Annie Kelley
@anniekelley.bsky.social
Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
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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.
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.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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.
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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★ “A child grapples with ‘needs and wants and wishes’ during Ramadan” in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s “quietly moving” picture book RAMADAN RAIN, illustrated by Aliaa Betawi
Ramadan Rain by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
A child grapples with “needs and wants and wishes” during Ramadan in this quietly moving picture book from Thompkins-Bigelow and...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
★ “A child grapples with ‘needs and wants and wishes’ during Ramadan” in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s “quietly moving” picture book RAMADAN RAIN, illustrated by Aliaa Betawi
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So excited to be doing a book with Marcy Campbell, Rachael Cole & @anniekelley.bsky.social !!
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So excited to be doing a book with Marcy Campbell, Rachael Cole & @anniekelley.bsky.social !!
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September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Nicholas Day abt A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "There’s no science literacy w/o narrative. We see + interpret our world through stories, + that includes the world of science" www.hbook.com/story/publis...
Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Nicholas Day
From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Nicholas Day abt A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "There’s no science literacy w/o narrative. We see + interpret our world through stories, + that includes the world of science" www.hbook.com/story/publis...
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“Sunshine becomes a metaphorical thread connecting three brown-skinned sisters” in picture book TOGETHER WE ARE SUNSHINE, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s “aptly written portrayal of sibling dynamics,” illustrated by Raissa Figueroa
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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October 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Sunshine becomes a metaphorical thread connecting three brown-skinned sisters” in picture book TOGETHER WE ARE SUNSHINE, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s “aptly written portrayal of sibling dynamics,” illustrated by Raissa Figueroa
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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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Add A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, with illustrations by @yasimamura.bsky.social, to your TBR!
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September 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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!
bookshop.org/p/books/a-wo...
Add A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, with illustrations by @yasimamura.bsky.social, to your TBR!
bookshop.org/p/books/a-wo...
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Nicholas Day spoke with PW about his latest work of narrative nonfiction for young readers, ‘A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out,’ and the story’s genesis
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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September 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nicholas Day spoke with PW about his latest work of narrative nonfiction for young readers, ‘A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out,’ and the story’s genesis
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Bob the Vampire is now out and about. He’s also honored to be Amazon’s Best Kid’s Book for August, ages 3 to 7! Here’s a link to get your copy bit.ly/4oqyJGC
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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August 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Bob the Vampire is now out and about. He’s also honored to be Amazon’s Best Kid’s Book for August, ages 3 to 7! Here’s a link to get your copy bit.ly/4oqyJGC
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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 today….Seriously!!?? 🤯
July 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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 today….Seriously!!?? 🤯
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★ Nicholas Day and illustrator Yas Imamura “chronicle the story of Mount Tambora’s 1815 volcanic eruption” in their “intense” middle grade nonfiction collaboration, A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER: A VOLCANO ERUPTS, A CREATURE AWAKENS, AND THE SUN GOES OUT
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 Tambora’s 1815 volcanic eruption in ...
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June 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
★ Nicholas Day and illustrator Yas Imamura “chronicle the story of Mount Tambora’s 1815 volcanic eruption” in their “intense” middle grade nonfiction collaboration, A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER: A VOLCANO ERUPTS, A CREATURE AWAKENS, AND THE SUN GOES OUT
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★ Picture book BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL by Andrea Zuill “is a work that young readers can sink their teeth into” that’s “delivered with Mad magazine–worthy laughs”
Bob the Vampire Snail by Andrea Zuill
Something going “THUD!” in the night has turned the once-ordinary snail protagonist of this picture book into a vampire—he gains...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
★ Picture book BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL by Andrea Zuill “is a work that young readers can sink their teeth into” that’s “delivered with Mad magazine–worthy laughs”
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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 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/11/d...
Door’s 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.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/11/d...
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HICK: THE TRAILBLAZING JOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S 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...
May 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
HICK: THE TRAILBLAZING JOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S 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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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 !!
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 !!
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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 !!
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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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 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/23/c...
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.
afuse8production.slj.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/23/c...
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Happy #worldbookday ! Here’s a peak under the jacket of THE LONELY GOOSE by @lelanargi.bsky.social and me. Out 3/11 with randomhouse studio 🪿🪿
March 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy #worldbookday ! Here’s a peak under the jacket of THE LONELY GOOSE by @lelanargi.bsky.social and me. Out 3/11 with randomhouse studio 🪿🪿
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From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn Book #BGHB #Nonfiction winner Brett Helquist's speech for THE MONA LISA VANISHES www.hbook.com/story/the-mo... #BGHB24 #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: Brett Helquist's 2024 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech
From the January/February 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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February 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn 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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From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn Book #BGHB #Nonfiction winner Nicholas Day's speech for THE MONA LISA VANISHES www.hbook.com/story/the-mo... #BGHB24 #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: Nicholas Day's 2024 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech
From the January/February 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
www.hbook.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn 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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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
February 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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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"Picture books are gateways for everyone." —Gracey Zhang mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/cald...
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...
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February 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Picture books are gateways for everyone." —Gracey Zhang mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/cald...
Caldecott Honor for Gracey Zhang for NOODLES ON A BICYCLE!!
January 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Caldecott Honor for Gracey Zhang for NOODLES ON A BICYCLE!!
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Congratulations, Gracey Zhang!
January 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Congratulations, Gracey Zhang!