Kara LaReau
@karalareau.bsky.social
#kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady COMING OCTOBER 20: Licorice, a mg novel retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca with a feline twist. Preorder NOW wherever books are sold! 🙀 https://linktr.ee/karalareau
If a company endeavors to force customers to use a specific product, you can pretty much bet that a.) the product is shitty, b.) the product is harmful and c.) they will lose their shirts if they don't recoup their investment and are desperate.
Dana Goldstein@danagoldstein.bsky.social · 2d agoBreaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that ban A.I. for kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
🥀 Hello, friends! I have a very thinly veiled secret: I’m also Gemma Bowen. Same me, more Regency scandal. ✨ THE WITCHING OF KATHARINE WARD kicks off my Wayward Sisters series on August 31, 2027. Meet Gemma, admire this gorgeous cover, and find preorder links: gemmabowen.com
Thank you, @publisherswkly.bsky.social, for naming LICORICE a Best Book of 2026!! #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Friends, I have ANOTHER book out this week, and it’s a special one — Full Moon Magic is the final book in my Witchycakes series. Order here, or anywhere else books are sold! bookshop.org/p/books/witc... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Today on cattywampus, the FINAL installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved… 😻 karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/finally-fi... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Finally...Figgums
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle): Part VI
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Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is
**A Note by Kyle Lukoff** The Ashford School District in Connecticut recently informed Newbery Honor-winning children’s book author @kylelukoff.bsky.social he would not be permitted to visit with their students. Our silence makes us complicit. theauthorvillage.substack.com/p/banned-by-...
Banned by the Ashford School District in Connecticut -- A Note from Kyle Lukoff
A Note from Kyle Lukoff
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A great book to see the cat’s side of things when coming into a new home! Kitty can still smell the scent of the cat that lived here before her. Plus a surprise ending that I didn’t see coming!🙀 @karalareau.bsky.social Headed to #BookPosse member @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social
Today on cattywampus, the fifth installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved… 😻 karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/feline-sor... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Feline Sorority
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle): Part V
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Today on cattywampus, the fourth installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved… 😻 karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/feline-fre... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Feline Frenemies
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle) : Part IV
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Catfood is always marketed as “your refined gentleman Mr Whiskers has only the most discerning of tastes, treat him to the luxury of salmon” and catnip is always marketed as “Mr Whiskers will do ANYTHING for a fix…ANYTHING”
It’s (finally!!) the pub day for LICORICE — hope you'll check it out, and spread the word! 😻😻😻 ORDER HERE 👉 bookshop.org/p/books/lico... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Perfect for fans of Rebecca (I’d imagine!), middle grade, horror, and cats! All ages can find something to enjoy here. A spooky retelling that teaches different ways people grieve. @karalareau.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-licor...
Review: Licorice by Kara LaReau (Illustrated by Kelly Murphy) | FanFiAddict
Synopsis A feral tabby cat is finally adopted by a loving family at 5 Manderley Road, only to realize that her new home might be haunted by the cat who live ...
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Today on cattywampus, the third installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved… 😻 karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/the-cat-is... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
The Cat is Out There
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle): Part III
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Nbd...just a LICORICE review in The New York Times! 🙀🙀🙀 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Book Review: ‘Licorice,’ by Kara LaReau (Gift Article)
In Kara LaReau’s “Licorice,” a shelter kitten adopted by a boy named Max is tormented by the lingering presence of her recently departed predecessor.
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Thanks for talking with me about LICORICE, @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social! 😻 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
‘Mysterious Creatures’: Middle Grade Author Kara LaReau on Her Feline ‘Rebecca’ Retelling
Author and editor Kara LaReau’s new middle grade novel, 'Licorice,' re-casts the insecure heroine of Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' as a newly adopted cat named Kitty.
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Today on cattywampus, the second installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved. This one features some real feline originals… 😻 karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/the-charac... #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
The Characters
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle): Part II
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Today on cattywampus, the first installment of my tribute to all the cats (and one poodle) I’ve known and loved… 😻 #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians karalareau.beehiiv.com/p/first-feli...
First Felines (and a Brief Canine Excursion)
A Cataloguing of Cats (and One Poodle): Part I
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An updated rundown of where I'll be in the coming months — hope I'll see you! 😻 #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
Onyx can’t wait for me to start Licorice by @karalareau.bsky.social & Kelly Murphy!!😻 This one comes out on 10/20! Just over 200 pages with illustrations sprinkled throughout! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse
New #MGlit releases from @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social, @tehlormejia.bsky.social, @karalareau.bsky.social and more on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social #NewReleases
Hope I'll see you at one (or more!) of these upcoming LICORICE events! 😻 #kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians
i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest