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Norm Feuti
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Award-winning author, illustrator & cartoonist living in Massachusetts.

📚BOOKS: A Kid Like Me • Beak & Ally • Hello, Hedgehog! • The King of Kazoo
🗞COMICS: Retail • Gil

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My son drew this at work out of boredom and it’s honestly my favorite thing right now.
A cartoon face drawn on a square of cardboard
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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My author's note from A KID LIKE ME. The discourse around food assistance (and social programs in general) hits close to home for me.
While Ethan's story is a work of fiction, it was inspired by my own experiences trying to fit in as an underprivileged kid. I grew up in an economically depressed rural town in Rhode Island. My sister and I were raised by our single mother, who worked in a factory assembling window screens. When I was ten, an old friend of my mother's was going through a divorce and was looking for someone to rent the basement of her house. Seeing it as an opportunity for a better life, my mother moved us across the country to the middle-class suburb in Colorado where her friend lived. Living in this new neighborhood was eye-opening for me. Where I came from, most of the kids I knew were poor like me. Now I was surrounded by middle-class kids who were all much better off than we were. Making new friends in this environment wasn't always easy. My mom drove a beat-up Dodge Rambler. I wore clothes from Kmart. My teeth were crooked because we couldn't afford braces. I might as well have been wearing a barrel with suspenders. More than a few parents eyed me cautiously. I was often looked at as a potential thief or a probable bad influence. In retrospect, those parents were just being protective of their own kids, but still-it always stung. Still, I made friends. Instead of Bio Battle, it was Dungeons & Dragons that helped me bond with other kids. Games have a wonderful way of connecting people from all walks of life. Between rolling dice and mapping ancient ruins, we'd talk about everyday stuff and get to know each other. I'd discover my new middle-class friends had many of the same problems my poor friends did. Nobody was immune to the things life throws at you. By the time I was entering middle school, we had moved into a subsidized apartment complex across town. Back in the early 1980s, the politics of the day had a lot of people talking disparagingly about "entitlement programs." I recall a social studies teacher lecturing us once that "Anybody who is on welfare is there because they want to be." When I shared this theory with my mother, she informed me that free hot lunch, food stamps, and rent control were all forms of "welfare." The people that teacher was talking about were us. The way my family and I were often thought of in the abstract as a drain on society affected me profoundly as a kid. My mother worked full-time like everyone else; she was just paid a lot less and had to take care of herself and two kids with no child support. The idea that she was looking for a handout or had no ambition always seemed crushingly unfair. I grew up in a different time, but the stereotype of people who rely on public assistance being lazy and jobless remains the same. I recently saw a bumper sticker that read: Keep working! Millions on welfare are depending on you! In many ways this book is about putting a human face on the subjects of that kind of casual poverty-shaming. Maybe we'd all have an easier time fitting in if we stopped tearing each other down. As someone who was ultimately able to break free from the cycle of poverty, I am profoundly thankful for the positive role models in my life, and for the social programs that helped a kid like me. -Norm
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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My editor at #HarperAlley sent me a couple of early copies of my new book! Always a thrill to finally hold a book in your hand after working on it for so long! @harpercollins.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

A KID LIKE ME publishes 2/3/26

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Two copies of A KID LIKE ME on a shipping envelope. On the cover, a boy sits on a picnic table with a chainlink fence and a trailer in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A pen & ink wash #VWBeetle from a series of car studies I did a while back.
An ink drawing of a Volkswagen Beetle.
October 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Picked these up from The Rhode Island Antiques Mall for an absolute steal of $4 and $10 respectively. #MeatLoaf Bat Out Of Hell and #ElvisCostello My Aim Is True. #vinyl
Two vinyl record jackets on a desktop. Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell & Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True.
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Starting my studio music today with #REM Fables of the Reconstruction. #vinyl

I think Wendell Gee is my favorite song from this album.
The vinyl record jacker for REM's Fables of the Reconstruction.
October 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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#QuickSketch Victorian house.
Arough pencil sketch of a Victorian house
October 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Starting today in the studio with #CatStevens Teaser and the Firecat. #Vinyl
A photograph of the record jacket for Cat Stevens album Teaser and the Firecat.
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I'm pleased to announce that A KID LIKE ME has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social

A KID LIKE ME is available for preorder wherever you buy books. Release date 2/3/26. #JLGSelection
An image of the book jacket for A KID LIKE ME with the JLG Gold Standard seal. A young boy sits on a picnic table with a trailer in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Current studio music. #vinyl #ElvisCostello
A photo of the record jacket for the Elvis Costello album This Year's Model.
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Picked up a sheet of commemorative stamps designed by Chris Ware. Very cool!
A sheet of commemorative stamps designed by Chris Ware. The full sheet depicts U.S. Mail trucks and carriers delivering mail around a town square.
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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If you're a Barnes & Noble Premium or Rewards Member, now is a great time to preorder a copy of my new book, A KID LIKE ME! July 8-11, you can save 25% on preorders by using the code PREORDER25 at checkout! @theshelfstuff.bsky.social #HarperAlley #kidlit

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July 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I’m very excited to announce I have a new middle grade graphic novel coming out in 2026 with Harper Alley! A Kid Like Me is a timely exploration about finding your place in the ever-evolving social landscape that is middle school.

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A book cover for featuring a boy sitting on a picnic table with his school backpack on the ground next to him. A trailer home can be seen in the background.
June 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Source: NYT www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Map of US voting represented by population with blue and red dots. It shows a more evenly divided electorate.
May 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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What I’m listening to in the studio this afternoon.
A record player and two album covers. No Dice by Badfinger and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
April 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Working on the cover art for a middle grade graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last two years. Details soonish. #kidlit
The start of a rough sketch for a book cover. The form of boy sitting at a picnic table.
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I received a few copies of the Spanish version of Beak & Ally #1 from my agent today. Always neat to see my books in other languages!
A chlidrens book with a cartoon alligator and bird on the cover. The Spanish title is Pico y Kay: Amigos for sorpresa.
March 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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A rat villain named Skitter I drew up for a book concept that never materialized. #kidlit #art
February 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Continuing by Bluesky #introduction, here’s my other series of children’s books, Hello, Hedgehog! 6 books in all!
January 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I’m trying to grow my following here in preparation to leave Instagram. I’m an author/illustrator with about 10 books under my belt so far. This is my award winning series Beak & Ally! Available at fine booksellers everywhere!
January 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM