12+ YEARS IN ILLUSTRATION
13 PUBLISHED BOOKS
AWARD-WINNING ARTWORK
RINGLING COLLEGE BFA WITH HONORS
SELECTED ILLUSTRATIONS
Stories begin with a feeling.
Featured Storytelling Spread
PICTURE BOOK SPREAD
Expressive Characters
Imaginative Worlds
ENVIRONMENT
Narrative Moment
MOOD BUILDING
Cover Design
PICTURE BOOK COVER ART
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Thirteen stories brought to life.
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Someone's Hurting Thunder
by Robin Sugar
Peppertree Press, 2026
Lost and Found:
The Adventures of Marco the Cat
by Austin J Bell
Peppertree Press, 2026
Cranky Little Monkey:
The Complete Collection
by Robin Sugar
Peppertree Press, 2026
One Heartbeat
by Lesley Dow
Vegan Publishers, 2026
STORIES WITH HEART, CHARACTER AND WONDER
“Every illustration is an invitation—to feel something, notice something new and stay in the story a little longer.”
Kayleigh combines warm storytelling, expressive characters, imaginative environments, traditional texture and polished digital illustration to create cohesive visual worlds for young readers.
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR
Hello, I’m Kayleigh.
I’m an award-winning children’s book illustrator with more than 12 years of professional experience and 13 published children’s books. I earned my BFA in Illustration with Honors from Ringling College of Art and Design.
My work centers on expressive characters, imaginative environments and the small emotional details that make a story stay with a reader.
I was way happier with the final outcome than I had ever envisioned.
This project exceeded my expectations in every way. I had a vision, but the final outcome was so much better than I could have imagined!
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- Austin J Bell
Author & Chief curator of the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee
FAPA Gold Award Presented by
Florida Authors and Publishers Association
2024 President’s Book Awards
Category: Children's Pre-Reader / Picture Book
Publishing House:
Peppertree Press, LLC
