Jeanette Bradley has been an urban planner, an apprentice pastry chef, and the artist-in-residence for a traveling art museum on a train. She is the author and illustrator of LOVE, MAMA (Roaring Brook, 2018) and illustrator of  WHEN THE BABIES CAME TO STAY (Viking, 2020).  She is also co-editor and illustrator of the poetry anthology NO VOICE TOO SMALL: FOURTEEN YOUNG AMERICANS MAKING HISTORY (Charlesbridge, 2020) and the forthcoming companion volume NO WORLD TOO BIG: YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE (Charlesbridge, 2023). Jeanette lives in Rhode Island with her wife and kids.

​Jeanette is represented by Emily Mitchell of Wernick & Pratt.

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Artist's Statement:
Picture books are meant to be read aloud - to be, in a way, a performance on a very intimate stage. When creating with words or pictures, I am always thinking about the interaction of three art forms: visual art, literature  and theatre.  

I work digitally but want my work to feel fresh, spontaneous, and organic. I want the viewer to have a sense of the human hand that went into the mark making on the virtual page. I work to create characters and stories that express the great diversity of human experience as well as universal themes. 
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Two of my favorite books as a child were Mary Blair’s The Color Kittens and Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel. I still love these books as an adult and re-read them often. My work has been influenced by Mary Blair’s exuberant use of color and Arnold Lobel’s insight into the emotional lives of children. 

More Thoughts:

On Caffeine and Inspiration (Tara's Lazar's Storystorm) 
On the Gift of Lending Libraries (Epic Eighteen)
On My Publication Journey (Cynstations) 

Some Favorites:
SCBWI - See my SCBWI member profile
WNDB - We Need Diverse Books