Theodore Taylor III

Illustrator Represented by @HGLiterary | Web Developer at @BrickFactory | Casual Beatmaker | Video Game Hoarder | Pizza Connoisseur | Dad

[Theodore Taylor III @tedikuma]

I’ve been waiting 8 years to post this. Back in 2014 Roaring Brook Press asked me to write my own picture book. Many stops and starts later we finally nailed something down; a story about a kid moving to a small town and finding a community through graffiti and street art.

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

@kellyiswrite @nikkigrimes9 @tedikuma @hudsonwade @ambsmcbride @JasonReynolds83 @raulthe3rd @sherriwinston
https://t.co/XEdfl07040

[Ray K. Hessel @RaymondKHessel4]

Thank you @tedikuma @LilNasX
this was a fun read

[Bookelicious @bookelicious]

"HISTORY & HERE"...a #BlackHistoryMonth celebration of books!

🖤 FEBRUARY 7
💚 History: https://t.co/pARTT9hH0c
❤️ Here: https://t.co/CoOgUzg5jI
💛 Janice N. Harrington @tedikuma @baptistepaul @kitt_thomas_art

FEEDYOURREAD20 = 20% off + free shipping!

[Phoebe Sinclair @WholeHeartLocal]

When, on a chilly #winter's eve, you visit one of your fav #localbookstores (@brooklinebooksmith) & spot your friends' works & three copies of your own #debutnovel #specialtreat w/@erindionne, @tedikuma, @raulthe3rd #kidlit

[Basheer Kareem @bkareem_mlis]

Picture This!: Black History Picture Books
2/11/25

He read journals in French and German,
And spent countless hours observin',
Water flees and ants,
Honey bees and plants,
Charles Turner had a fervor for learnin'.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#BHM2025 #KidLit
#PictureBooks
@tedikuma

[𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘕𝘢𝘴𝘟 𝘋𝘢𝘺☀️ @LilNasXDay]

5 years ago today @LilNasX became a published author when he released his children's book "C Is for Country," a New York Times Bestseller illustrated by Theodore Taylor III (@tedikuma). Lil Nas X also narrates the audiobook version.
https://t.co/ifdzks2fSZ

[Purbayan Chatterjee @stringstruck]

An artist lives in many moods - sometimes calm, sometimes chaos, always feeling.
Through the lens of @tedikuma, those shifting shades found their home in light and shadow.

#ArtistSoul #MusicalJourney #ArtInEmotion #ThroughTheLens #SoulfulFrames

[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts @vmfamuseum]

Getting up close and personal with the samurai. 🤩

📷 Thanks to Instagram user @tedikuma for sharing these gorgeous detail shots from your exhibition visit.

➡️ Get tickets to "Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller" here: https://t.co/itmKmj5b9i

[The Auricular @AuricularVA]

On this day in Richmond music - May 18th:

Multimedia magnate @tedikuma releases Cosmic Slop in 2018, a snazzy beat tape that utilizes space and sci-fi samples to build a sonic venture into the cosmos.

https://t.co/at2bQP7D5r

[Phoebe Sinclair @WholeHeartLocal]

@Wiswell Viewing the cover of my debut mg novel for the first time made me laugh aloud with delight. Award-winning illustrator @tedikuma beautifully expresses "book-within-a-book" (or #zine within a book). I'm deeply #grateful

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

January #NotesfromtheHornBook: For #BlackHistoryMonth, 7 books w/ Black protagonists who rise to the occasion https://t.co/UlI6AKja7C @randomhousekids @astrakidsbooks @FeiwelFriends @MacKidsBooks @SimonKIDS @LevineQuerido @bloomsburykids

[✨Kris Bruno✨ @BrunosClass]

This week’s #classroombookaday @Mrsyates272 I Need My Monster, Ben and Emma’s Big Hit @GavinNewsom @ruby_shamir The Light Within You @namstwit @kamala_m_nair When the Beat Was Born @tedikuma Maya Lin @JeanneWHarvey @DowPhumiruk #read #picturebooks #cbad @PrideRidge

[The Literate Lizard @LitLizardSedona]

Our weekly post for #BlackKos of new books of interest to Black and Latino/a readers: https://t.co/xIjvIcA9Y9

@Devas_T @tedikuma @YohuruWilliams @MichaelGLong2 @lilliamr @MatthewACherry @VashtiHarrison @AutumnAAllen @wickedjamison

[Phoebe Sinclair @WholeHeartLocal]

Happy "Book Birthday" to Confessions of a Candy Snatcher, my #debut mg novel brilliantly illus by @tedikuma feat. #zines #trickortreating #shennigans & bit of #growingup. #gratitude to @candlewick for believing in us & to @porter_square_books for hosting today 🌟🎉📚

[Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA) @BCBooksAuthors]

🎉🙌🏿Happy #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉

📖CONFESSIONS OF A CANDY SNATCHER
Phoebe Sinclair @WholeHeartLocal , Theodore Taylor III @tedikuma, Candlewick @Candlewick

Congrats!!!

Get it here👇🏿
https://t.co/rfkXElJ3VD

#OurStoriesMatter

[Mr. Lee @mrleebooks]

#HipHop50 Respect to #LabanCarrickHill #rip & @tedikuma for this book right here. #WhentheBeatWasBorn #DJKoolHerc & the Creation of #HipHop A beautiful book that took time to speak to the babies (& adults that got love for children's lit) about this convo of Hip Hop's born day.

[Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA) @BCBooksAuthors]

🔜NEW Book-Coming Soon-August 29, 2023

📖ROOTING FOR PLANTS: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
Janice N. Harrington; Theodore Taylor III @tedikuma; Calkins Creek @astrakidsbooks

Preorder👇🏿
https://t.co/QlEhUdOzkH

#OurStoriesMatter

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

⭐ Fiction Review of the Week GARVEY'S CHOICE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by @nikkigrimes9; illus. by @tedikuma (Wordsong/@astrakidsbooks): "The verses are given a new visual life with excellent page designs and clever illustrations" https://t.co/nJQvvt3UkA

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

July #NotesfromtheHornBook: 7 #middlegrade + #middleschool #BacktoSchool books https://t.co/tlEUDn5wBt @TameeksB @HarperChildrens @meiradrazin @Scholastic @nikkigrimes9 @tedikuma @astrakidsbooks @lantanapub @MacKidsBooks @ClarionBooks @bettyctang @GraphixBooks

[LibrarianBookends (Steph 💛& Mary❤️) #alaac24 @LBookends]

A sampler of Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by @nikkigrimes9 & @tedikuma was a perfect start to the day! 🚀