Thanks for including THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE on this awesome list 😎

Jen@popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🔍 60 2025 Middle Grade Mystery and Detective Stories 🔍 popgoesthereader.com/60-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

📚📪Book Mail📚📪 This one looks spooky! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse! 📚❤️ @llavoieauthor.bsky.social @unionsqandco.bsky.social

Great list of books for spooky season, including one written by me!

Jen@popgoesthereader.bsky.social · last yr.

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃 popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

Many thanks to Deborah for having me on her blog! If you like spooky #mglit, be sure to check it out! 👇

Deborah Kalb@deborahkalb.bsky.social · last yr.

Q&A with Laura Lavoie about her new middle grade novel, THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE. tinyurl.com/bdh9676c @llavoieauthor.bsky.social

This is my occasional reminder that I offer PB critiques. If you're looking for someone to help you snazz up a manuscript or two! lauralavoieauthor.com/critiques/

Picture Book Critiques by Author Laura Lavoie

I am able to offer critiques of humorous picture books, stories with puns and wordplay, lyrical books, and tales that mix humor and heart.

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Thanks, #bookposse! Excited that you're reading my spooky #mglit mystery!

Erin Bedell@erindaydreams.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m always up for a good #mglit mystery story! Happy to share this new one by @llavoieauthor.bsky.social with my friends at #bookposse! 📚👍🏻 @unionsqandco.bsky.social

Did you know that today is Cousins Day? That makes it a great day to pick up a copy of my latest picture book and gift it to your/your kids' favorite cousin!

Can't wait to get my hands on BROKEN DOLLS by @allymalinenko.bsky.social Check out the Kirkus review–sounds so creepy and excellent! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

BROKEN DOLLS | Kirkus Reviews

Grieving sisters are hunted by haunted dolls.

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Finally got my copy of BEST BUDS, the latest picture book written by my brilliant and funny friend @beckyscharn.bsky.social This story is a must-have! The illustrations by Jiaru Jiang are stunning 😍 A great giftable book for one (or ten) of your best buds! 🌼

I somehow hadn't heard of "ghosts on the coast" books until today, but that is absolutely the vibe of THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE. If you like dark, stormy summer coastlines with eerie apparitions, this spooky MG novel is for you. #booksky #mglit

Signing and personalizing a copy of COUSINS! for Governor Hochul's granddaughter at a book signing last weekend 🙂

Being an artist is like "when i finish this art project i am going to reward myself for working so hard by making this new art project" Over and over until you die.

Spotted: my first picture book, VAMPIRE VACATION, in a Summerween display at B&N!

We read books by LGBTQ+ authors before. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors now. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors tomorrow. Literature is for and by everyone.

I'm on the Seasons of Kidlit blog today talking about my latest books—perfect for summer vacation reading. Enter to 🌟WIN🌟 your choice of either of these beauties! (Entry instructions in blog post; link in my bio.)

One of my summer-themed picture books is very cheap on the Big A right now. I love, love, love indies, but I also get that books are $$ & not everyone can easily afford them.

Genuinely CANNOT WAIT for this book!

Ally Ally Oxenfree@allymalinenko.bsky.social · last yr.

SHE’S DONE DONE DONE! FINAL PASS PAGES ARE DONE! BROKEN DOLLS IS COMING YOUR WAY SEPTEMBER 30 2025! PREORDERS ARE AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATED tinyurl.com/ez7amknm

Thanks to Mama Braga for a wonderful review of COUSINS! "Lavoie's writing bounces like a trampoline of joy" is perhaps the most fun thing anyone has ever said about me! mommabraga.com/2025/06/18/c...

Writing tip: How old is your MC? What year would they have been born? Look up the top 100 names from that year & use it to guide you. I will accept that there might be a teenage Barb running around in 2025, but I will *not* accept that her besties are Nancy, Patty & Trish 🙃

This book about 13 mysterious doors has been out for one month today—on Friday the 13th! Booklist calls it, "A fast-paced, soon-to-be-classic haunted house story." #mglit #booksky

Looking forward to this one!

Children's Bookshelf@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · last yr.

★ Justine Pucella Winans “conjures satisfying, spine-tingling scares” in their “atmospheric” middle grade ghost story A LITTLE TOO HAUNTED

I'm going to be doing some signed book giveaways exclusively for newsletter subscribers soon. If you haven't signed up yet, get on it! (I only send newsletters 2-3 times a year, so I won't spam yout inbox.) lauralavoieauthor.com#foobox-1/0

Laura Lavoie, Books for Kids of All Ages

I write picture books and middle grade novels. Some of my books are funny, some are spooky, and some are a little bit of both!

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Today is the day! It's #trailer release day! HOPE RODE is galloping to #bookshelves TWO months from today! I can't wait for you to learn about these incredible women and to see #BeccaStadtlander's BREATHTAKING #art. @unionsquarekids.bsky.social for @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians

Love a fun Christmas book!

Stephanie Campisi@stephcampisi.bsky.social · last yr.

Hooray! Lovely @slj.com review for TWELVE LITTLE ELVES SAVE CHRISTMAS (words by me, art by Susanne Covelli, bookmaking by @familiusbooks.bsky.social) www.slj.com/review/12-li... #kidlit #booksky

Have you checked out COUSINS yet?! On sale now! "A must-read for kids who have their own [cousins] to catch up with over the summer." -Bookstr "A big, bustling portrait of cousin love." -Kirkus

Ohhh look at this beautiful girl! 😍

Dev Petty@devpetty.bsky.social · last yr.

This is Kiki. She’s been at the shelter for 1.6 YEARS Look at those markings! Can you share to help get her home? @missybbbobtail.bsky.social @catsofyore.bsky.social @jortsthecat.bsky.social @fishtopher.bsky.social mendocinohumane.org/adopt/adopt-...

Sooo many crows in THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE 👀

Raven Marie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Splatterpunk Author.@macabretavern.substack.com · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat The crow harbinger. It's subtle, yet bold. Crows and ravens being representatives of the underworld. Such beauty warning you of destruction ahead. It honestly makes my soul sing.

My debut MG horror that came out last month has a ghostly black cat. My second, out next year, has a loveable golden retriever who helps the MC face down terrifying creatures. *mwah ha ha* #HorrorWritersChat

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · last yr.

Q2, Horrorlings. I eased you in gently. But you all know that I am not a tender mistress. I can't keep it up for long. Bring me your WIPs. Bare your souls. Let's talk familiars and animals in your horror. I know they don't die. #HorrorWritersChat

Take 3 minutes to stop doomscrolling and read this fun interview about my newest picture book, COUSINS! Many thanks to YABC for having me 😊

YAbookscentral@yabookscentral.bsky.social · last yr.

Join YABC for an #authorchat with Laura Lavoie about #newrelease #kidlit COUSINS! yabookscentral.com/interview-wi... #bigfamily #family #cousins

RIP Brian Wilson, a true visionary. Gonna listen to some Pet Sounds today ❤️

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys and a giant of modern music, dies at 82.