Aidan Cassie

Island-dwelling picture-book-maker.

Author/illustrator of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER and LITTLE JUNIPER MAKES IT BIG and THE WORD FOR FRIEND

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THE WORD FOR FRIEND

"Kindness is a universal language... Delightful and heartwarming, this read-aloud performs like a welcoming embrace."
⭐️-Kirkus Starred review⭐️

Order from your favourite bookshop❤️

#picturebooks #booktrailer #kidlit #KidLitArt

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@markeology Is it the CROP that's most distinctive?
I thought it was the Kangaroo Rat legs!

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@TroyStoryToo @DeasIllos You've got MIKE illustrating?!
What fun - he's extraordinary!! 🥳

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@derekedwards827 @dog_rates anyone interested in Scout, check out his listing link... he's still waiting!

https://t.co/3n6FBt7Gq5

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@ssilibrary Love it!

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@TroyStoryToo Glad to hear it, the world needs more Troy-stories!!

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@wb8979 @stephcampisi wish I could answer this better for you but sadly the answer is just "on my step-dad's PC", I recollect no more.
Got my first apple some years later in 1991

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@stephcampisi it took me a minute to recall the name and find a screen shot... good times!!
technically an interactive fiction

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@charlenedraws Curious if kidlit will be fractured into 4+ platforms, or will we just have to manage them all? And hope pubs/editors follow the artists?
You jumping off X & IG, for Cara & Bluesky, or going to keep one toe in those waters?
Honestly I'm just here for #weratedogs at this point😊

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I spy The Word for Friend in the ☀️ - and finally within reach!

these new low shelves in the PB section mean even the littlest kids can reach ALL the books at the Salt Spring Public library!

Love! ❤️
@ssilibrary #saltspring #saltspringisland

[Aidan Cassie @aidan_drawin]

@MollyConisbee 2 pounds of butter and a dried soup mix last time.
"I bought too much"
wouldn't let me pay her

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@dsantat agreed, some artists will use it, and some will lose out... all challenging for sure.
But the faking... I believe so little I see already. People will be duped, but what happens to a society that knows EVERYTHING can be/is faked? societal cynicism? Believing & trusting NOTHING?

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It’s hard being new, even harder if you don’t speak the language. But this little pangolin is determined to make a friend… eventually.

The Word For Friend 💚 #WorldPangolinDay

🌏Many pangolin species are critically endangered - they need YOU as a friend. More in back matter

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@itsnotaboutwork beautifully captured!!

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@LourencoEstrela @PageStreetKids @ktostevinbooks @MeliaParsloe @jmcgowanbks OH MY - LOVE IT.
(I could totally handle it if my career was not just in picture books, but specifically doing DOG THEMED picture books!)

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@Chris_Naylor_B @heyimjarvis love this! YES

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@LourencoEstrela Fantastic Estrela!! Lucky family & friends!!
(unlucky world, to miss out on it!) 😊

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@GaiaBordicchia these look amazing - when living in France, a neighbour brought over these that he'd made - he called them "Bugnes croustillantes" I think, but I'm sure they are the same - and to die for!

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@GaiaBordicchia so glad to hear paper has worked in the past - they've convinced me to try silicon (am borrowing a mat to try it).
Good luck on the next batch (enjoy eating the "failures" ha😁

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@CrystalSmithArt beautiful! (all of it, but really paused on the condensation drawing one - imagining a narrative)!