Corey Ann Haydu
@coreyannhaydu.bsky.social
YA and children’s author of EVENTOWN, ONE JAR OF MAGIC, LAWLESS SPACES, EVER CURSED &more—picture books, chapter books, MG and YA. Faculty @ VCFA. Lover of rompers, lattes, chatty podcasts, terrible reality TV, parenting discourse, friendship. she/her
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It's time for another edition of Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover! In the newest post, I'm sharing 25 of my favourite early 2026 middle grade book covers along with the names of the designers and artists responsible for creating them!
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September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's time for another edition of Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover! In the newest post, I'm sharing 25 of my favourite early 2026 middle grade book covers along with the names of the designers and artists responsible for creating them!
popgoesthereader.com/do-judge-a-b... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/do-judge-a-b... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
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Hooray! It’s a book birthday!
Be sure to grab this whimsical, zany NEW chapter book series written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social and illustrated by me!
@quirkbooks.bsky.social
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Be sure to grab this whimsical, zany NEW chapter book series written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social and illustrated by me!
@quirkbooks.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3prmm292
June 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hooray! It’s a book birthday!
Be sure to grab this whimsical, zany NEW chapter book series written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social and illustrated by me!
@quirkbooks.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3prmm292
Be sure to grab this whimsical, zany NEW chapter book series written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social and illustrated by me!
@quirkbooks.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3prmm292
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ZOOMI & ZOE AND THE TRICKY TURNAROUND is perfect for your favorite 4 to 8-year-old reader. And book two, ZOOMI & ZOE AND THE SIBLING SITUATION follows in August! (I got a sneak peek and it is even better than the first. Order both!) ✨ @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social & @anneappert.bsky.social are awesome.
June 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ZOOMI & ZOE AND THE TRICKY TURNAROUND is perfect for your favorite 4 to 8-year-old reader. And book two, ZOOMI & ZOE AND THE SIBLING SITUATION follows in August! (I got a sneak peek and it is even better than the first. Order both!) ✨ @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social & @anneappert.bsky.social are awesome.
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New chapter book series by one of my forever favorites, @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social, launches today! It's filled with big, relatable feelings, irresistible characters, sparkling imagination, and delightful full-color illustrations by @anneappert.bsky.social. PLUS, the cover has actual glitter ✨
June 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New chapter book series by one of my forever favorites, @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social, launches today! It's filled with big, relatable feelings, irresistible characters, sparkling imagination, and delightful full-color illustrations by @anneappert.bsky.social. PLUS, the cover has actual glitter ✨
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When Erica S. Perl’s school visit was canceled, she fought back and won | School Library Journal
My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking…
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May 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When Erica S. Perl’s school visit was canceled, she fought back and won | School Library Journal
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JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
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5 years ago today, Mika Song’s and my epistolary mother-daughter picture book about anger, imagination, unconditional love, and moonicorns blasted off into a world in lockdown, with bookstores, libraries, and schools freshly closed and alternative ways of getting books to readers not yet worked out
March 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
5 years ago today, Mika Song’s and my epistolary mother-daughter picture book about anger, imagination, unconditional love, and moonicorns blasted off into a world in lockdown, with bookstores, libraries, and schools freshly closed and alternative ways of getting books to readers not yet worked out
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Hooray! It’s a review! Check this out 😎
It was so much fun to illustrate this whimsical, magical world written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social .
Can’t wait for you all to see it 🥳
#kidlitart #kidlit
It was so much fun to illustrate this whimsical, magical world written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social .
Can’t wait for you all to see it 🥳
#kidlitart #kidlit
Early reader chapter book series opener ZOOMI AND ZOE AND THE TRICKY TURNAROUND by Corey Ann Haydu, illustrated by Anne Appert, “sweetly addresses the importance of communication and compromise in fostering positive relationships”
Zoomi and Zoe and the Tricky Turnaround (Zoomi and Zoe #1) by Corey Ann Haydu
Young Zoe is heartbroken when her best friend moves away. Then her beloved stuffed rhino, Zoomi, vanishes. Unbeknownst to her, t...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hooray! It’s a review! Check this out 😎
It was so much fun to illustrate this whimsical, magical world written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social .
Can’t wait for you all to see it 🥳
#kidlitart #kidlit
It was so much fun to illustrate this whimsical, magical world written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social .
Can’t wait for you all to see it 🥳
#kidlitart #kidlit
So excited to get this lovely review for my next chapter book series illustrated by @anneappert.bsky.social, from @quirkbooks.bsky.social!!! Out in June!
Early reader chapter book series opener ZOOMI AND ZOE AND THE TRICKY TURNAROUND by Corey Ann Haydu, illustrated by Anne Appert, “sweetly addresses the importance of communication and compromise in fostering positive relationships”
Zoomi and Zoe and the Tricky Turnaround (Zoomi and Zoe #1) by Corey Ann Haydu
Young Zoe is heartbroken when her best friend moves away. Then her beloved stuffed rhino, Zoomi, vanishes. Unbeknownst to her, t...
buff.ly
March 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So excited to get this lovely review for my next chapter book series illustrated by @anneappert.bsky.social, from @quirkbooks.bsky.social!!! Out in June!
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When you go so far against libraries that you’ve come back around to supporting them again. 😂😂😂
Anyway, sign the pledge to vote for libraries at action.everylibrary.org
Anyway, sign the pledge to vote for libraries at action.everylibrary.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When you go so far against libraries that you’ve come back around to supporting them again. 😂😂😂
Anyway, sign the pledge to vote for libraries at action.everylibrary.org
Anyway, sign the pledge to vote for libraries at action.everylibrary.org
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I'm finally reading this gem by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social, and whew--it is a tapestry woven from heartstrings.
March 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm finally reading this gem by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social, and whew--it is a tapestry woven from heartstrings.
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Wrestling once again with the question of how to process horrible truths revealed about someone you loved or admired? These novels by @debcaletti.bsky.social & @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social are beautiful, powerful, cathartic reads revolving around this very theme.
January 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Wrestling once again with the question of how to process horrible truths revealed about someone you loved or admired? These novels by @debcaletti.bsky.social & @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social are beautiful, powerful, cathartic reads revolving around this very theme.
Why would you ignore me. Don’t ignore me. Why would you love me.
Oh. Well could have just skipped all the therapy I guess.
Oh. Well could have just skipped all the therapy I guess.
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Why would you ignore me. Don’t ignore me. Why would you love me.
Oh. Well could have just skipped all the therapy I guess.
Oh. Well could have just skipped all the therapy I guess.
I’m really really scared of my Spotify wrapped bc my 6 yr old got obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmunks this cursed year.
December 4, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I’m really really scared of my Spotify wrapped bc my 6 yr old got obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmunks this cursed year.
I am most grateful for curiosity. It’s what serves me best in writing, in parenting, in friendship, in all of it. Curiosity and also the seemingly infinite supply of Love Island seasons.
December 2, 2024 at 4:00 AM
I am most grateful for curiosity. It’s what serves me best in writing, in parenting, in friendship, in all of it. Curiosity and also the seemingly infinite supply of Love Island seasons.
I learn a lot about myself in the period of time that occasionally occurs between library holds.
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I learn a lot about myself in the period of time that occasionally occurs between library holds.
Is there any feeling better than being deep into the writing of a novel that no one is waiting for but your own self?
November 21, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Is there any feeling better than being deep into the writing of a novel that no one is waiting for but your own self?
Miranda July (the novel ALL FOURS) and Reshma Saujani (the podcast MY SO CALLED MIDLIFE) are out here making midlife cool. What other creators are making peri/menopause and midlife content central instead of hidden? This is a 2024 trend I can actually get behind.
November 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Miranda July (the novel ALL FOURS) and Reshma Saujani (the podcast MY SO CALLED MIDLIFE) are out here making midlife cool. What other creators are making peri/menopause and midlife content central instead of hidden? This is a 2024 trend I can actually get behind.
Just a friendly reminder to put making a doctors appointment and keeping a doctors appointment as two different items on your to do list so that you can experience the dopamine hit of crossing something off once you’ve recovered from the horrible reality of talking on a phone to a about schedules.
November 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Just a friendly reminder to put making a doctors appointment and keeping a doctors appointment as two different items on your to do list so that you can experience the dopamine hit of crossing something off once you’ve recovered from the horrible reality of talking on a phone to a about schedules.
The end of Twitter is an interesting opportunity for me (maybe you too?) to consider what it is I even want social media to be at this point. I don’t have an answer yet.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The end of Twitter is an interesting opportunity for me (maybe you too?) to consider what it is I even want social media to be at this point. I don’t have an answer yet.
Missed a year or so on this app…. Here’s my next project which comes out this summer.
Super thrilled to see this project announced today! I am such a fan of @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social . When I read the pitch for the project, I immediately wanted this to be the first project I illustrate that I didn’t also write. I can’t wait!!
#KidLitArt
#KidLitArt
November 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Missed a year or so on this app…. Here’s my next project which comes out this summer.
Im here but also on substack where I write about creativity and parenting and, lately, poetry while I try to process the election. I’m here for book and podcast recs, reality tv chatter, the space between earnest and self deprecating open.substack.com/pub/coreyann...
Not a Poetry Substack
except right now I can only write poetry
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November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Im here but also on substack where I write about creativity and parenting and, lately, poetry while I try to process the election. I’m here for book and podcast recs, reality tv chatter, the space between earnest and self deprecating open.substack.com/pub/coreyann...
I learned a lot about myself this morning
September 25, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I learned a lot about myself this morning
I had a book come out yesterday. I have a party for it next week at the Atlantic Ave Brooklyn barges and noble (9/28 at 630 in conversation with Peter Lerangis!). Today I’m working on my next book which is a fairytale freaky Friday and I am happily in a sweater in a coffee shop bc it’s fall.
September 20, 2023 at 2:13 PM
I had a book come out yesterday. I have a party for it next week at the Atlantic Ave Brooklyn barges and noble (9/28 at 630 in conversation with Peter Lerangis!). Today I’m working on my next book which is a fairytale freaky Friday and I am happily in a sweater in a coffee shop bc it’s fall.