Jacob Grant

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Celebrate #nationaldonutday with the kids 😉

Baby's first book birthday! 🎂 This Wednesday, Oct 29, I'll be celebrating my favorite penguin's birthday with some special Umami washi tape giveaways. Let's party!

Saturday, join me for an Umami story time and draw-along in Louisville! Be ready to draw some 🐧🐧🐧

I had many fine years with my previous agent, Steven Chudney, and I wish him the very best as he transitions into retirement. I'm forever grateful for all he's done. Here's to the books in the past, and the books to come!

I'm pleased to announce that I've officially teamed up with Andrea Morrison at Writers House! It feels good to join the talented crew, and I'm excited for what's ahead.

@BST_PriLibrary @VikingBooks @BST_Tokyo @BST_PTA So glad the kids have been having fun with it! 🐧

Years 1 and 2 have been enjoying 'Umami' by @JacobGrantBooks this week. She is fed up of eating cold fish three times a day and decides to do something about it! Will she able to get the other penguins to like her new food? @VikingBooks @BST_Tokyo @BST_PTA

We are delighted to announce that 'Umami' by @JacobGrantBooks has been nominated for @sakuramedal English Language Picture Books 2026! Students at international schools across Japan will vote for their favourite book from 20 titles by April 2026! @penguinrandom

Find me this Friday at the Secretary of State's Tent from 10am-12pm, giving away 100 copies of Umami! Many thanks to @Giannoulias and the IL State Library for making it all possible 📚🎉 #ilstatefair

The result!

My Virtual Saturday Stories with The Society of Illustrators is now on youtube, so grab your oil pastels and follow along as we make a monoprint! youtube.com/watch?v=0JHFFQ…

There was lake time, and street art, and timbits, and book friends, and dim sum, and mahjong, and breweries, and poutine, and kpop demon hunters, and I even pulled a nail out of a sideshow lady's nose! Time well spent.

Doodles from 🇨🇦 - We were lucky enough to spend the first couple weeks of July visiting family and friends in Kitchener, Toronto, and Muskoka - which meant lots of sketching!

Chicago friends! Join me @ 10am this Sunday for an Umami storytime, draw-along, and hands-on art project with BASH kids club! 🐧🖍️🎉

Materials for this week's Virtual Saturday Stories with @SOI128 🖍️🎉 Register Here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtual-…

While digging through my grade school art I found a favorite! Pretty sure I was just supposed to make a house 🔥

🖍️Free event!🖍️ I'm excited to be teaming up with @SOI128 for an Umami edition of Virtual Saturday Stories next month. Bring the kids, some oil pastels, and color pencils, and be prepared for a little mess! #kidlitart societyillustrators.org/event/virtual-…

🐢 studies

A translation donation for @oakparklibrary 🌎📚 I dropped a big box of books off at the library yesterday with translations of my books from Spain, Poland, Korea, Taiwan, France and the Netherlands. Happy to have the books out of storage and out in the neighborhood! #kidlit