NICHOLAS DAY is the author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for nonfiction. He is also the author of the picture book Nothing, which received three starred reviews, and the adult narrative nonfiction title, Baby Meets World. He has written regularly for Slate; his work has also appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications. He lives in Western Massachusetts with his family.

YAS IMAMURA is an Asian American illustrator living in Portland, Oregon. Her works include collaborations with Anthropologie and Sanrio, as well as her growing list of children's books, including Love in the Library by Maggie Takuda-Hall, which received four starred reviews. Her preferred materials are gouache and watercolor and often finds herself drawn to projects that are playful, mysterious, and a little offbeat.

"Nicholas Day excels at pointing out connections, ironies and paradoxes to young readers, and in A World Without Summer he skillfully presents the hard science and long-buried emotions around this disaster....Sharp and vivid." --The New York Times

"A cinematic, riveting account of a relatively unknown geological event that changed the course of the world." --The Washington Post

★ "[A] multifaceted narrative that illustrates how natural disasters affect climate change." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Each element--Tambora, Shelley, the current climate crisis--is seemingly disparate but brought together brilliantly, made particularly urgent by the interspersed chapters directly addressing the reader." --The Bulletin, starred review

★ "A World Without Summer is a dramatic, enlightening work of nonfiction." --Shelf Awareness, starred review

★ "Day crafts a remarkable nonfiction narrative that jumps forward and backward through time and across the globe." --The Horn Book, starred review

"A cautionary tale of what we will all face, climate-wise, if we don't heed the warning signs." --Kirkus Reviews

"These stories culminate in a cautionary tale of climate change, with Day occasionally addressing readers directly. History made engaging and relevant." --Booklist

Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books

Pub date: 2025-09-09

Length: 294 pages