Alleanna Harris

Alleanna Harris

@alleannaharris.bsky.social

✨ Picture book illustrator (she/her) 🖌️ Rep’d by Alex Gehringer at Bright Agency 📍 Philly made, Jersey raised 🌎 alleannaharris.com

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Alleanna Harris
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Hey y’all! I’m super excited to chat with the amazing Mike Manley (my storyboarding professor at UArts!) and the amazing Jamar Nicholas on Pencil to Pencil tonight at 8 pm! ✏️ The link to the livestream is below if you want to join us and ask questions. #illustration #kidlitart

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Alleanna Harris
@alleannaharris.bsky.social

Hey y’all! I’m super excited to chat with the amazing Mike Manley (my storyboarding professor at UArts!) and the amazing Jamar Nicholas on Pencil to Pencil tonight at 8 pm! ✏️ The link to the livestream is below if you want to join us and ask questions. #illustration #kidlitart

Alleanna Harris
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I promised to share another sneak peek, so I’m sharing the same illustration that Erica did. It’s of the teenagers in the Negro Boys Industrial School. It was a reform school that burned down in Wrightsville, Arkansas in 1959. 21 Black teenagers died because their dormitory was locked.

Alleanna Harris
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I grew up going to farmers markets. I love a good Fall Festival. Give me all of the apple cider donuts. If there’s a hayride, I’m there. A pumpkin patch? Count me in. Corn maze? Consider it solved. I illustrated this a few years ago with all of that in mind. 🤎🍁 #illustration

Alleanna Harris
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The Academy of Natural Sciences was one of my most FAVORITE museums growing up. I loved it so much that I illustrated a version of it in one of the scenes in All the Greatness in You by @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social and @mackidsbooks.bsky.social! I’ll miss it. So many great memories. 💜💛✨ #kidlitart

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years 6abc.com/post/philade...

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Alleanna Harris
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To you, the reader: When you read O Holy Night, I hope you feel a little bit of Christmas magic in your heart, even in these hard times. I hope it gives you a little bit of joy. I hope it’s a safe place you can always come back to Christmas after Christmas.

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Alleanna Harris
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To Faye Bi and Briana Williams: Thank you for fielding my thousands of marketing questions! Thank you for taking the time to answer every single one of them honestly. Thank you for your event suggestions. Thank you for being open to my social media ideas! I appreciate what you do.

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Alleanna Harris
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To Donna Mark, my first art director: Donna, thank you for being my first art director! Thank you for the art notes with every step of my sketches! They were always straightforward and helpful, and they helped O Holy Night become cohesive visually.

Alleanna Harris
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To John Candell (my second art director): Thank you for your kindness!! Thanks for always giving me updates throughout the production process. Thanks for being open to my nitpicky suggestions and my opinion on the overall design of O Holy Night. Thanks for your design ideas for the cover!

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Alleanna Harris
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To Megan Abbate, my first editor: Megan, thank you for seeing a story in my little Christmas illustration. Thank you for taking a chance on this brand new author. Thank you for being invested in the making of O Holy Night, down to its structure, rhythm, and overall vibe.

Alleanna Harris
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To Kei Nakatsuka (my second editor) and Bloomsbury Books: Thank you for helping O Holy Night to the finish line. And most of all thank you for your genuine interest in Zuri (the main character), her family, and their stories!

Alleanna Harris
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To Alex Gehringer (and Bright Agency): Alex, you are AMAZING. Wheeling and (picture book) dealing!!! I appreciate your humor, your promptness and how knowledgeable you are. No matter what goes on in my projects, you know exactly what to do. It also helps that you’re genuinely kind and honest!

Alleanna Harris
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Hi! Welcome back to my series of facts about my upcoming debut author-illustrator picture book, O Holy Night: A Modern Christmas Carol, which is coming out TOMORROW, September 22nd. The last fact, fact number twelve, is a reveal. 🌟 #kidlitart

Alleanna Harris
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Hey there! Welcome back to my series of facts about my upcoming debut author-illustrator picture book, O Holy Night: A Modern Christmas Carol, which is coming out on September 22nd. Fact number eleven is that it’s a slice of life book. 📚 #kidlitart

Alleanna Harris
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This book was a heavy one to illustrate, but it was also a beautiful experience because I learned more about a few events during the civil rights movement. It’s available to preorder now, but it’s officially coming out on October 6, 2026!

penguinrandomhouse.comOnward, We Marched by Erica Martin: 9798217040216 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA stunning and lyrical picture book introduction to the Civil Rights Movement from celebrated author Erica Martin. "Powerful and engaging." --Kirkus reviews From Jim Crow laws and the 1896 "separate...
Alleanna Harris
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I had such a fun time illustrating the community spaces and moments in Black History. It’s available wherever books are sold. Check your local indie bookstores and libraries too!

penguinrandomhouse.comViolet Goes Voting by L'Oreal Thompson Payton: 9798217228508 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksCome along with young Violet as she accompanies her parents as they go to vote in this Step 2 leveled reader, perfect for kids ages 4-6! Violet is excited to go on a big adventure with her parents. T...
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