Andrea Brown Literary Agency

📣 ABLA is hiring a full time Agency Assistant! This role will provide daily assistance to Agency President, Kelly Sonnack, as well as global support for the agency. For full job description and information on how to apply, go to www.andreabrownlit.com/opportunities.

🎨 Today's illustrator spotlight is on Tori Kate! Tori is repped by Analía Cabello and is interested in illustrating board books, picture books, early readers, and chapter books. For more of Tori's portfolio, check out her illustrator page! 🔥 @analiacabello.bsky.social @torikateillo.bsky.social

Congratulations to Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year, including these amazing books by ABLA creators! THE WISE PICKLE by Sarah Howden and Sabina Hahn STORY RUG by Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl LA BANDERA by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Ericka Lugo THE QUEEN'S GRANDDAUGHTER by Diane Zahler

5 things from the studio: 1️⃣ A hypnotic pumpkin illustration 2️⃣ How the act of struggling to write is awesome 3️⃣ George Saunders on story via video 4️⃣ A book you can use ( @johnhendrix.bsky.social) 5️⃣ Paid sub #kidlit #kidlitart zoom hang out?! jacobsouva.substack.com/p/hypno-pump...

Inks done for round three of ACEOs!! Contributing with the spirit of the season! #aceo #artisttradingcards #traditionalink #lineart #traditionalillustration #lineart

So proud of the Reading Rainbow kids! Thankful to them for reviewing books, for making crafts, for being silly gooses, for loving stories, for bringing their library joy. It’s not Reading Rainbow without them. It’s not Reading Rainbow without YOU, reader! Butterfly in the sky… 🦋🌈

Three weeks!! CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is in its third week as a #1 New York Times bestseller, #1 indie bestseller, USA Today bestseller, & Publishers Weekly bestseller!! 🔥 Massive congratulations Annabelle!! @jowhittemore.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🎨 Today's illustrator spotlight is on John John Bajet! John John is repped by Analía Cabello and is interested in illustrating board books and picture books. For more of his portfolio, check out his illustrator page! 🔥 @analiacabello.bsky.social

Congratulations to @deborahmarcero.com, whose forthcoming THE LONE WOLF received a starred review from Publishers Weekly! www.publishersweekly.com/9798217004058

LIZARD MUSIC, the movie based on the @danielpinkwater.bsky.social novel, is being released next Christmas! What a treat! 😍 deadline.com/2026/10/dway...

Happy News! @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Happy book birthday, @lisbethcheco.bsky.social! The illustrations in I AM WONDERFULLY ME are joyful, empowering, and super special!

🎨 Today's illustrator spotlight is on Forrest Burdett! Forrest is repped by Jen Rofé and is interested in picture books, middle grade, b&w interiors, graphic novels, and covers. For more of Forrest's portfolio, check out his illustrator page! 🔥 @hellomrforrest.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ YOU’RE NO BETTER has received SIX starred reviews!! Congratulations, Andrew Joseph White! 💫 Out on October 27. Preorder now to receive the limited deluxe edition—only available on the first printing while supplies last. 📚 @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social @marchsoloway.bsky.social

#TalkswithRoger: Tami Charles + @4nikkolas.bsky.social talk w/ Roger Sutton abt THAT BEAUTIFUL MIND (Scholastic): "NS: 1 of the amazing things abt this collab is as soon as I read the manuscript + got to know Chris a bit, I realized that our minds worked very similarly" www.hbook.com/story/tami-c...

🎨 Today's illustrator spotlight is on Brittany Cicchese! Brittany is repped by Jen Rofé and is interested in illustrating picture books, b&w interiors, covers, and nonfiction. For more of Brittany's portfolio, check out her illustrator page! 🔥 @cicchese-art.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

Lots of great ABLA titles in this list 🤩

Kid Lit Authors Share Recommendations for Filipino American History Month 2026 buff.ly/P8qCMYR

THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY is a Silver Birch Award nominee!! Yay!!!

The celebration continues because CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is in its second week as a #1 New York Times bestseller!! 🔥 Congratulations Annabelle!! @jowhittemore.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is in its second week as the #1 national indie bestseller!! 🔥 All the congratulations Annabelle! @jowhittemore.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is in its second week as a USA Today bestseller!! Have you gotten your copy yet? Congratulations Annabelle! @jowhittemore.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🌟 New release! “OG Rocks The Boat.” Book four of the Monster OG series. A young reader, STEM learning title written by @amedyckman.bsky.social and drawn by ME! Published by @simonkids.bsky.social + 📸 Photo taken at Anderson’s Books. 🌟 @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

💫 THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS BOOK* (*THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT ROCKS) has received a starred review! Congratulations, Jory John and Pierre Collet-Derby! Read the full review from School Library Journal here. ⭐ Out now wherever you get your books! @jenrofe.bsky.social

Love this amazing review of EXTREME BIRDWATCHING by @loreegriffinburns.bsky.social with art by Jamie Green! Teachers & librarians - if you don't already have this book in the Discovery Chronicles science chapter book series, you'll want to put it on your list! www.10000birds.com/extreme-bird...

Happy October #portfolioday ! Here are some blue illustrations 💙 I’m a #kidlitartist who is open to new picture book, middle grade, board book and cover art projects! 📖✨ #kidlitart Portfolio 🎨: katherineahmedart.com Rep’d by 📚: @jenrofe.bsky.social , @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to @maggietokudahall.bsky.social & @yasimamura.bsky.social's BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS - a gorgeous nature picture book written in Haiku! bookshop.org/p/books/bath...

Reading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!

Hello portfolio day! I am Nicola, a picturebook illustrator & author in the UK I love surreal, funny stories! My full portfolio is here: NicolaSchofield.com get in touch with my rep @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social if you'd like to work together #kidlitart #pb #portfolioday

Happy happy pub day to THE NEW CAT! This is a MUST-READ for cat-lovers. 🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛ — no seriously tho. I don’t want to spoil it for you just pick it up and READ IT! It’s short! You have the attention span for this, I promise! Congratulations @grubreport.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛!!!

Happy Pub Day to BABY TRUCK BEDTIME! Perfect for vehicle loving babies who want to gnaw on a board book while drifting into slumberland. Illustrator @ericasirotich.bsky.social has created the CUTEST truck in town! 💛 🚜 beep beep zzzzz

Happy October! Here are some picture book recs for you, your family, and your classroom, along with #bookmarkroulette! MONSTER MANNERS: A TO Z by @heidikyates.bsky.social & Yana Kozak FELIX FINDS HIS POLISH by @ericrosswood.bsky.social & Nathalia Takeyama #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #kidlit

A bedtime story in haiku? Yes, please. Bath Time for Snow Monkeys @maggietokudahall.bsky.social @yasimamura.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2019975/epis... youtu.be/WYrDsuhd4wE #AdventuresInLearning #LearningThroughPlay #BookTok #PictureBookTok #Haiku #BedtimeBooks #MaggieTokudaHall #YasImamura

🎨 Illustrator spotlight on Lauren Mugford! Lauren is repped by Kelly Sonnack and is open to graphic novels, b&w interiors, and covers. Credit for images: THE HAVEN, © 2027 written by Jayel Seymour, illustrated by Lauren Mugford, Oni Press Check out Lauren's portfolio on their illustrator page! 🔥

★ Seina Wedlick and illustrator Leah Giles’s “gentle” picture book NOOR AND THE STORYTELLER is “a spellbinding story that’s filled with motion and music” buff.ly/GRACG5w