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Auspicious occasions

by Shoshana Flax
Mar 13, 2025 | Filed in Blogs

Purim begins tonight! For more on this Jewish holiday of disguises and deliciousness, see the Holidays--Purim tag in the Guide/Reviews Database.

And (hat-tip to Cindy), today is also Bertha Mahony Miller’s 143rd birthday! For more on the Horn Book’s founder, see the Bertha Mahony Miller tag on hbook.com.

Happy Purim…happy Berth-day…and make some noise for fine books for young people!


Deliciousness, also known as hamantaschen.

 

Shoshana Flax

Shoshana Flax, associate editor of The Horn Book, Inc., is a former bookseller and holds an MFA in writing for children from Simmons University. She has served on the Walter Dean Myers Award, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and Sydney Taylor Book Award committees.

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