Illustrator of Picture Books (7!). Childlike mind. Former North Carolinian, living on the West coast of Sweden. I'd enjoy hearing about your book project! Portfolio site: www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com Pre-order: http://lnk.to/SecretsoftheJellieshttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3mjc25ldmg22tFresh month, fresh favorites! ✨ We are so excited to see THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES featured on @cbcbooks.bsky.social April Hot Off the Press reading list. Discover all the picks here: bit.ly/1dCTqYI #kidlit #ReadingList #CBCHotOffThePress @karenjameson15.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social12 Apr 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc25ldmg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m76dhrwc4c2rI'm thrilled to share that WE HAVE A STAR! THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES has received a starred review from @slj.com This is the first star for THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES coming out April 2026! Congratulations author @karenjameson15.bsky.social and thank you SLJ! #kidlit #kidlitart04 Dec 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76dhrwc4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m73pu3jcec2mA red cockaded woodpecker from A PARTY FOR THE PINE written by Christine Iverson illustrated by me, published by @holidayhouse.bsky.social is about the very special longleaf pine habitat and its history. It is set to publish before the actual Party for the Pine in Spring '27! #kidlitart03 Dec 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73pu3jcec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m4xo2qiylc2dHello November #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Marie Hermansson, I illustrate children's picture books with a narrative style. Storytelling through pictures and capturing special moments within the larger story. Reach out directly to me, I'd enjoy hearing about your picture book projects! #kidlitart #kidlit06 Nov 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xo2qiylc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m4ipiwox7226Happy Halloween Blue Sky!!! 🎃👻🎃 #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist (greeting card design I hand lettered a couple years back).31 Oct 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ipiwox7226https://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m3we2bwbfs2mI saw a MOOSE outside the kitchen window this am! It ran away so fast so no photo. 🥲 I went outside for a closer look & it stared at me, which I took as "hello human, you look pretty cool" & I said the same back to the moose. Now we're friends. 😄 These are tracks we found from days earlier. #kidlit24 Oct 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3we2bwbfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3m2odbcntt222Fall Festivities, ArtFest 2025! #ablartfest @andreabrownlit.bsky.social Moose eat fermented apples fallen from apple trees in peoples gardens. The apples contain alcohol and the moose get tipsy from eating them. So watch out for the moose swaggering and swaying around like some drunken sailor. 😄🍎08 Oct 2025 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2odbcntt222https://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lzgdorllz22hDid an interview with Steph Fizer Coleman on her Let's Make Picture Books Blog, go check it out! #kidlitart https://www.letsmakepicturebooks.com/blog/lmpb-success-story-marie22 Sep 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgdorllz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lxyom6hlr22xHi September #kidlitartpostcard 🍂🍂 Time to get outside & explore, forest bath, peer into a pond & see if you can spot a turtle? I'm Marie, #KidLit illustrator. My agent @carynwiseman.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social will enjoy to hear from you!! www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com04 Sep 2025 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyom6hlr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lxfjh7yw5k22Snuggly serpents in this month's Ranger Rick Magazine published by the @nationalwildlife.bsky.social Had fun drawing these African ball pythons in their striped pajamas! #kidlit #kidlitart27 Aug 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfjh7yw5k22https://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lxf6siz26k24Excited to see that Pennsylvania Librarians have chosen The Reindeer Remainders by @kateywrites.bsky.social and I for a Keystone to Reading Books Award. Wonderful news! @carynwiseman.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitnews #kidlit @keystonestate.bsky.social27 Aug 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf6siz26k24https://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lwysadhmjk2tThe Secrets of the Jellies cover reveal!! So happy for this delightful nonfiction picture book by @karenjameson15.bsky.social pub by @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 🪼 Preorder now! Publishing April 2026. 🪼🧡 Thank you to my agent @carynwiseman.bsky.social and editor @naomikirsten.bsky.social 💕 #kidlit22 Aug 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwysadhmjk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lpzg6scjmc2sNew design out in stores!! Let me know if you find one... there's a lot of fish in the sea. 🎏25 May 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzg6scjmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lm5oosordk22Recorded the call of the endangered Red-Cockade Woodpecker in the longleaf pine forest yesterday w/ my Merlin app @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social I saw one flying moments later. There are around 15k of these birds in the wild. They live in family units almost exclusively in longleaf pine trees. 💚💚💚💚06 Apr 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5oosordk22https://bsky.app/profile/mariehermansson.bsky.social/post/3lm3rvv72vs2nParty for the Pine 2025! Hugged the 477 yr old longleaf pine subject of The Birthday Tree by Christine Iverson pub'd by @holidayhouse.bsky.social The book covers the history of the longleaf pine forest that once covered 920 million acres from the South East to Texas. 5.3 million remain. #kidlit05 Apr 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:rmlohv7wly4xmurc3upjd22t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3rvv72vs2n