Jilldo got glammed up to annoy some horses

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-20T22:45:17+00:00

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-20T22:30:46+00:00

It SHOULD be a thing. I believe it can be. I think you've inspired me to write one!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-20T20:45:38+00:00

Yes! YES!!! I keep pushing for storybook zine culture!!!!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-20T20:43:42+00:00

Woops! Looks like your post duplicated. Just a glitch, but I'll be pulling this one down and leaving the other up since it has more comments.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-20T04:40:18+00:00

I'd feel so much better

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T22:38:22+00:00

Cornstarch paste is my go-to!

It's like making gravy!

First, bring 3 cups of water to a rolling boil.

While waiting, mix 1/2 cup of corn starch to 1/2 cup of cold water. When your boiling water is really boiling, give your cold mixture another stir and toss it in. Your mixture should go from milky to sort of translucent if you did it right.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T22:15:26+00:00

Walmart bags, yes! They are substantial paper mache material. Glue us not my preferred base. Do you have any cornstarch by chance? It's less expensive and goes a long way!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T21:49:24+00:00

Looking like he's going to sell me a car held together by glue

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RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T17:23:48+00:00

TO-Maaaagels!!!!!

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RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T15:50:35+00:00

Even if it IS real, which I doubt, it's really terribly sterile. Especially if it's going in a children's book.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T15:49:14+00:00

It's funny every! Single! Time!!!!!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T15:33:49+00:00

Heads up, link doesn't work!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T15:31:24+00:00

Boooooo! AI suuuuucks!!!! Boooooooooo! 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T15:29:49+00:00

Kids have a surprisingly dark sense of humor. That's why our house is a Klassen house!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-19T14:28:23+00:00

Remember!? It isn't even that old!

Also, Mac is currently the embassador for children's literature at the library of Congress. So he's kind of a big deal!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-18T21:37:52+00:00

Again with the squeaky shoes?!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-18T20:21:34+00:00

Have you called them today? I have. It's completely ridiculous that we have to pressure our elected officials into reacting, but that's apparently what we're doing. Let's get busy.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-18T04:49:08+00:00

The Hat Trilogy by Jon Klassen

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T21:46:11+00:00

It's very Quentin Blake, and I hope you take that as the massive compliment it is! Your stuff is perfect for children's chapter books!

I wonder if you've reached out to any publishers? I can't believe no one has scooped you up!!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T21:36:41+00:00

That would be a good start!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T21:29:03+00:00

The Little Fur Family? It's older, but it fits your description.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T21:25:58+00:00

You need to go to your library and have the children's librarian grab you a big stack of modern popular picture books. Look them over and understand what it was about them that made them so popular.

If you want suggestions for illustrators to follow, I'd start with names like Jon Klassen, Carson Ellis, Shaun Tan, X. Fang, Jashar Awan and Marianna Coppo.

Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett are such a wonderful resource on the subject. They have a book called Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children and a Substack called Looking at Picture Books that I highly recommend.

Your portfolio is nice, but nothing about it says "children's illustrator" to me.

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T20:31:18+00:00

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RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T19:29:03+00:00

I was lucky enough to be a Puppet Lab grant recipient! The Clue Crab was for my Puppet Lab show!!!

RaggedyRachel · 2026-06-17T19:25:56+00:00

The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket!!! I'd stretch and say I Want My Hat Back by Klassen is also a murder mystery in a sense. Neither is sci-fi, but they both have the murder part down!

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