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Children's Bookshelf
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The New York Times selects the Best Children's Books of 2025 | NYT
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The Best Childrenâs Books of 2025
Here are the yearâs most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our childrenâs books editor.
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The Horn Book
19 days ago
A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER by Nicholas Day +
@yasimamura.bsky.social
(Random House Studio/
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social
) is on our
#Fanfare25
list. Congrats!
#BestBooks
#KidLit
#HBMag
#HornBookMagazine
#HBFanfare25
#Nonfiction
#HBFanfare
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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American Library Association
25 days ago
The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced! Morris Award:
https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award:
https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
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Children's Bookshelf
26 days ago
â âA child grapples with âneeds and wants and wishesâ during Ramadanâ in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelowâs âquietly movingâ picture book RAMADAN RAIN, illustrated by Aliaa Betawi
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Ramadan Rain by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
A child grapples with âneeds and wants and wishesâ during Ramadan in this quietly moving picture book from Thompkins-Bigelow and...
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Corinna Luyken
about 1 month ago
So excited to be doing a book with Marcy Campbell, Rachael Cole &
@anniekelley.bsky.social
!!
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Horn Book
2 months ago
September/October
#HBMag
#HBPubPreviews
#5Qs
for Nicholas Day abt A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
): "Thereâs no science literacy w/o narrative. We see + interpret our world through stories, + that includes the world of science"
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Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Nicholas Day
From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
https://www.hbook.com/story/publishers-preview-fall-2025-five-questions-for-nicholas-day
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Children's Bookshelf
3 months ago
âSunshine becomes a metaphorical thread connecting three brown-skinned sistersâ in picture book TOGETHER WE ARE SUNSHINE, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelowâs âaptly written portrayal of sibling dynamics,â illustrated by Raissa Figueroa
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Together We Are Sunshine by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Sunshine becomes a metaphorical thread connecting three brown-skinned sisters during a frolicsome afternoon in Thompkins-Bigelow...
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Katherine Applegate
4 months ago
So happy to be sharing a
#BookBirthday
with this tour-de-force. Urgent, propulsive, and ultimately hopeful. It's a stunner. Add A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, with illustrations by
@yasimamura.bsky.social
, to your TBR!
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Children's Bookshelf
4 months ago
Nicholas Day spoke with PW about his latest work of narrative nonfiction for young readers, âA World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out,â and the storyâs genesis
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Q & A with Nicholas Day
In 'A World Without Summer,' Nicholas Day traces the devastating fallout from the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, which triggered a worldwide climate shock.
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Andrea Zuill
5 months ago
Bob the Vampire is now out and about. Heâs also honored to be Amazonâs Best Kidâs Book for August, ages 3 to 7! Hereâs a link to get your copy
bit.ly/4oqyJGC
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Bob the Vampire Snail
Bob the Vampire Snail [Zuill, Andrea] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bob the Vampire Snail
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Colby Sharp
6 months ago
Wow. Nicolas Day is becoming my favorite nonfiction writer. A World Without Summer is brilliant. Somehow he seamlessly is able to connect things in the world that may appear to be unrelated. An 1815 volcano, the writing of Frankenstein, and what is happening in the world todayâŠ.Seriously!!?? đ€Ż
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Children's Bookshelf
6 months ago
â Nicholas Day and illustrator Yas Imamura âchronicle the story of Mount Tamboraâs 1815 volcanic eruptionâ in their âintenseâ middle grade nonfiction collaboration, A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER: A VOLCANO ERUPTS, A CREATURE AWAKENS, AND THE SUN GOES OUT
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A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day
Day (The Mona Lisa Vanishes) and Imamura (Love in the Library) chronicle the story of Mount Tamboraâs 1815 volcanic eruption in ...
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Children's Bookshelf
7 months ago
â Picture book BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL by Andrea Zuill âis a work that young readers can sink their teeth intoâ thatâs âdelivered with Mad magazineâworthy laughsâ
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Bob the Vampire Snail by Andrea Zuill
Something going âTHUD!â in the night has turned the once-ordinary snail protagonist of this picture book into a vampireâhe gains...
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Betsy Bird
7 months ago
Writing children's books? There's no set deadline to publish your first. We talk with Mel Rosenberg about his first picture book at age 74 and his unique path to publication.
#kidlit
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Doorâs Open! A Cover Reveal and Q&A with Mel Rosenberg on Emily Saw a Door
Writing children's books? There's no set deadline to publish your first. We talk with Mel Rosenberg about his first picture book at age 74 and his unique path to publication.
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/11/doors-open-a-cover-reveal-and-qa-with-mel-rosenberg-on-emily-saw-a-door/
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The Horn Book
7 months ago
HICK: THE TRAILBLAZING JOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED ELEANOR ROOSEVELTâS HEART (Random House Studio/
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
) by Sarah Miller will receive a starred review in the July/August 2025
#HornBookMagazine
. Congratulations!
#HBMag
#HBStars
www.hbook.com/story/july-a...
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Roze Nwoga
8 months ago
Baby's first PB! So much gratitude for my agent
@joycekay.bsky.social
@seymouragency.bsky.social
And my editor!
@anniekelley.bsky.social
And of course... here's looking at you PB Party judges! So excited to be collaborating with you
@danielmiyares.bsky.social
!!
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Betsy Bird
8 months ago
A global disaster on an epic scale all thanks to a single volcanic eruption? It's not science fiction, it's history, and today I get to grill Nicholas Day about his deep dive into the world of 1816 and reveal the cover ofhis latest!
#kidlit
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Climate Shock Realized: A Cover Reveal and Conversation with Nicholas Day About A World Without Summer
A global disaster on an epic scale all thanks to a single volcanic eruption? It's not science fiction, it's history, and today I get to grill Nicholas Day about his deep dive into the world of 1816.
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/23/climate-shock-realizes-a-cover-reveal-and-conversation-with-nicholas-day-about-a-world-without-summer/
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Andrea Zuill
9 months ago
One of my favorite books I worked on, written by Laura Gehl, is now in Spanish and a board book!
#kidlit
#picture
#book
#children
#kids
#unicorn
#story
#humor
#SCBWI
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Andrea Zuill
10 months ago
Cover reveal for my latest book, Bob the Vampire Snail! One snails life is about to get very complicated! Release is 8/5/2025.
#snails
#kidlit
#picture
#book
#books
#children
#kidlitart
#illustration
#vampire
#humor
#fangs
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Anne Hunter Illustration
10 months ago
Happy
#worldbookday
! Hereâs a peak under the jacket of THE LONELY GOOSE by
@lelanargi.bsky.social
and me. Out 3/11 with randomhouse studio đȘżđȘż
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The Horn Book
10 months ago
From January/February
#HBMag
@bostonglobe.com
âHorn Book
#BGHB
#Nonfiction
winner Brett Helquist's speech for THE MONA LISA VANISHES
www.hbook.com/story/the-mo...
#BGHB24
#kidlit
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: Brett Helquist's 2024 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech
From the January/February 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
https://www.hbook.com/story/the-mona-lisa-vanishes-brett-helquists-2024-bghb-nonfiction-award-speech
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The Horn Book
10 months ago
From January/February
#HBMag
@bostonglobe.com
âHorn Book
#BGHB
#Nonfiction
winner Nicholas Day's speech for THE MONA LISA VANISHES
www.hbook.com/story/the-mo...
#BGHB24
#kidlit
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: Nicholas Day's 2024 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech
From the January/February 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
https://www.hbook.com/story/the-mona-lisa-vanishes-nicholas-days-2024-bghb-nonfiction-award-speech
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Christopher Thornock
11 months ago
So excited for you all to read this lovely story by Megan. This will be, no doubt, a pleasure to draw! Thanks to Random Hoise Studio and my agent Lori
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
!
#kidlit
#illustration
#kidlitart
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John Schu
11 months ago
"Picture books are gateways for everyone." âGracey Zhang
mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/cald...
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Caldecott Honor Artist Gracey Zhang
I asked Rebecca Lee Kunz, Cherry Mo, C.G. Esperanza, Gracey Zhang, and Yuko Shimizu to each answer two questions and finish two sentence sta...
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/caldecott-honor-artist-gracey-zhang.html
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Caldecott Honor for Gracey Zhang for NOODLES ON A BICYCLE!!
11 months ago
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John Schu
11 months ago
Congratulations, Gracey Zhang!
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John Schu
11 months ago
#Bookaday
I added
@veerawrites.bsky.social
and Nadia Alam's Many Things at Once to my 2025 Books I Love presentation:
www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...
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Colby Sharp
12 months ago
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
#books
#BookSky
#bookchallenge
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