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Laurel Snyder
@laurelsnyder.bsky.social
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Baltimore girl in Atlanta. I love humans, write books, and talk a lot. http://laurelsnyder.com
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · Nov 16
ICYMI: Charlie & Mouse & the Creeping Hand of Fascism!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · Nov 12
CHARLIE AND MOUSE GET STUCK
(IN NOVEMBER 2024)

Illustration: Emily Hughes

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“Mouse!” called Charlie. “Where are you?”

“I am here!” Mouse called back. “I am in the dog bed. And I am STUCK.”

Charlie found Mouse.

“You cannot be STUCK,” said Charlie. “It is time to set the table for dinner.”
Two white-presenting/biracial boys with brown hair sit in a dogbed in pajamas. Illustration by Emily Hughes.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 20h
When you start an email to your editor:

"Sooo... have you ever read Wonderboys?"

#authorlife #amwriting #butnotfastenough
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 1d
www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...
Sign the Petition
Ensure transparency and change in Georgia High School HRRB book banning process
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Hey! You! Please help circulate this petition?

Our reading bowl in GA has (very selectively) eliminated titles from the list this year, despite the fact that they were on the state awards list.

Including, ironically, @samiraahmed.bsky.social's THIS BOOK WON'T BURN.

Sign/repost the petition?
Image of books locked in a chain. Image reads, "Ensure transparency and change in Georgia High School HRRB book banning process."
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Lost my longhand draft
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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
I have!

I'm planning the nerdiest kidlit trip ever, and I'm very excited.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Guys guys guys!!

The entire digital F&G of Shrinking Violet *is* online. But I'm not sure whether you can see it without logging in...



online.flippingbook.com/link/418062/
A spread from Shrinking Violet, by Laurel Snyder and LeUyen Pham, showing a young girl dusting her chandelier, while her friend Bird sings and flutters around the castle.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you! He's new to me.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Oh! I don't know his work!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, me too!!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
How do I not know these?????
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Hey! Do me a favor and drop the name of your favorite author who lived or worked in London?
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Does anyone know British #kidlit folks who can help me?

I’d like to make a map of children’s book creators who lived/worked in London. Milne & Nesbit & Blake & Streatfield & Travers & Burnett & Barrie &&&…

But someone must have done this before, right? Pass this on and help me find someone?
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Does anyone know British #kidlit folks who can help me?

I’d like to make a map of children’s book creators who lived/worked in London. Milne & Nesbit & Blake & Streatfield & Travers & Burnett & Barrie &&&…

But someone must have done this before, right? Pass this on and help me find someone?
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 4d
More. Of. This.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d
Well, good for DC

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DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’
“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 6d
www.slj.com/event/school...
School Library Journal Day of Dialog Fall 2025
Join us October 9th for SLJ Day of Dialog—fully virtual and free to attend! Our daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will leave you informed, inspired, and enter...
www.slj.com
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 6d
@slj.com's Day of Dialog is tomorrow, & it's FREE to join!

I'm so excited! This is my first chance to talk about my spring book with LeUyen Pham, Shrinking Violet, which is full of gorgeous art (as you might expect).

I'm on a panel with a bunch of other wonderful creators at 3:55. Join us?
COver of a picture book called Shrinking Violet, written by Laurel Snyder, and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. The cover is purple and features a young girl, a bird, flowers, and a spider Banner for SLJ's Day of Dialog, on October 9 List of panelists for an event
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 7d
Hello #BookSky Are you still figuring out what you're doing for #BannedBooksWeek We'll help! Here's a framework for you:
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 8d
With you over here
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you, Kate!!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 8d
❤️❤️❤️
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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 8d
Oohhh....the @publisherswkly.bsky.social holiday gift guide is out! Thrilled to see our new chapter book series WILDLIFE RESCUE on the list - and @laurelsnyder.bsky.social's terrific THE BOOK OF CANDLES, too! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Children’s & YA
Wrap up these reads for kids from toddler age to teenage.
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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 9d
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 13d
14 of mine. How about you?
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d
Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 13d
My grandmother was a huge fan of Marcia Brown, and also a children’s librarian near LA, where authors sometimes toured. These are some of my most prized possessions.
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 13d
Probably not unrelated to how I ended up writing #kidlit!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 13d
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 13d
My grandmother was a huge fan of Marcia Brown, went to meet her, and got my copies signed. Pretty special.
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