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Shoshana Flax

@shoshanaflax.bsky.social

@HornBook-er. MG/PB author. Rep: @AmyRStern, Sheldon Fogelman Agency. #SCBWI. 2025 Walter Award judge. She/her. Opinions mine. Parodies for Charities: tinyurl.com/hwtylda

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Latest posts by shoshanaflax.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)

#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...

18.11.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Parodies for Charities! Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the National Alliance to End Homelessness . Parodies for Charities began in Novembe...

Everything 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.

16.11.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FYI: We hope to see you tmrw at the Boston Book Festival from 10-6pm โ€” 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

24.10.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the Editor - October 2025 From the October 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

October #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...

17.10.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Camp 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.

23.08.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Associates of the Boston Public Library are proud to launch the Illustrated Childrenโ€™s Book Fellowship, for emerging New England writers developing original illustrated books for children ages 0โ€“10.

14.07.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I 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....

24.06.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Boston Globeโ€“Horn Book Awards

The winners of the 2025 Boston Globeโ€“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.com

23.06.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Real 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.

20.06.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Parodies for Charities! Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ). Parodies for Charities began in Novemb...

And: Parodies for Charities walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...

30.05.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come gather 'round, people.

30.05.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Once a youth services librarian... On Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress.

#HBOutoftheBox: "Once a youth services librarian..." On Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress www.hbook.com/story/once-a... @librarycongress.bsky.social #LibrarianswithSuperpowers #kidlit #yalit

09.05.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stories Save Lives and Walter Awards recap We Need Diverse Books, Stories Save Lives, and Walter Award events 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...

18.04.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have some ridiculousness... and happy Passover from Parodies for Charities! walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...

09.04.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just kidding!

02.04.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Announcing the Countalott Award The Moving of the Leaf by Paige Turner is the inaugural recipient of the Horn Book's Countalott Award.

#HBOutoftheBox: Announcing the Countalott Award! www.hbook.com/story/announ... #kidlit #yalit

01.04.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Joyful Song: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2025 Interview with Leslea Newman and Susan Gal, author and illustrator of Joyful Song, a 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category.

So 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/...

11.02.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman holding a bouquet of flowers says who told you you re allowed to rain on my parade ALT: a woman holding a bouquet of flowers says who told you you re allowed to rain on my parade

๐ŸŽตDonโ€™t tell me not to live,
nor others either.
Donโ€™t steal the rights of
any human breather.
Donโ€™t sign in silly ink
to stink on our parade.๐ŸŽต

Parodies for Charities proceeds are now going to .@aclu.org
tinyurl.com/44r3swfp

09.02.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been an honor to serve on the 2025 Walter committee. Excited to share the winners!

04.02.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello! #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 ๐Ÿ“š

30.01.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 75 best books of 2024 - The Boston Globe Boston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles.

From must-read fiction to young adult favorites, here are the 75 best books of 2024.

13.12.2024 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Parodies for Charities! Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN .ย  Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem...

I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda

08.12.2024 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky!๐ŸŽต

(Welcome to BlueSky, me. I've come from away.)

08.12.2024 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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