@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
#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 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Everything 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.
FYI: 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
24.10.2025 18:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Camp 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.
The 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.
14.07.2025 16:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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 — 👍 34 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
The 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.com
23.06.2025 16:02 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Real 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 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0And: Parodies for Charities walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...
30.05.2025 16:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Come gather 'round, people.
30.05.2025 16:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#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 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#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 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Have some ridiculousness... and happy Passover from Parodies for Charities! walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...
09.04.2025 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just kidding!
02.04.2025 18:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#HBOutoftheBox: Announcing the Countalott Award! www.hbook.com/story/announ... #kidlit #yalit
01.04.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎵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/44r3swfp
It's been an honor to serve on the 2025 Walter committee. Excited to share the winners!
04.02.2025 16:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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 📚
30.01.2025 21:23 — 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
From must-read fiction to young adult favorites, here are the 75 best books of 2024.
13.12.2024 19:15 — 👍 42 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda
08.12.2024 20:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky!🎵
(Welcome to BlueSky, me. I've come from away.)
