From 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
Shoshana Flax
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@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
Writers 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!
Porter Square Books Writers in Residence Program
Porter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2025
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From 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.social
2025: The Year in Words and Pictures
From the July/August 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.
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Read 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.social
Presenting the 2026 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners
On Monday, June 15, 2026 at 12 pm EDT, Horn Book Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz announced the 2026 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners.
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#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.social
The Right to Read
The Horn Book has joined our sibling publications, along with over one hundred initial signatories, in a joint statement in opposition to H.R. 7661.
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#HBOutoftheBox: Elissa Gershowitz and @shoshanaflax.bsky.social report back from two important book events on Tuesday www.hbook.com/story/tuesda...
Tuesday in MN and MA
Two book events that took place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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#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...
The Book of Candles: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2026
Interview 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.
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The 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
The 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/...
(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.
Shoshana Flax@shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 2y agoI write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas 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...
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
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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.
Parodies for Charities!
Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the National Alliance to End Homelessness . Parodies for Charities began in Novembe...
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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
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...
From the Editor - October 2025
From the October 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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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.
Shoshana Flax@shoshanaflax.bsky.social · 2y agoI write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda
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.
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....
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
Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards
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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.
The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · last yr.From May/June #HBMag Special Issue: Perception and Reality, an illustrated #poem by @shoshanaflax.bsky.social and @grantdraws.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/real-t... #kidlit
Come gather 'round, people.
The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · last yr.#HBOutoftheBox: @shoshanaflax.bsky.social's Bob Dylan song parody "While the Climes They Are A-Changin'" www.hbook.com/story/while-... @librarycongress.bsky.social @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @ftrf.bsky.social @libcomix.bsky.social
#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
Once a youth services librarian...
On Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress.
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#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...
Stories Save Lives and Walter Awards recap
We Need Diverse Books, Stories Save Lives, and Walter Award events 2025
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Have some ridiculousness... and happy Passover from Parodies for Charities! walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...
Parodies for Charities!
Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ). Parodies for Charities began in Novemb...
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The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · 2y ago#HBOutoftheBox: #Passover begins Saturday night! In preparation, here's a Passover Chappell Roan song parody by our own @shoshanaflax.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
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/...
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.
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🎵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
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
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It's been an honor to serve on the 2025 Walter committee. Excited to share the winners!
We Need Diverse Books@weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 2y agoAnnouncing our 2025 Walter Award-winning and honor titles! 📚🏆 The Walter Dean Myers Awards celebrate diverse books by diverse creators. Including this year’s winners, WNDB has awarded 50 winning and honoree titles written by some of the most dynamic voices in the industry!
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 📚
