolf Suit, Pictured Worlds, Drawing for Illustration, Accidental Czar, Comic Book History Comics, The Golem, The Gulf, Golem Crafters, and Save It for Later.

Some of my favorite books from my 2025 reads 📚💖🌈

Books read: 369
Pages read: 85,806

A hannukah menorah with all candles lit stands on a tray filled with shells and stones amidst a miniature snowy forest of bottle brush trees and animal figurines.

Happy solstice + Chanukah!

Since the Jewish calendar is lunisolar, months following the lunar cycle + years adjusted to follow the solar cycle, it is a special year when we get to light every candle on the menorah in the center of our winter solstice village. I believe the next time will be 2044!

A grid of nine images. In the center a selfie of a smiling person in a snow hat and sweater standing in front of a snowy frozen pond. Around the edge are seven illustrations: a bridge over a marsh, an underground cave maze, a kid lounging on a sofa in a dark room playing a video game, a kid writing in a journal, a sketch of two kids doing making a craft, a kid and a glowing skull traversing a dark wood, and a baby on a chair watching a messy cat take a nap on a window ledge.

It's been such a year! 🤯 I've learned so much, still have SO much more to learn, and am loving every minute of it. (Well, at least most of 'em! 😅)

Off to peruse other people's art v artist posts! 💖🌈🎨

#ArtVArtist #ArtVsArtist #ArtVArtist2025 #KidLitArt

Ah! They're all glazed! So cute!!! 🥰

An illustration of a kid balancing on a pink and yellow chair while placing candles into a handmade menorah in front of of a window showing the sunset. Another menorah is in the shape of a car with a canoe on the roof rack and gold one with moon and stars on the branches. Art is human made in Procreate by Clay Adamah.

This Chanukah
may your laughter be playful,
may your love be filling,
may your branches be curious,
may your roots be grounding,
may your darkness be nourishing,
may your flames be strengthening,
may your oil be plentiful,
and may your dedication be meaningful.

חנוכה שמח
Chanukah Sameach

Tonight we light the 1st candle as an act of hope. Tomorrow, we light 2, and each night consumes a bit more darkness as light is passed, generation to generation. The 1st candle is not alone- we have the Shamas. We have each other. #chanukah #hannukah #kidlit #kidlitart #jewishart

A selfie of two people in snow hats on a snowy trail through the woods.

❄️ Happy snowy Chanukah y’all ❄️

A slightly sinister girl in Christmas pjs opens a gift, which is glowing. It reads “Now rep’d by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties”

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m thrilled to announce that I am now represented by the incredible Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties!

I’m an author/illustrator open to PBs, early readers, and graphic novels. I love off-the-wall humor and oddballs characters!

brookebaum.com

#kidlit #kidlitart

A circle made out of four colourful pencils, with a sentence in the middle that reads, 'We need to encourage diversity in the Illustration Industry.'

A circle made out of four colourful pencils, with a sentence in the middle that reads, 'I'm hosting Free 1 to 1 Portfolio Chats to encourage diversity in the Illustration Industry.'

New PChats coming this Friday! Booking will open soon (check Owen Davey's IG).
And if you would like to be a mentor, we are always looking for more volunteers; to my #kidlitart colleagues, we need to help improve diversity & equity in the industry!
Lmk if you have Qs.
instagram.com/owendaveydraws

Thank you for making this book 💖

Royal blue promotional graphic titled “Emergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: “Diverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.

💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

Wahoo! Congrats! 🕺 🪩 💃