Breanna Carzoo

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🖍Author-illustrator 🚒 LOU🚦GREENLIGHT 🏰🌊THE SQUISH Rep:Jen Rofé-ABLA
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The funny thing about flying to Columbus Ohio is that it always feels like 1/3rd of the flight is in Ohio clothing 😂 Also I found my book at the airport for the first time!! (The Squish!)

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Breanna 🎨 I make my art with cut paper collage 📚 I’m the creator of the picture books LOU, GREENLIGHT, and THE SQUISH 💡I believe joy, imagination and delight matter! www.breannacarzoo.com Rep: @jenrofe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Really enjoying this read! Thank you for the rec Paige! 🏊‍♀️💙 I’m 3/4 of the way through and feel so inspired and validated! The moment I jump in water, the rest of the day disappears. It’s my favorite part of swimming!

I just finished reading WHY WE SWIM by Bonnie Tsui! Let me tell you, this is exactly the kind of NF I love. I cried, I learned interesting facts, & I deepened my obsession with swimming. It's the perfect motivation for my Kona 10k open water race in Aug! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bonni...

Why We Swimwww.hachettebookgroup.com “A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." —Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The ...

Snippets of a larger piece of playground kids I’ve been working on! I haven’t painted any new papers for these, I’ve been using as much as I can from my overflowing scrap drawer (and digitally color correcting as needed!) ✂️🎨

Two impulse purchases this weekend. One was good, the other wasn’t 😬Any other pickle fans?! 🥒

📚❓I have the best aunt job reserving library books for my 4yo nephew! Yesterday I got a video message from him requesting books on “how food gets from the throat to stomach” - very specific 😂 got any good picture book recs for this?! 📚

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I wish we were all financially secure enough to stop advertising to each other all the time.

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It's the 📣 SUMMER 2024 LOOKBOOK 😎 🌊 🍦 Inside you’ll meet 26 of our artists, some newcomers and some returning to these pages to showcase their latest work. Don’t forget to visit ABLA’s Our Illustrators page to see the full range of artists we represent! www.andreabrownlit.com/_files/ugd/7...

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I’m writing a post for Teen Librarian Toolbox recommending spooky middle grade books by queer and BIPOC authors and I’d love to include more debuts! If you’re a debut queer/BIPOC author publishing this year, tell me about your book! #kidlit #mglit #kidlitmegafeed

Behold! A human making art! As a cut paper illustrator, I sketch first - typically on paper then clean up/refine on my iPad as seen here, then print and use as a rough guide to make in cut paper. ✂️ Laborious? Yes, but it’s about joy for me and I love the tactile feel!

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The Summer 2024 @andreabrownlit.bsky.social LookBook is out today! Check out all of our incredible illustrators including client @endless-swords.bsky.social #KidLit #illustrators www.andreabrownlit.com/_files/ugd/7...

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I love everything about this!♟️

Check mate!! I love this character I drew a while back, I love how confident she is. I want to develop more of her and try to beat her at chess♟️ #kidlitart #kidlit

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Please note July's #KidLitArtPostcard event is getting pushed out one week due to the 4th of July holiday. You have an extra week to make a great promo piece #kidlitart illustrators. And an extra week for #kidlit art directors, editors, and agents to come on over to Bluesky.

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Hi, #kidlit artists! I'm seeking a MG (ages 9-12) illustrator for a coming-of-age mystery story featuring friendship, adventure, and an elusive white wolf. Would LOVE to find an Indigenous NA illustrator. Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents welcome to email.

I just backed up my procreate files and updated my iPad for the first time since… 2019 😱 I am very lucky nothing catastrophic happened in that time. Don’t be me, back up and update your stuff! (I’m better about this on my computer- absolutely neglectful on my iPad!)

The most delightful ineffective art I’ve ever seen Erica 😅😍

I made this and hung it over my daughter’s bed. It doesn’t work. #gotosleep #kidlitart

This reminds me of a dream I had days before my first picture book debuted where my book was misprinted and full of ads! It was horrifying 😱😂

Books are ad free. AD FREE. This glorious feature is largely undercelebrated imho.

Work in progress of some friends doing each other’s hair ✂️🎨 I really should order some new yes paste (a kind of glue)- my years old stuff is quite dried out but I keep rehydrating it with water because I don’t like wasting things! It’s much more difficult to work with though… 🙃

When traveling last week I visited the Fayetteville Public Library in Arkansas and I loved how the picture books were shelved like records at a record store! Could flip through to my heart’s delight! Anyone have favorite ways/places children’s books are displayed?! 📚

1 yr ago I took my 1st adult swim class. I could float, ineffectively tread water and doggy paddle but I couldn’t go underwater without plugging my nose. Fear and body insecurity kept me from swimming for so long and I’m so glad that’s not the case anymore. New lap swimming class tonight! 💙🏊‍♀️

Has anyone ever tried marshmallow spaghetti?! I didn’t know this was a thing! (I don’t even like marshmallows… but had I bought them I would have been tempted to make Rice Krispie treats with it!)

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Hey if you are interested in books and whatnot could you do me a favor and follow @andreabrownlit.bsky.social ? We are trying to migrate AWAY from Evil Empire type sites but we still get about a million percent fewer eyeballs here so it’s hard to leave — trying to boost BLUESKY! 💙🦋💙

This is the most fun/joy I’ve experienced on social media in a while! Genuine interest/connection with each other about hobbies we love! Thank you Debbie!

POLL: Post about one personal hobby or interest that has NOTHING to do with self-promo or work. This poll was inspired by @naomijkrueger.bsky.social who has noticed that most people don't post personal things anymore: bsky.app/profile/naom... I'll post mine in the replies. #CommunityPolls

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Breanna 🎨 I make my art with cut paper collage 📚 I’m the creator of the picture books LOU, GREENLIGHT, and THE SQUISH 💡Joy, imagination and delight are important to me, so I imagined being a skunk living in a lighthouse! www.breannacarzoo.com

There is nothing better for my creative health and well being than the city pools being open in the morning again! What are you all's go to activities for reenergizing your soul?

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Well, I just posted this banner on Twitter and IG and Threads with a call to only post #kidlitartpostcard here and on Cara. So how long before I get in trouble? 😬 Anyway - super excited for Thursday's #kidlit #kidlitart event here!

How incredible are librarians and libraries?! I'm still admiring this tree Karen Savage at Townsend Public Library made last year inspired by LOU for their Festival of Trees. Every detail is stunning - I especially love that yellow garland! 😍😂

It brings me joy to design & illustrate fall-in-loveable characters in cut paper✂️ mixed media and digital! Please keep me in mind for picture books & board books! I'm represented by Jen Rofé at ABLA! Portfolio: linktr.ee/breannacarzoo #KidLitArtPostcard

Loving this new board game: FIT TO PRINT! Playing as an editor of a newspaper 🗞️📰

Just finished reading the graphic novel Frontera by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo and loved it! Have you read? If not, I recommend adding to your TBR! 📚