Patrick Girouard
@pgirouard.bsky.social
Picture Book Maker, Puzzle Drawer, Painter, Thinker. Represented by http://Storybookartsinc.com
Filling out my ballot. Blue wave on the way!
September 28, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Filling out my ballot. Blue wave on the way!
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!
September 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Coincidence? I think not. And please note the antonyms.
August 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Coincidence? I think not. And please note the antonyms.
"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds..."
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
August 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds..."
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
A few years back I made some flip books for the Illinois Library Association's summer reading program. They gave me zero art direction and total creative control with one exception. "Make one a robot." I LOVE working with them.
August 8, 2026 at 7:41 AM
A few years back I made some flip books for the Illinois Library Association's summer reading program. They gave me zero art direction and total creative control with one exception. "Make one a robot." I LOVE working with them.
Happy International Lighthouse Day
August 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Happy International Lighthouse Day
Happy National Watermelon Day!
August 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Happy National Watermelon Day!
"August is the Sunday of summer."
August 1, 2026 at 6:45 AM
"August is the Sunday of summer."
The Trojan Tree
"We didn't think this thing through."
"We didn't think this thing through."
July 30, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The Trojan Tree
"We didn't think this thing through."
"We didn't think this thing through."
"You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it." - Nietzsche
July 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it." - Nietzsche
July’s buck moon — named for its alignment with the growth period of male deer antlers — will grace the sky this week. Here’s how to see it. When it gets dark go outside and look up.
July 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
July’s buck moon — named for its alignment with the growth period of male deer antlers — will grace the sky this week. Here’s how to see it. When it gets dark go outside and look up.
And then someone tipped him over.
July 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
And then someone tipped him over.
Jo Nagai, a ten year old prodigy in Japan, researched and proved that butterflies pass memories down generationally. Meanwhile I don't know why I'm standing in the kitchen.
July 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Jo Nagai, a ten year old prodigy in Japan, researched and proved that butterflies pass memories down generationally. Meanwhile I don't know why I'm standing in the kitchen.
July 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
July 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Schrödinger's Duck
July 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Schrödinger's Duck
Saturday vs. Sunday
#penguin #books #antartica #weekend #cool #childrensillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbooks #kidlitartist #illustration #picturebookartist
#penguin #books #antartica #weekend #cool #childrensillustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbooks #kidlitartist #illustration #picturebookartist
July 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
BREAKING NEWS: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will not be seeking reelection.
July 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
BREAKING NEWS: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will not be seeking reelection.
I don’t know about you, but I’m still calling it the name it was assigned at birth.
July 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m still calling it the name it was assigned at birth.
Spider Dance!
#spider #dance #yarn #collage #childrensillustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitartist #illustration #picturebookartist
#spider #dance #yarn #collage #childrensillustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitartist #illustration #picturebookartist
July 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This was published in a newspaper. (A newspaper is a printed publication consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and correspondence.)
July 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This was published in a newspaper. (A newspaper is a printed publication consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and correspondence.)
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces New Color
July 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces New Color