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    Same, Same But Different – A Giveaway!

    * * * * The Giveaway winner is CAROL! Thank you for all your comments. Congrats, Carol! * * * * Same, Same But Different is the new book out by children’s author/illustrator Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (you can read her 2008 IF interview here!). The story is about Elliot who lives in America and Kailash who [...]

    Oy Ahoy

    Oy Ahoy, a team of app developers is about to inspire a digitally led cultural revolution initiated by kids all over the world. They just released their first app, Oy Mexico, a freshly illustrated adventure inspired by the Mexican tradition Dia de los Muertos. Wilmer Murillo, Honduras, has illustrated Oy Mexico and create something magical! Kids love [...]

    Children’s Illustrators Needed for Ebook App

    Flying Books is looking for illustrators for children’s books! The books are digitally published through the children’s reader app, called the Eeboo Reader. Payment is done by revenue share. For more info, visit Flying Books on Facebook here. Contact info, phone number and website can be found here. You can also email Hana at hana@flyingbooks.co.

    coolest coloring book

    Like most kids, my daughter just adores coloring. I’ve found most coloring books to be pretty uninspired… Until I came across this. I think it’s super cool with interesting prompts, fun ideas and nice bold visuals. Little kids might need help from parents, but it’d be fun for big kids (ahem, yourself) too.

    Axe Cop! and Tiny Art Director

    Thanks to Metafilter I was introduced this week to two great sites involving art with kids that gave me more than a few laughs: Tiny Art Director – Bill Zeman documents the process of taking art direction from his four year old daughter. The book of their collaborations will be published in April by Chronicle [...]

    The talented Fernanda Cohen is producing a children’s book workshop led by Selina Alko & Sean Qualls at the Society of Illustrators of NY on Wednesday, October 28th. Alko and Quall’s clients include Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Henry Holt, Scholastic, Lee & Low Books and Knopf. This event is perfect for illustrators who want to [...]

    Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty – IF and kids

    This is SO COOL. Aaron Zenz, illustrator and dad extraordinaire, created a blog called Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty for his three kids (Isaac, Grace, and Lily) who draw and participate regularly in Illustration Friday. This month they are celebrating their 3 year anniversary and 250th post (wow!), and to do so posted an open invitation [...]

    All Aflutter Over Geninne’s Birds

    Geninne D. Zlatkis was born in NY, but has stretched her wings all over Latin America & the US before building her nest atop a mountain near Mexico City. There she lives with her husband and two sons while painting, sewing and embroidering adorable creations of all sorts. What has captured my fancy has been [...]