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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
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Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social · Dec 8
I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda
Parodies for Charities!
Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN .  Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem...
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shoshanaflax.bsky.social
(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.
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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shoshanaflax.bsky.social
I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda
Parodies for Charities!
Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN .  Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem...
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
#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)
www.hbook.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
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...
tinyurl.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
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 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
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.
www.hbook.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
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.
August 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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.
July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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grantdraws.bsky.social
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....
June 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
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
www.hbook.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
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.
June 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
Come gather 'round, people.
May 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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thehornbook.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.
www.hbook.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
#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
www.hbook.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
Have some ridiculousness... and happy Passover from Parodies for Charities! walktheridgepole.blogspot.com/2016/11/intr...
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
Just kidding!
April 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
#HBOutoftheBox: Announcing the Countalott Award! www.hbook.com/story/announ... #kidlit #yalit
Announcing the Countalott Award
The Moving of the Leaf by Paige Turner is the inaugural recipient of the Horn Book's Countalott Award.
www.hbook.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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leslea.bsky.social
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.
www.hbook.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
🎵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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February 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
It's been an honor to serve on the 2025 Walter committee. Excited to share the winners!
weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · Feb 4
Announcing 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!
A bright teal-colored promotional graphic titled “Announcing our 2025 Walter Award Winners!” Beneath the title is an illustration of a large open book resting against a variety of trees, leaves, and branches. There are people sitting on and around the book, either reading or writing. A bright teal-colored promotional graphic titled “About the Walters.” The body text reads as follows: “The Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature celebrate diverse books by diverse creators. Also​ ​known​ ​as​ ​“The​ ​Walters,”​ ​the awards are​ ​named​ ​for​ ​prolific​ ​children’s​ ​and young​ ​adult​ ​author​ ​Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​(1937-2014).​ ​Myers​ ​was​ ​the​ ​third​ ​National​ ​Ambassador for​ ​Young​ ​People’s​ ​Literature,​ ​appointed​ ​in​ ​2012​ ​by​ ​the​ ​Library​ ​of​ ​Congress.​ ​He​ ​was​ ​a​ ​champion of​ ​diversity​ ​in​ ​children’s​ ​books.​ ​The​ ​Walter​ ​Awards​ commemorate ​Myers’​ ​memory​ ​and​ ​his​ literary legacy,​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​celebrate​ ​diversity​ ​in​ ​children’s​ ​literature.” Underneath is an illustration of a large open book resting against a variety of trees, leaves, and branches. There are people sitting on and around the book, either reading or writing.
February 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
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 📚
January 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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bostonglobe.com
From must-read fiction to young adult favorites, here are the 75 best books of 2024.
The 75 best books of 2024 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
I write parodies! When you donate to charities! #GiftIdeas tinyurl.com/hwtylda
Parodies for Charities!
Parodies for Charities proceeds are currently going to RAIIN .  Parodies for Charities began in November 2016; its original mission statem...
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
shoshanaflax.bsky.social
Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky!🎵

(Welcome to BlueSky, me. I've come from away.)
December 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM