Laura Lavoie
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social
Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Newest PB: COUSINS! Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie
Pinned
Laura Lavoie
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social
· May 14
New intro post: I'm Laura and I write funny picture books, some in rhyme, some in prose, and spooky middle grade novels 🖐 I currently have books out with Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and Hachette.
Thanks for including THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE on this awesome list 😎
🔍 60 2025 Middle Grade Mystery and Detective Stories 🔍
popgoesthereader.com/60-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
popgoesthereader.com/60-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
October 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks for including THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE on this awesome list 😎
Reposted by Laura Lavoie
📚📪Book Mail📚📪
This one looks spooky! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse! 📚❤️
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social @unionsqandco.bsky.social
This one looks spooky! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse! 📚❤️
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social @unionsqandco.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
📚📪Book Mail📚📪
This one looks spooky! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse! 📚❤️
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social @unionsqandco.bsky.social
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!
🎃 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
popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and...
#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great list of books for spooky season, including one written by me!
Many thanks to Deborah for having me on her blog! If you like spooky #mglit, be sure to check it out! 👇
Q&A with Laura Lavoie about her new middle grade novel, THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE.
tinyurl.com/bdh9676c
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdh9676c
@llavoieauthor.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Many thanks to Deborah for having me on her blog! If you like spooky #mglit, be sure to check it out! 👇
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.
lauralavoieauthor.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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/
Thanks, #bookposse! Excited that you're reading my spooky #mglit mystery!
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
August 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Thanks, #bookposse! Excited that you're reading my spooky #mglit mystery!
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!
July 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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.
www.kirkusreviews.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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...
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! 🌼
July 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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! 🌼
Signing and personalizing a copy of COUSINS! for Governor Hochul's granddaughter at a book signing last weekend 🙂
July 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Signing and personalizing a copy of COUSINS! for Governor Hochul's granddaughter at a book signing last weekend 🙂
Reposted by Laura Lavoie
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.
Over and over until you die.
April 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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.
Over and over until you die.
Spotted: my first picture book, VAMPIRE VACATION, in a Summerween display at
B&N!
B&N!
June 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Spotted: my first picture book, VAMPIRE VACATION, in a Summerween display at
B&N!
B&N!
Reposted by Laura Lavoie
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.
June 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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.)
June 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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 $$ & not everyone can easily afford them.
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my summer-themed picture books is very cheap on the Big A right now. I love, love, love indies, but I also get that books are $$ & not everyone can easily afford them.
Genuinely CANNOT WAIT for this book!
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
BROKEN DOLLS IS COMING YOUR WAY SEPTEMBER 30 2025!
PREORDERS ARE AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATED
tinyurl.com/ez7amknm
June 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Genuinely CANNOT WAIT for this book!
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...
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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 🙃
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 🙃
June 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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 🙃
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 🙃
Looking forward to this one!
★ Justine Pucella Winans “conjures satisfying, spine-tingling scares” in their “atmospheric” middle grade ghost story A LITTLE TOO HAUNTED
A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans
Thirteen-year-old aspiring ghost hunter Luna Catalano always thought that her two mothers’ jobs as home improvement influencers ...
buff.ly
June 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Looking forward to this one!
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!
lauralavoieauthor.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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
Reposted by Laura Lavoie
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
@unionsquarekids.bsky.social for @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
@unionsquarekids.bsky.social for @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians
Love a fun Christmas book!
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
www.slj.com/review/12-li...
#kidlit #booksky
June 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Love a fun Christmas book!
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
"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
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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
"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