Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 13/08/2026From July/August #HBMag Special Issue #ALA Awards, our annual Mind the Gap Awards! Our favorite books that DIDN'T win at #alayma26 (*sob*) www.hbook.com/story/2026-m... + our reviews www.hbook.com/story/review... #alaac26 066
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxPorter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Writers of the Great Cambridge Area! Don't forget to apply for the 2027 Writers in Residence program. One writer for adults and one writer for young readers will be selected to get some cool benefits, while fulfilling some responsibilities that we hope help develop their careers!portersquarebooks.comPorter Square Books Writers in Residence ProgramPorter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2025 098
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 16/07/2026From J/A #HBMag the editors review 2025: "We were heartened to see the #Newbery, #Caldecott, #CSK Author, #Printz, and #Sibert awards, among others, all won by BIPOC women—an #ALA first" www.hbook.com/story/2025-t... #ALAAC26 #ALAYMA #kidlit #yalit @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @wearealsc.bsky.socialhbook.com2025: The Year in Words and PicturesFrom the July/August 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards. 063
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Read the 2026 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards press release: www.hbook.com/story/presen... #BGHB26 #kidlit #yalit #Fiction #Nonfiction #PictureBook @bostonglobe.com @adriennepettinelli.bsky.social @kweideflynn.bsky.social @pjlibrary.org @simmonsuniversity.bsky.socialhbook.comPresenting the 2026 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winnersOn Monday, June 15, 2026 at 12 pm EDT, Horn Book Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz announced the 2026 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners. 063
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#HBOutoftheBox: The Horn Book joins over 100 initial signatories opposing H.R. 7661 www.hbook.com/story/the-ri... #kidlit #yalit @slj.com @libraryjournal.bsky.socialhbook.comThe Right to ReadThe Horn Book has joined our sibling publications, along with over one hundred initial signatories, in a joint statement in opposition to H.R. 7661. 052
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 12/03/2026#HBOutoftheBox: Elissa Gershowitz and @shoshanaflax.bsky.social report back from two important book events on Tuesday www.hbook.com/story/tuesda...hbook.comTuesday in MN and MATwo book events that took place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 001
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 09/02/2026#HBOutoftheBox: #SydneyTaylorBookAward Blog Tour #PictureBook honorees @laurelsnyder.bsky.social + Leanne Hatch answer @shoshanaflax.bsky.social 's questions about THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social ): www.hbook.com/story/book-o...hbook.comThe Book of Candles: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2026Interview with Laurel Snyder and Leanne Hatch, author and illustrator of The Book of Candles, a 2026 Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category. 052
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxAssociation of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The Sydney Taylor Book Award will be showcasing its 2026 gold and silver medalists with a blog tour February 9–12! Interviews with winning authors and illustrators will appear on a variety of Jewish and kidlit blogs. View the schedule at jewishlibraries.org/.... #STBA #AJL #jewishbooks #kidlit 001
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxAssociation of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The Sydney Taylor Book Award committee is seeking applicants to serve a two-year term from January 2026 through the June 2028 AJL conference. Details and application (due January 19) at jewishlibraries.org/... 012
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 01/12/2025(To the tune of Edelweiss) Minute rice, minute rice Every dinner you greet me Small and white, packed in tight Who is happy to eat? Me. Savory grain, may you long remain Long remain shelf-stable Minute rice, minute rice You'll be gracing my table Parodies for Charities: silliness can be yours. 110
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxShoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtyldatinyurl.comParodies for Charities!Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN . Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem... 042
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2025#CallingCaldecott: @shoshanaflax.bsky.social on CRANKY, CRABBY CROW (SAVES THE WORLD) by Corey R. Tabor (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social): "The whole thing has the feel of a minimalist play" www.hbook.com/story/cranky...hbook.comCranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) 011
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Everything is silly, and gift season is coming. Parodies for Charities=I will write you a silly, potentially giftable thing in exchange for a donation to a worthy cause. tinyurl.com/44r3swfp. Proceeds currently going to the National Alliance to end homelessness.tinyurl.comParodies for Charities!Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the National Alliance to End Homelessness . Parodies for Charities began in Novembe... 000
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 24/10/2025FYI: We hope to see you tmrw at the Boston Book Festival from 10-6pm — stop by Copley Sq Street Fair booth #19 to say hi to @thehornbook.bsky.social + catch Elissa Gershowitz's #kidlit early readers panel at 11:15am + @shoshanaflax.bsky.social's #yalit thrillers panel at 12:15pm! bostonbookfest.org 031
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 17/10/2025October #NotesfromtheHornBook @shoshanaflax.bsky.social's editorial: "The November/December 2025 #HBMag has gone to press, with its hopeful, looking-ahead cover image" www.hbook.com/story/newsle...hbook.comFrom the Editor - October 2025From the October 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book. 021
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Camp talent show? Back-to-school event? Periodic reminder that I will provide the ridiculous song lyrics you didn't know you needed. Proceeds currently going to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. 000
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxAssociates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 14/07/2025The Associates of the Boston Public Library are proud to launch the Illustrated Children’s Book Fellowship, for emerging New England writers developing original illustrated books for children ages 0–10. 121
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxGrant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I illustrated a poem by author @shoshanaflax.bsky.social on the wonders of reading for the latest issue of @thehornbook.bsky.social, check out the full comic here: incidentalcomics.substack.com/.../real-tal.... 1348
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The winners of the 2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards have been announced by Horn Book Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz: www.hbook.com/page/boston-... #BGHB25 #kidlit #yalit #Fiction #Nonfiction #PictureBook @bostonglobe.comhbook.comBoston Globe–Horn Book Awards 023
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Real talk: it's very cool to get to write a poem for @thehornbook.bsky.social and see it illustrated as a comic by @grantdraws.bsky.social!! And a special thanks to @bookishariel.bsky.social for connecting us. 062
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 09/05/2025#HBOutoftheBox: "Once a youth services librarian..." On Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress www.hbook.com/story/once-a... @librarycongress.bsky.social #LibrarianswithSuperpowers #kidlit #yalithbook.comOnce a youth services librarian...On Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. 032
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 18/04/2025#HBOutoftheBox: Committee member @shoshanaflax.bsky.social reports back from @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #StoriesSaveLives and #WalterAwards events in DC last week www.hbook.com/story/storie...hbook.comStories Save Lives and Walter Awards recapWe Need Diverse Books, Stories Save Lives, and Walter Award events 2025 062
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Have some ridiculousness... and happy Passover from Parodies for Charities! walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...walktheridgepole.blogspot.comParodies for Charities!Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ). Parodies for Charities began in Novemb... 000
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 01/04/2025#HBOutoftheBox: Announcing the Countalott Award! www.hbook.com/story/announ... #kidlit #yalithbook.comAnnouncing the Countalott AwardThe Moving of the Leaf by Paige Turner is the inaugural recipient of the Horn Book's Countalott Award. 001
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxLesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social · 11/02/2025So grateful to be part of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards blog tour! Thank you to all the judges for selecting "Joyful Song: A Naming Story" as an Honor Book. See what my fabulous illustrator, Susan Gal and I have to say about the creation of this book. www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...hbook.comJoyful Song: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2025Interview with Leslea Newman and Susan Gal, author and illustrator of Joyful Song, a 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category. 071
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 09/02/2025🎵Don’t tell me not to live, nor others either. Don’t steal the rights of any human breather. Don’t sign in silly ink to stink on our parade.🎵 Parodies for Charities proceeds are now going to .@aclu.org tinyurl.com/44r3swfpmedia.tenor.coma woman holding a bouquet of flowers says who told you you re allowed to rain on my paradeALT: a woman holding a bouquet of flowers says who told you you re allowed to rain on my parade 000
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 04/02/2025It's been an honor to serve on the 2025 Walter committee. Excited to share the winners! 020
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Hello! #HornBook has migrated over to Bluesky + we're excited to keep "blowing the horn" for fine books for young people regularly here. We're also on Instagram (@thehornbook) + Facebook (@TheHornBook). #HornBookMagazine #HBMag #NotesfromtheHornBook #HornBookHerald #TalkswithRoger #kidlit #yalit 📚 0316
Reposted by Shoshana FlaxThe Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 13/12/2024From must-read fiction to young adult favorites, here are the 75 best books of 2024.bostonglobe.comThe 75 best books of 2024 - The Boston GlobeBoston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles. 0429
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtyldatinyurl.comParodies for Charities!Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN . Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem... 042
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky!🎵 (Welcome to BlueSky, me. I've come from away.) 020