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Sue Todd Illustration

@suetodd

Illustrator of children's and adult books, magazines, posters, packaging, public art. Two styles: hand-carved linocut and digital ink. Portfolio: https://www.suetodd.com

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Thank you, Mary Helen, and for your wonderful story! πŸ’–

28.02.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue Boat Home What a thrill to learn that my latest picture book, Blue Boat Home, has won a Northern Lights Book Award for Best Illustration and a Merit Award in the 3 x 3 Magazine Annual 2025 Professional Show No, 22! It was a great pleasure to illustrate the lyrics to the song of the same name by musician, Peter Mayer…

Blue Boat Home

What a thrill to learn that my latest picture book, Blue Boat Home, has won a Northern Lights Book Award for Best Illustration and a Merit Award in the 3 x 3 Magazine Annual 2025 Professional Show No, 22! It was a great pleasure to illustrate the lyrics to the song of the same name…

28.02.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a joy to illustrate Enough to Share by Mary Helen Berg for Tielmour Press! Launching Earth Day, April 22nd!
@maryhelenberg.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social

28.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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@stormsy.bsky.social just informed me that it's Squirrel Appreciation Day! I love the little critters and they love my trees, and roof:) A few from the archives. #SquirrelAppreciationDay #squirrel #kidlitart #childrensbooks

21.01.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I love these cuties!❀️ Thanks for the head up, Patricia. I'll have to dig up some squirrels. (I mean from the art archivesπŸ˜‚)

21.01.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.01.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 499 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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If you’re looking for books that play with your perception of reality while leaving you in stitches, then these two books by Rob Gotobed are an absolute must-read. The collections of short stories are as funny as they are intellectually engaging, with humour that’s both surreal and cerebral.

26.08.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 369 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Award for Blue Boat Home Sue Todd's latest picture book, Blue Boat Home, has won a Northern Lights Book Award for Best Illustration. The Northern Lights Book Awards honour books that excel in aesthetic and literary qualities ...

Sharing my latest news from @hireillo.com. Happy New Year!
www.hireillo.com/news/award-f...
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #happy

08.01.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bold & Creative 2026 - Blue Metropolis BOLD AND CREATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Discover BOLD & CREATIVE, a bold and innovative initiative by Blue Metropolis, celebrating the creativity of Quebec’s anglophone authors and artists. This project...

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Rachel McCrum interviewed #kidlit author Gillian Sze and me for the Blue Metropolis Bold & Creative podcast. She asked about our book The Night is Deep and Wide by @orcabook.bsky.social. Great discussion about writing and illustrating for kids!
#childrensbooks

09.12.2025 03:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sue Todd View Sue Todd’s winning illustration in 3x3 International Illustration Annual.

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Honoured to receive a Merit award from 3 x 3 Illustration Annual! Winning images are from Blue Boat Home by Peter Mayer for @skinnerhouse.bsky.social . The Annual is launching in January but available for online viewing now. @3x3mag.bsky.social

#kidlitart #picturebook

20.10.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting to be invited to join Video Shop: The Blockbuster Experience project by @hireillo.com! We got to choose from a list of vintage classic movies, some great, some cheesy. I chose cheeseπŸ˜‚. Hire an Illustrator is selling our posters online, 13 posters by 13 illustrators. press.hireillo.com

09.10.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Laura! I'm a late bird on Bluesky:)

07.10.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cool to see my linocut art enlarged for the River Oaks Community Centre in Oakville, selected as part of Oakville's Connextions 2025 project. It's a joy to see art integrated into the community!

#publicart #illustration #community

07.10.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see you virtually, Patricia! I've been kind of delinquent on socials, my bad!

08.09.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For #scbwiDrawThis September prompt of Travel, a spread from picture book Blue Boat Home by musician Peter Mayer for @skinnerhouse.bsky.social @uua.org
#scbwiillustrators #scbwi

08.09.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope so too! Love these characters!❀️

04.09.2025 02:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Blue Boat Home’: From Beloved Unitarian Universalist Hymn to Skinner House Children’s Book Singer-songwriter Peter Mayer and artist Sue Todd share details behind the exciting adaptation that brings the popular song to a younger audience.

www.uuworld.org/articles/blu...

04.09.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank-you, Mary Helen! I am very excited about illustrating your wonderful story for @tielmourpress.bsky.social I learn a lot of cool stuff from picture books!

03.04.2025 04:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sharing the first review of my new picture book, Blue Boat Home by Skinner House Books in Foreword Reviews! Can't wait for the April 1st launch!

@skinnerhouse.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks

24.03.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last chance to not only register for this Thursday's BETWEEN US: AN INTIMATE Q&A WITH CALDECOTT HONOREES, MOLLY IDLE & JUANA MATRTINEZ-NEAL but for our complete PUBLISHING PATH WEBINAR SERIES! www.scbwi.org/events/rmc-2...

18.03.2025 14:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
 A digital Bingo card makes bookish suggestions for doing good including, follow a Canadian publisher on social media, Share a positive review online, attend a book event in person or online, read a book by a local author, subscribe to our monthly newsletter, shop at an independent book store, borrow a Canadian book from the library, recommend a book to a friend, share a post from an illustrator on social media.

A digital Bingo card makes bookish suggestions for doing good including, follow a Canadian publisher on social media, Share a positive review online, attend a book event in person or online, read a book by a local author, subscribe to our monthly newsletter, shop at an independent book store, borrow a Canadian book from the library, recommend a book to a friend, share a post from an illustrator on social media.

Welcome to 2025! Are you setting a reading goal or making a book-themed resolution? Do a little good and have a little fun by participating in our 2025 "Do-Good" Book Bingo. Each square includes a challenge that supports Canadian book creators. Happy reading!

06.01.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! This was from a series of Holy cards for Karla Verlag, Germany, linocut with digital colour.

#illustration #religious #StPatrick #Christian

17.03.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm amassing quite a collection of these cute little art trading cards from @hireillo.com
#artcard #illustration #kidlitart

07.03.2025 03:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating Black History Month with a few images from Two Finger Guitar, a chapter book about blues guitarist, Etta Baker, for Gibbs Smith Education. Linocut with digital color.

#kidlit #educational #BlackHistoryMonth

22.02.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sharing a few illustrations from the 2026 Magical Almanac by Llewellyn Worldwide, created in my new digital ink technique.
I still carve lino but am enjoying mixing it up with drawing on the ipad in Procreate. Multiple undos are magical!

#illustration #digitalart #procreate #digitalink

12.02.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In memory of David Lynch, a brilliant filmmaker and creative genius. This digital ink portrait is an ode to his ground breaking student work, Eraserhead.
#portraiture #digitalink #davidlynch #illustration

29.01.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a body of work!❀️

26.01.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Year of the Snake! Wishing everyone a ssssspectacular year!

19.01.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Good luck with yours!

16.01.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was thrilled to receive advance copies of my latest picture book, Blue Boat Home, by musician Peter Mayer for Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social. My new digital ink style accompanies the beautiful lyrics. Official launch is April 2025 but it's available for pre-order now.

13.01.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0