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  Have you entered our Back To School #BookGiveaway yet? Win a copy of Benson Shum’s First Night of Howlergarten and When You Go To Dragon School by Chelsea M Campbell & @charlenedraws ! Enter on Instagram https://tinyurl.com/4k8cwept #kidlit #backtoschool

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  Thanks Librarians of Littles for featuring WHEN YOU GO TO DRAGON SCHOOL on their podcast! Listen on: https://rss.com/podcasts/librarians-of-littles/ #kidlit #podcast #books

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  Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! Do you know of any black cats that need a home? Post their adoption page in comments & I’ll share! Let’s help find them forever homes 🖤 #cats #kidlitart #mastoart

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  Cover reveal! ONCE UPON A TAIL: FRIENDS FOREVERMORE by Audrey Perrott & illus. by me! Our 2nd book in this early graphic novel series featuring best friends Wallace the horse and Poppy the dragon! Coming from Abrams in Mar 2027! #kidlit #comics #graphicnovels

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  Cover reveal! ONCE UPON A TAIL: FRIENDS FOREVERMORE by Audrey Perrott & illus. by me! Our 2nd book in this early graphic novel series featuring best friends Wallace the horse and Poppy the dragon! Coming from Abrams in Mar 2027! #kidlit #comics #graphicnovels

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  "A charmingly clever look at babyhood through a favorite plushie’s POV " Thank you Kirkus for the nice review of LOVE, PANDA! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elaine-su/love-panda/ #kidlit #books

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  Happy to be at The Next Chapter festival this Saturday! Come by this free event at Scarborough Town Centre for a day celebrating stories & creativity! https://readingpartnership.com/the-next-chapter/ #kidlit #books

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  Thank you for being a champion for literacy, Dolly. Not just in the US, but also in Canada (and UK, Ireland & Australia). If you ever benefited from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, you can donate to help keep it going - https://www.imaginationlibrary.com/ #kidlit #imaginationlibrary #dollyparton

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  RE: https://socel.net/@charlenedraws/117156308711594798 Tomorrow! #kidlit

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  Thank you to The Reading Partnership for having me at THE NEXT CHAPTER festival on Saturday! It was amazing event and the kids were so hyped! I hope everyone enjoyed the reading of LOVE PANDA (by Elaine Su, Scholastic ) and the drawings afterwards! #kidlit

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  Happy Spooky Month 🎃, #kidlitartpostcard ! This year's pic is loosely based on the Wild Hunt at Samhain Charlene Chua, illustrator + author Portfolio - https://charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlit #halloween #mastoart

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  To celebrate the upcoming launch of ONCE UPON A TAIL, author Audrey Perrott is holding a book drive! Help her collect 150 books to bring book-joy to kids, families, and classrooms! Details here! https://tinyurl.com/msketzeb #kidlit #books

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  Thanks to Book Riot for including ONCE UPON A TAIL in their ‘April Is Showering Us With New Comics and Graphic Novels’ article! https://tinyurl.com/yczxtsmp #comics #kidlit #books

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  Thank you to LitHub @literaryhub for featuring ONCE UPON A TAIL in their article on ‘10 Great New Children’s Books Out in April 2026’! https://tinyurl.com/y8ts9yku #kidlit #comics

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  Thanks to School Library Journal for reviewing ONCE UPON A TAIL! "This early reader graphic novel will appeal to fans of Wiggler's Big Joke by Kaeti Vandorn and belongs in libraries" https://www.slj.com/review/once-upon-a-tail-a-horse-and-dragon-graphic-novel-100009554 #kidlit #comics

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  Thank you Cambridge Public Library for including THE PINK PAJAMAS in their ‘Tough Topics for Kids’ booklist! https://cambridgepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/2270456149/2841100967 #kidlit #grief

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  Simons & Schuster is having a #AANHPI sweepstakes! Win a copy of all these great books, including THE PINK PAJAMAS! Details here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/aanhpi-heritage-month-2026 #giveaway #books

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  The Junior Library Guild is having a sale on previously released titles! Enter FLASH50 from May 11-15 to get 50% off THE PINK PAJAMAS, and many other books! https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-pink-pajamas-9781665943161j #books #kidlit #libraries

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  Website update! Added recent books & artwork, awards and tweaked some minor settings stuff! #kidlitart #illustration https://charlenechua.com

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  I’m looking forward to the new Zine Club starting up at the Westdale library in Hamilton, ON! Planning to go for the first one, and hopefully more afterwards! #hamont #zines #library

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  I will be at TCAF on June 6-7! Table 322, 4th floor (tabling with my pal Brian McLachlan) We will have kids' comics! And art! And... other stuff! Come by and say hi if you're coming to TCAF! #TCAF #TCAF2026 #kidlit #comics

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  Here's the book/zine items I will be bringing down to TCAF! Will also have some prints and stickers; come say hi at table 322 (4th floor), June 6-7! #tcaf2026 #kidlit #comics

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  Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate for kids. 🌟 Available for books + other kids-related projects 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

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  Thank you to Hamilton Public Library for including THE PINK PAJAMAS in their Asian Heritage Month booklist! https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/345214937/2999037667 #books #kidlit #asianheritagemonth #aapi #aanhpi

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  Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate for kids. 🌟 Available for books + other kids-related projects 🌟 Portfolio - https://charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #illustration

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  Happy #BookBirthday to ONCE UPON A TAIL by Audrey Perrott, illus. by me! Am very happy with this book as it is the first, published, (junior) graphic novel I've worked on. Which means I (finally) get to call myself a published comic book artist! #kidlit #comics

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  Happy #NationalUnicornDay ! Hope you have a magical day 🦄 ! #unicornday #unicorns #kidlitart

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  Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate for kids. 🌟 Available for books + other kids-related projects 🌟 Portfolio - https://charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

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  Kids playing (This is a test post, will delete later!)