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Laurel Snyder
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I am reading the new biography of Roald Dahl…
and have decided I need an office!
Currently, my office is also the laundry room, and Chris' office, and the walk-thru between the kitchen and the deck, and the room we store crap in. I need a place. A space. A spot. But I cannot afford to renovate my house, obviously.
So… I want to turn my no-electricity-having, moldy, trashed, hole-in-the-roof shed i...
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Bigger than a Bread Box
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2011
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Penny Dreadful
by Laurel Snyder (Goodreads Author), Abigail Halpin   3.96 avg rating — 296 ratings
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2010
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Any Which Wall
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2009
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Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains
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2008
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Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
by Laurel Snyder (Goodreads Author), David Goldin 4.20 avg rating — 70 ratings
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2010
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Inside the Slidy Diner
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2007
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Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes
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Good night, laila tov
by Laurel Snyder (Goodreads Author), Jui Ishida 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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2012
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Nosh, Schlep, Schluff
by Laurel Snyder (Goodreads Author), Tiphanie Beeke 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Myth of the Simple Machines
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2007
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Once Upon a Time... there was a woman who spent too much time lost in the internets...
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Rebecca's parents are fighting. Again. But this time, her mom packs the car and takes Rebecca and her little brother to Atlanta to stay with their maternal grandmother. Rebecca misses her dad terrible, and doesn't like her new school at all. Seein...
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Surprised me in its thoughtfulness ... The adults are shown in shallow dimensions, but authentically - as an adult reader, I can see what else is there, but the perspective is perfectly 12. Mostly realistic fiction, with just enough magic - and ma...
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Penelope Grey is an only child who lives in a large house in The City with her parents, Dirk and Delia. She is so bored with her life and wishes it were different, so she makes a wish in a well and hopes for something exciting to happen. Penelope...
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“Mom always says you can solve most problems at the library, and there's a lady there who's my friend. We could ask her about helping Bernice. She has to answer people's questions. It's her job.”
― Laurel Snyder
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Hey!I followed the brouhaha this week vaguely, and then, fiddling around Goodreads, I realized that was YOU.
I'd like to apologize on behalf of all authors (not that anyone has authorized me to do that, but hey, why not? :) It's shameful when people get defensive and lash out.
None of us like getting bad reviews, but they're a chance to LEARN things, you know? Write better. And your pull-quotes were pretty inarguably awful.
I'm a fan of honest reviewing, even when the reviews are hard to read. Keeps us all on our toes.
keep it up!
Hi Laurel, thanks for the friendvite! I look forward to snooping your shelves for more middle grade recommendations. Cheers.
I can't wait to read "Penny Dreadful" ... I received it in the mail last week! It's at the top of my 'to-read' list!!!
