Kari Lavelle
Author of the BUTT OR FACE? series, ODE TO GRAPEFRUIT: HOW JAMES EARL JONES FOUND HIS VOICE (illustrated by Bryan Collier), and WE MOVE THE WORLD (illustrated by @nabihaiderali.bsky.social)
- Reposted by Kari LavelleDay #20: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids. Hijinks ensue. You have been warned. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...
- Reposted by Kari LavelleDay #21: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids. If you're a fan of robots, post-apocalyptic floods, aliens, and more, then you've come to the right place. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/21/3...
- It's a always a thrill to see one of my books on @fuse8.bsky.social 's fantastic end-of-the-year lists! Thanks, Betsy! 🦫🥳💩
- Day #15: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Gross Books for Kids. Includes everything from tiny head denizens (a.k.a. lice) to collectable "stones" to snot snot snot snot! #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/15/3...
- Reposted by Kari LavelleDay #17: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unconventional Children's Books. Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/17/3...
- Reposted by Kari Lavelle🕎 12 x 12 celebrates Hanukkah! ✨ We’re lighting up the season with these joyful #kidlit reads: 🕯️Beam of Light 🕯️Eight Sweet Nights 🕯️Little Dreidel Learns to Spin 🕯️My Dreidel 🕯️Oy, Santa! 📚 buff.ly/YUTM9eb #12x12PB #kidlit
- Thank you, @leahmoserwrites.bsky.social !
- This time of year sure is busy 😵💫 Even still, we needed one final small and sweet #KidLit book stack of 2025. Picture books make the best gifts! I AM A THUNDERCLOUD is perfect for the kids (& adults) in your life who sometimes have stormy feelings 🌩️ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-...
- Looking forward to this panel! ✨
- Looking forward to finishing up #NCTE2025 with this fantastic group of educators and book creators, talking about #nonfiction and #kidlit. @dontate.bsky.social @karilavellewrites.bsky.social @authorjasonchin.bsky.social @xeniahadj.bsky.social
- Thank you, @txfreedomread.bsky.social ! I'm hopeful that these school boards will recognize the engagement and educational value of these books.
- When the bar for “inappropriate” falls to animal butts, we have really lost the plot. Tuesday night a Seguin ISD trustee objected to the purchase of Butt or Face: Volume 3 by @karilavellewrites.bsky.social for elementary school libraries.
- Congrats, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social !
- Yay! TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (Red Comet Press, 4/21/26) was featured on today’s Indie Kids Book Buzz hosted by @fuse8.bsky.social ! #kidlit
- Reposted by Kari LavelleWe join PEN America in celebrating a victory for the freedom to read, as a U.S. judge orders banned books returned to military school shelves. pen.org/press-releas...
- Reposted by Kari LavelleEducators, here’s a free curriculum & discussion guide for Three Blue Hearts! rhcbteacherslibrarians.com/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Kari LavelleBooks like “Butt or Face?” by @karilavellewrites.bsky.social help spark curiosity, laughter, & learning even among relunctant readers. The majority of Texas parents are not worried about nonfiction books with animal butts, and wish our trustees weren’t either. Join us: www.txftrp.org/petition
- Reposted by Kari LavelleBREAKING! Delaware officially enacted House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, yesterday. www.everylibrary.org/win_delaware... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kari LavelleComic inspired by (too many) encounters with those who think writing/illustrating children's picture books are a stepping stone to writing/illustrating REAL books. Thanks to Catherine Bailey for the caption! #KidLitChat #LibrarySky #DebbieOhiComics
- Reposted by Kari LavelleAnd how!
- Thank you for joining today's Zoom, @loritecler.bsky.social and 3rd graders! 🥳
- Happy #BookBirthday to BUTT OR FACE? SUPER GROSS BUTTS by @karilavellewrites.bsky.social! 3rd graders had fun at today's virtual celebration, meeting some of the scientists who helped w/the book & guessing if the picture from the book was a butt or a face. #kidlit #TLSky @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
- Thank you, @12x12challenge.bsky.social ! Grateful for this community's support! ❤️
- 🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @karilavellewrites.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 BUTT OR FACE?: SUPER GROSS BUTTS, published by Sourcebooks eXplore, is here! Find it here: buff.ly/G7Otvfv #kidlit #12x12PB
- BUTT OR FACE? SUPER GROSS BUTTS is out today! Thank you to the amazing team BEHIND this book! @sourcebooks.bsky.social 🥳🦫🎉
- Thank you, @samanthamclark.com ! ✨
- After a busy week, yesterday I got to hear wonderful #picturebook authors @coffeycreative.bsky.social @karilavellewrites.bsky.social and @lindsayleslie.bsky.social talking and about the power of critique groups at the @scbwiatx.bsky.social monthly meeting at @bookpeople.com. So good! #scbwi
- Reposted by Kari LavelleExcited to donate awesome books by #12x12PB members Kari Lavelle and Chiara Colombi to rural Mississippi libraries through the #SunWriteFun and @ReadertoReader partnership! www.readertoreader.org Still 6 days to enter the #contest: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 #kidlit #booksky
- Join me on Sept. 6th at @bookpeople.com ! It's sure to be a hoot!
- Are you ready for round three of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Join Kari Lavelle on September 6th discussing BUTT OR FACE?: SUPER GROSS BUTTS and discover fascinating facts about disgusting animals! More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @karilavellewrites.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kari LavelleIf you are able, do three kind things today: one for yourself, one for somebody else, and one for the world. We can't make everything better, and we can't yet put an end to this terrible administration and its campaign of unrelenting evil. But we can do small, good things: beauty, grace, connection.
- Reposted by Kari Lavelle@scbwi.bsky.social members, you have until July 18 to vote for your favorite finalist in your region and all 15 international regions. My own Wings of an Eagle, with Olympian Billy Mills, is a Texas/Oklahoma finalist, as is @karilavellewrites.bsky.social's Ode to a Grapefruit. So many great books!
- Hey, hey, readers, teachers and librarians! BUTT OR FACE? SUPER GROSS BUTTS (#3 in the series) will be out on 9/2/25! Sourcebooks and I thought it would be fun to celebrate with students on the day of publication via Zoom. Interested in joining me? Read on! 🎉📚💩 #booklaunch #educators
- WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? Preorder BUTT OR FACE? #3 and fill out the Google Form (QR code or in my bio). Zoom link will be sent as it gets closer to the event. Links for signed books in my bio. Thank you for sharing this information with your favorite educators. Anyone can join!
- This week the Presidential Service Award program was suspended. I’d love to hear one good reason why a program that encourages kids/teenagers to volunteer would be suspended. 🤬
- Reposted by Kari Lavellewe were raised on these Streets… #PBS4Life 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
- Reposted by Kari LavelleIt's MAKING SENSE OF DOG SENSES 1st book birthday today!🥳 This middle grade nonfiction book written by me, illustrated by @razlatif.bsky.social, and published by @owlkids.bsky.social is a fun yet scientific look at how dogs perceive the world.🐕 #kidlit #CanKidLit #edusky #dogs
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- Thank you, @bluestemaward.bsky.social ! This is such an honor!
- Is it a butt? Is it a face? No, it's Butt or Face? by @karilavellewrites.bsky.social ! The next book on our 2026 list is a hilarious nonfiction romp where readers must guess from close-up photos if it's an animal's butt or it's face. Great for fans of interactive books and animal nonfiction!
- Thank you, @picturebookpebbles.bsky.social ! ✨
- Today’s book: “Butt or Face?” by Kari Lavelle @karilavellewrites.bsky.social I mean, it can be kinda hard to tell sometimes… Get to know some of nature’s lesser-known animals by guessing which end you’re looking at! Some of them are doozies… #PictureBook #Animals #Butts
- What an honor! Thank you, @bluestemaward.bsky.social !✨
- Big thanks to the dedicated committees and the passionate readers for nominating outstanding books. Excited to announce our 2026 Illinois Bluestem Award List! bit.ly/2026Bluestem... @aisled-org.bsky.social #BluestemAward #BlueReads
- Reposted by Kari LavelleOn sale, 34% off, on Amazon, in honor of #westernmonarchday. Learn about this amazing butterfly’s life cycle in my book #milkweedformonarchs by @beamingbooksmn. Art by Barajas. #monarch #monarchbutterfly #caterpillar #lifecycle #elementaryschool #elementaryschoolteacher #nonfiction #picturebook
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- Thank you for including Butt Or Face? in this great article, @lydialukidis.bsky.social !
- Exciting news! I wrote a blog post for NFFest about #nonfiction hooks, check it out: www.nffest.com/2025/02/craf... Thanks Sara Levine, @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social, @mstewartscience.bsky.social & @karilavellewrites.bsky.social. #STEM #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #science #WritingCommunity
