Laurie Morrison
@lauriemorrison.bsky.social
Reader, middle school ELA teacher, & upper middle grade author of WHERE ELLA WENT ⚽️, KEEPING PACE 🏃♀️, UP FOR AIR🏊♀️, COMING UP SHORT 🥎, and more. She/her
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Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade
July 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade
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Demand your two Senators and your Representative speak out against Musk’s unlawful takeover of our government.
When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.
When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.
February 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Demand your two Senators and your Representative speak out against Musk’s unlawful takeover of our government.
When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.
When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.
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#ElonMusk is an unelected oligarch with no legal authority to access our government’s most sensitive data, payment and communication systems, yet he now has the untethered ability to use these systems however he pleases.
February 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#ElonMusk is an unelected oligarch with no legal authority to access our government’s most sensitive data, payment and communication systems, yet he now has the untethered ability to use these systems however he pleases.
Grateful for Heather Cox Richardson’s thorough and expert summaries, as terrifying as they are to read lately. It’s hard to know what to know what to focus on w/ so much awful chaos but I will definitely call my reps today about the what the “DOGE” has done. Please read this if you haven’t already.
February 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Grateful for Heather Cox Richardson’s thorough and expert summaries, as terrifying as they are to read lately. It’s hard to know what to know what to focus on w/ so much awful chaos but I will definitely call my reps today about the what the “DOGE” has done. Please read this if you haven’t already.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone.
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Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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January 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.
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The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
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Seems like the perfect time to remind you that we are accepting proposals for our annual NCSS conference in DC. Share widely!
“Because democracy depends on it.”
www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies
“Because democracy depends on it.”
www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies
January 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Seems like the perfect time to remind you that we are accepting proposals for our annual NCSS conference in DC. Share widely!
“Because democracy depends on it.”
www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies
“Because democracy depends on it.”
www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies
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Here are 22 books about the civil rights movement – and the continued fight for civil rights – to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a legendary civil rights leader!
Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚
Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚
January 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Here are 22 books about the civil rights movement – and the continued fight for civil rights – to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a legendary civil rights leader!
Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚
Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚
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Not everyone can run or sit on a board.
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025
Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.
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January 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Not everyone can run or sit on a board.
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
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Completely unorganized and unscientific list of my favorite reads of 2024! @choldenko.bsky.social HANK HOOPERMAN, Philbrick's WILD WAVE, Hashimoto's OFF THE MAP, @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS, Lakritz's THIGNS THAT SHIMMER, @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social WILL'S RACE TO HOME
December 23, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Completely unorganized and unscientific list of my favorite reads of 2024! @choldenko.bsky.social HANK HOOPERMAN, Philbrick's WILD WAVE, Hashimoto's OFF THE MAP, @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS, Lakritz's THIGNS THAT SHIMMER, @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social WILL'S RACE TO HOME
So honored to see KEEPING PACE on this awesome list! Thanks, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!
Imagination Soup's Top Middle Grade Books of 2024! #kidlit #middlegrade 👍📚
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The Best Middle Grade Books, 2024 - Imagination Soup
Discover the best middle grade books of 2024, curated by a former educator and parent who read over 200 books this year.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:44 PM
So honored to see KEEPING PACE on this awesome list! Thanks, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!
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“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
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December 1, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
KEEPING PACE is one of School Library Journal’s best middle grade books of 2024! They call it “a knockout upper middle grade novel!” I am SO honored and grateful to be on this list and in this *incredible* company. Thank you, SLJ! #kidlit
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November 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM
KEEPING PACE is one of School Library Journal’s best middle grade books of 2024! They call it “a knockout upper middle grade novel!” I am SO honored and grateful to be on this list and in this *incredible* company. Thank you, SLJ! #kidlit
www.slj.com/story/best-m...
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Thank you, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!!
Wow— @lauriemorrison.bsky.social’s KEEPING PACE has of the best 1st person narrative voices I’ve ever read…it’s such an exceptional book! (But I have to read in dark mode due to a recent vision issue & am grateful for the option!)
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Thank you, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!!
Here’s where I’ll be at the NCTE Annual Convention later this week! You can catch one of my panels on Saturday or Sunday or come by the ABRAMS booth Sunday morning, when I’ll be signing copies of KEEPING PACE! Let me know if you’ll be there, too! I’d love to connect.
November 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Here’s where I’ll be at the NCTE Annual Convention later this week! You can catch one of my panels on Saturday or Sunday or come by the ABRAMS booth Sunday morning, when I’ll be signing copies of KEEPING PACE! Let me know if you’ll be there, too! I’d love to connect.
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Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
I'm not uniquely qualified for anything but as book bans will become stricter on stories of the marginalized in the coming years I want to ask librarians if there is anything I can personally do with my small platform to help out
November 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
One thing that brought me joy: watching yesterday’s NWSL semifinal with my 6-y-o son, who then wanted to play soccer w/ me & alternate between being Trinity Rodman scoring goals & Aubrey Kingsbury blocking them.
LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!
LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!
November 17, 2024 at 1:34 PM
One thing that brought me joy: watching yesterday’s NWSL semifinal with my 6-y-o son, who then wanted to play soccer w/ me & alternate between being Trinity Rodman scoring goals & Aubrey Kingsbury blocking them.
LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!
LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!
Any other middle grade people on the lookout for upper middle grade books with romance? Just finished this one by @jodimeadows.bsky.social, which is so much fun!I’m excited to add it to my 6th grade library.
November 17, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Any other middle grade people on the lookout for upper middle grade books with romance? Just finished this one by @jodimeadows.bsky.social, which is so much fun!I’m excited to add it to my 6th grade library.
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Hi #kidlit peeps! This starter pack is for educators, librarians, authors/illustrators, and MG enthusiasts in the FB group For the Love of Middle Grade. If you're in that group and not in this pack, comment and I'll add you. And if you're not in that group and love MG, join us! go.bsky.app/3KWmQJs
November 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Hi #kidlit peeps! This starter pack is for educators, librarians, authors/illustrators, and MG enthusiasts in the FB group For the Love of Middle Grade. If you're in that group and not in this pack, comment and I'll add you. And if you're not in that group and love MG, join us! go.bsky.app/3KWmQJs
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Pinnable post for the KidLit Mega Feed. Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. Volunteer Moderator list, more info,check if you can post to feed, read this page.
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September 3, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Pinnable post for the KidLit Mega Feed. Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. Volunteer Moderator list, more info,check if you can post to feed, read this page.
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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!