#kids lit

[lackadaisycal-art]

Family Recipe

#art #illustration #character art #artists on tumblr #original characters #cooking #generational #family #generations #mixed family #kids lit #mourning #death #life after death #Procreate

[climbdraws]

"Even if your eyes worked you still would not be able to see the TRUTH"

My finished Jayfeather & Rock illustration for @harriertail Ultimate Guide Zine!

#mini holo prints in the shop ✨️ #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital artists #illustration #kids lit #artist alley #warrior cats #wc #wc fanart #warrior cats fanart #erin hunter #jayfeather #power of three #thunderclan #ultimate guide zine #climbdraws

[kiragecko]

After months of posts by Diane Duane (@dianeduane) showing up on my dash, I read 'So You Want To Be A Wizard'.

After one chapter, I restarted it so I could read it with my son.

I am SO GLAD I found it right now.

NQ is turning 13 in a few months. He's autistic, and finally starting to enjoy his childhood as he's also observing the first signs of puberty. He's terrified of growing up. He's terrified of loss and death. He thanks me weekly for telling him he's allowed to consider himself a child for as long as he wants to. He's obsessed with bugs, and space, and alternate realities.

'So You Want To Be A Wizard' is all about the beauty and magic of life. The wonder of natural life and mechanical creations. I don't KNOW that an inspiration was 'all fantasy seems to be set in natural landscapes, someone should explore the magic of cities in the same way', but I sure felt that way while reading it.

It's also about the fact that losing things is hard, but we can survive it. That there is more than this world, and so death isn't the end.

The main characters befriend a white hole. They talk to rocks; and trees; and many, many built objects. They travel realities. They choose to love and see value in hateful things and people, and by doing so give those things another chance. They're bullied, and they learn to protect themselves, while also changing in ways that make bullying less effective. They move on.

My son needed this so much. My son needed to read about the Timeheart. My son needed to see grieving where the death didn't get undone, but the being still wasn't lost. My son needed to see situations that couldn't be fixed, but help still being offered and maybe improving things a little.

Finding ways to support a kid's growth when they were suicidal at 10 is ... a balancing act. He doesn't need to be stretched in the usual sense - 'exposed to the real world'. He sees enough darkness all on his own. He needs to find ways to reconcile with that darkness, to find hope.

'So You Want To Be A Wizard' was perfect. I'm so grateful. Thank you, Diane Duane.

#diane duane #so you want to be a wizard #young wizards #kids lit #suicide #(briefly mentioned) #bullying #(also briefly mentioned) #I cried during the timeheart chapter #I LOVED the book too #but I wanted to keep this focused

[kelseykingillustration]

That feeling when you find the sock you thought you'd lost

#kids lit art #kids lit #children's book

[yowulf]

Social anxiety at family gettogethers, am I right?

#art #illustration #character design #kids lit

[justinmadson]

Where the Wild Things Are ink drawing

#where the wild things are #fan art #kids lit #illustration #drawing #inkdrawing #art

[katherinehillierillustration]

This cottage was one of the most-fun-to-draw pages from a book I illustrated back in 2021, called Frizzy Lizzy, written by Elizabeth Leonard. It's now for sale on Barnes&Noble and Amazon!

#kids book #kids lit #picture book #children's illustrator #book illustration #book illustrator

[alridpath]

Another school poster! Time to learn letters 🐶

#alridpath #illustration #art #animals #dog #dogs #kids lit #abstract #dog breeds #poster art #kids lit art #alphabet

[jerichomere]

Percy Jackson kid this, Artemis Fowl kid that, the real question is where are the Peter and the Starcatchers kids!!!!

#jext #no hate to the other series I love them all #but like. the PatS trilogy is so good! and the art is by Greg Call! surely the fans are out there! #and like how did Dave Barry manage a complete genre shift and did it WELL? #I’ve never read the play though #Peter and the starcatchers #kids lit #books #reading #bookblr hello is anyone out there

[topchomp]

HOWDY!

i’m TC!✨ i draw critters & creatures w/ BOLD SHAPES in BRIGHT COLORS! 🟥 other places to find me! 🟨 [email protected] or DM for business inquiries! 🟦 looking for illustrated lit, color & char design, and storyboard revision roles!

AND!

if you like my work, i have both an online tip jar + a little tier system to help feed my cat and pay my rent! i also take commissions from time to time! ➡️ ko-fi! ➡️ commission queue & ToS! ➡️ patreon!

#artists on tumblr #kids lit #animation #illustration #character design #color design #storyboard revision #artist for hire #digital commissions

[lackadaisycal-art]

#cornwall #art #artist #illustration #vintage #retro #travel #poster #farm #cottagecore #cows #farmer #childrens book #kids lit #picture book

[climbdraws]

sweet spottedleaf

#cinnamon calico…..like dried autumn leaves…. #spottedleaf #wc #warrior cats #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #cats #furry art #felines #kids lit #thunderclan #Erin hunter #medicine cats #climbdraws #wanted to doodle in the same style I used in 2018/2019 ish aka eyebrows #contemplating changing her keychain design to give her the white face

[whatsquirky]

Not a very good thing to be a messy eater.

#art #cute #whatsquirky #procreate #art tumblr #illustration #illustratorforhire #tumblr art #sesame street #bert and ernie #cookie monster #kids lit

[kelseykingillustration]

The Cat of Dovre

A Norwegian fairytale about a man traveling with a polar bear who seeks shelter at a cottage on Christmas Eve, only to be told it is overrun with trolls on Christmas. The man and bear stay despite this danger. The trolls come and feast on the Christmas dinner. Seeing the bear, the trolls mistake it for a pet cat and try to feed it a sausage. The bear then chases the trolls away. The next year the trolls return and ask the owner of the cottage if he still has his cat and he responds yes, and she now has kittens. The trolls never return again...

#children's books #fairytales #norway #christmas #christmas story #kids lit #kids lit art

[sonybaloneyart]

Character turns and old art for my personal project!

#character design #sony character design #character turnaround #Kids Lit

[thepeanutbuttercookieninja]

Hey folks! If you're interested, consider checking out my children's chemistry book, Periodically Heroic, on Amazon! It features illustrations of each of the elements on the periodic table as cartoon heroes and villains, based on their common uses, origins, or namesakes! They all have accompanying descriptions explaining how the designs relate to the particular element, which were checked and edited by a practicing chemist 🙂! It would be great for a curious kid, a parent with kids in school, or even just science-minded adults!

#childrens books #children's books #illustration #science #chemistry #education #teacher #teaching #elementary school #teaching ideas #kids books #kids lit #science education #science teacher #visual learning #self published #writing #illustrator