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I made a few copies of Wishes that are up for sale in my shop now! This was kind of my first short picture book project a few years ago set to a lovely poem and I am still really fond of it.
Some books have the whole world inside them…
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#qianshillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration #readingtime #bookstagram #quotesofbook #illustration #illustrator #childrensbooks #readingismagical #magical #books #literature (at Hackney Wick)
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#repost• @thebundad✨This week’s Animal Alphabets challenge at #twitter was O for #Otter. So, this smiley fella is mine. #animal #critter #lake #lilypad #character #smile #furry #illustration #illo #kidlit #retro #brown #windinthewillows #wind #willows #green #creative #toon #cartoon #style #character #design #concept #art #sketch #doodle #instaart #instaartist
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My first authored and illustrated picture book, SUNNY, came out just over a year ago. I spent Sunny’s first birthday reflecting on how much has changed. I was lucky enough to have had a book launch party before a nation-wide lock down was needed here in Canada. I spent that day with beloved family and friends, many of whom I haven’t seen since that day. Any time shared with loved ones over this past year has been brief and distanced.
But I also felt grateful - grateful for the day we spent together and for all the good moments from this past year. Somehow, good things still happened despite all the unexpected difficulties, worries and grief the pandemic has brought (yes, I am so, so very lucky to be able to say that).
When I thought up Sunny, many years ago now, I had no idea it would feel quite so relevant today; the struggle to find good when so much feels out of control. It’s all too much some days but, at the very least, the bad stuff makes me appreciate the good times more than ever.
Stay well, friends
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Here it is folks, in no particular order, a round up of all the covers I illustrated for 2020 books!! 2020 might be a bucket-load of anxiety, fear and despair, but it’s a heck of a great year for middle-grade books and be sure to add these ones to your to-read list!
What a dream, honestly. Just a few years ago I was yearning to work on book covers and had a bucket list of dream clients I thought I’d never work with and here we are! I will never stop marvelling at how wonderful it is getting to read stellar novels for work. And how lovely to have had the chance to connect with some of these incredible authors!!
Each project challenged me in different ways and I’m so grateful to my incredible art directors who took a chance on me and made my illustrations shine with their impeccable insight and design skills. And an enormous thank you to my incredible agent, Andrea Morrison, for all of her hard work.
1. COO written by Kaela Noel. Published by Greenwillow Books. Art direction and design by Paul Zakris.
2. WE DREAM OF SPACE written by Erin Entrada Kelly. Published by Greenwillow Books. Art direction and design by Sylvie le Floc’h.
3. THE AMELIA SIX written by Kristin L. Grey. Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. Art direction and design by Lizzy Bromley.
4. SUMMER AND JULY written by Paul Mosier. Published by HarperCollins. Art direction and design by David DeWitt.
5. TUNE IT OUT written by Jamie Sumner. Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Art direction and design by Karyn Lee.
6. STICK WITH ME written by Jennifer Blecher. Published by Greenwillow Books. Art direction and design by Sylvie Le Floc’h.
7. THE BOOK OF FATAL ERRORS written by Dashka Slater. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Art direction and design by Elizabeth Clark.
8. HELLO FROM RENN LAKE written by Michelle Weber Hurwitz. Published by Penguin Random House. Art direction and design by Bob Bianchini.
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Cover reveal - my first authored and illustrated picture book, SUNNY, will be available Feb 2020.
Received the proofs for Sunny a couple weeks back. This has been in the works for some time and I’m so excited seeing how everything is progressing. I’m thrilled with how the cover has turned out. I can’t wait to share Sunny’s adventure with everyone. Stay tuned for more Sunny news!
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New year, new work! Well, last’s year’s work. I had the absolute privilege of illustrating the front and back cover of Dan Gemeinhart’s THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE. It’s a beautiful book filled with strong, complex and diverse characters and I was hooked from page one.
Cover illustration for THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE
Written by Dan Gemeinhart
Title lettering by Michael Burroughs
Jacket design and art direction by Carol Ly
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Big news! Announcement for my upcoming picture book, Sunny, in Publisher’s Weekly last week.
It’s the first book I’ll have both authored and illustrated. A huge thank you to Andrea and Steve at Writer’s House and Emily, Elizabeth, Jen and everyone at Roaring Brook for all their amazing work and for helping make this happen!
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Happy to share the cover for THE SUBLIME MS. STACKS, to be released next year. Honored to illustrate such a fun story from Robb Pearlman. I’ve never drawn so much sparkles and glitter lol.
Preorder now: https://amzn.to/3cE4TKY
PopularMMOs Presents INTO THE OVERWORLD is out today!
Summer Reading is Coming!
#braceyourself #auniverseofstories #space #lifeofachildrenslibrarian #librarylife #librarydisplay #summerreading #instalibrary #kidlit #childrenslibrarian (at South Hill, Washington)
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Here’s a new book I illustrated, published last month by Coppenrath. It’s a picture book that tells kids not to get in to strangers cars. As you can see the final cover looks a bit different. they changed the typographie. More from the book in the next days.
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Two more illustrations from Superflashboy. In the next days I’ll post some stuff from a new picture book!
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Here’s the cover and all the sketches I made for the book Superflashboy. You can order the book on amazon or go to your local book store.
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Heyyy, I’m not dead and I try to revive this blog. let’s see how long I can keep it up this time. I became lazy and post mostly on instagram in the moment. You can find me there when you look for kai.schuettler! Anyway, there are some new books on the way and this one is fresh in stors since yesterday. Superflashboy! It’s a nice superhero story, written by Salah Naoura, illustrated by me and published by rowohlt. Here’s the cover. I’ll post some more illustrations and sketches I made for the book in the nex days.
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