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Lauren Stohler
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#KidLit author and illustrator! | linktr.ee/laurenstohler | www.laurenstohler.com | repped by Thao Le at Sandra Djikstra Literary Agency
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Happy Jump-on-a-Stump Day! 🎉

Celebrate this gnome holiday with #GnomeAndRat:

1. Make up a stump-jumping song!
2. Find a stump! (A rock or a particularly nice square of sidewalk is good too!)
3. Get your excitement high and JUMP!

Happy spring!
An illustration of a cute Gnome and friendly rat jumping on a tree stump, surrounded by flowers. They sing a stump-jumping song: "Let's go jump, upon a stump, that used to be a tree! It's fun to jump, upon a stump, so come and jump with me!"
March 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Cue the confetti: GNOME AND RAT: TIME TO PARTY! is on the list of @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social GNCRT’s Best Graphic Novels for Children 2024! 🎉

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Graphic of Gnome and Rat celebrating their second book, TIME TO PARTY!, appearing on a list of Best Graphic Novels for Children
February 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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🍩❄️❤️ Snow day with #GnomeAndRat!
An illustration of a Gnome spinning on his pointy-hatted head in the snow, creating Snow Donuts, while a Rat throws sprinkles overtop.
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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TWO #GnomeAndRat books on TWO Betsy Bird lists means I get ice cream for breakfast!?!?

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Graphic showing two Gnome and Rat books on Betsy Bird's 2024 best of Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids and Older Funny Books for Kids lists
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A bear with an arm from another universe interacts with a small round rabbit in a series of spot illustrations
January 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Two Tapirs!
An illustration of two cute baby tapirs
December 13, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Toad, Incandescent with Rage
Rough artwork of an angry toad in flames
December 9, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Fancy!
A dog puts on his black spots for a fancy night out
November 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Yeehaw!!! #GnomeAndRat is on the 2024 Texas Library Association's LITTLE MAVERICK Graphic Novel Reading list!

txla.org/news/2024-li...
An graphic announcing that the graphic novel GNOME AND RAT is a starred (unanimous) pick for the Texas Library Association's 2024 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List! The illustration shows Gnome wearing a massive 10-gallon hat that covers his entire head, with cutout circles for his eyes, and Rat lassoing the book cover of Gnome and Rat.
December 7, 2023 at 6:46 PM
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The fire-breathing princess!
Five grayscale sketches of a fire-breathing princess in various poses: burping, sneezing, dancing happily, sulking, and saying "oooh" while leaning menacingly forward. The princess wears a medieval-styled puffy dress and a three-pronged tiara on her bun.
December 5, 2023 at 11:43 PM
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The Winged Princess!
Ink and watercolor sketches of a cartoonish, exuberant winged princess in four poses.
November 30, 2023 at 6:21 PM
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Joyfully reporting that #GnomeAndRat is on Evanston Public Library's list of 101 Great Books for Kids for 2023!!!

www.epl.org/announcing-e...
A graphic image showing the cover image of the graphic novel Gnome and Rat beside the text: "Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids 2023" while the titular characters look on in delight. Gnome says to Rat, "Look, Rat! We're on a list!" List link: https://www.epl.org/announcing-evanston-public-librarys-101-great-books-for-kids-2023/
November 8, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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Gnome & Rat are trick-or-treating as Wizkit & Book this year!

(A costume that comes with 🍩🥯🍞 CANNOT be wrong!!!)
A single panel cartoon showing Gnome and Rat (from the graphic novel of the same name) dressed up for Halloween as Wizkit and Book (from the graphic novel Wizkit). Gnome has a giant armful of bread -- Wizkit's favorite -- and he's munching away. Rat says, "Gnome! Stop eating your costume!" Gnome says, indignantly, "I'm in character, Rat."
October 25, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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The princess was missing...again.
A loose ink and watercolor illustration showing a tower bedroom in a castle, with a bureau and mirror, in which is reflected the face of a frowning king. Outside of an adjacent window, a tiny winged princess hides, peeping inside.
October 11, 2023 at 3:47 PM
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Hi! I'm Lauren, a #kidlit author/illustrator who loves funny, offbeat stories told by highly animated characters!

You can find me at www.laurenstohler.com or on Instagram (@lorstohler)!
A closeup of panels from Gnome and Rat: Time to Party in which Gnome strains to lift a barbell with three sausages weighting each end. He yells, "HYYYYUH!" Detail from an illustration from the picture book, The Best Worst Poet Ever. An orange Cat is sitting to the right of the frame, preparing to eat an enormous ice cream sundae sitting in front of him. On the other side of the sundae, a scheming Pug has stealthily eaten most of the ice cream, leaving just a facade to face Cat. Spot illustrations from the picture book, The Problem With Pajamas, showing a young girl testing a blue "#1 DAD" t-shirt for comfy-ness by doing a backbend, twirling, and hugging herself. Illustration detail from the picture book I Am a GREAT Friend! in which Baby Capybara runs excitedly toward the viewer while terrified birds cling to his back.
October 10, 2023 at 5:57 PM