Congratulations to @alisongoldberg.bsky.social and Selina Alko for THE REMEMBERING CANDLE, winner of the Children’s Picture Book Award! bit.ly/4bWYPgv

Congratulations to @alisongoldberg.bsky.social & Selina Alko on winning a place on the #SydneyTaylor #Notables list this week for THE REMEMBERING CANDLE published by @barefootbooks.bsky.social! jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/u...

Mazel tov to the authors & illustrators of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Notable Books! Complete list: tinyurl.com/STBA2026 #ALAYMA #STBA Rebecca Gardyn Levington Diana Mayo Alison Goldberg Kyle Lukoff Elly Swartz Naomi Milliner

📣✨ HEADS UP! Today’s book introduces children to the Jewish memorial tradition of a yahrzeit candle. 🕯️THE REMEMBERING CANDLE shows how sharing memories of loved ones can help us with grief. ❤️ Written by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social and illustrated by Selina Alko. From @barefootbooks.bsky.social

This week’s #PictureBookFriday read is the beautiful The Remembering Candle by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social & Selina Alko. Out now for 6+ readers from @barefootbooks.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/t...

A poignant tale showing how a ritual and memories help a Jewish family to deal with their grief #TheRememberingCandle @alisongoldberg.bsky.social & Selina Alko @barefootbooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-do7

Introducing young readers to the Jewish tradition of lighting a yahrzeit candle to remember a loved one, The Remembering Candle by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social, illustrated by Selina Alko is out now for 6+ readers. Huge thanks go to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social for my copy

Happy #BookBirthday to THE REMEMBERING CANDLE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social “the gentle framing may suggest special ways for any family to adopt this tradition.... A beautiful presentation of a custom that explores its many layers of meaning” www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

✨🎂Happy Book Birthday to ‘The Remembering Candle’, written by Written by Alison Goldberg and illustrated by Selina Alko. 📚 Buy ‘The Remembering Candle’ now on our website or wherever books are sold rebrand.ly/yra20tb

I'm looking forward to presenting on August 12th with author Cynthia M. Surrisi: "Changing Lanes: Moving from Picture Book to Middle Grade Writing, and Vice Versa." Thanks to SCBWI Kansas/Missouri and SCBWI Minnesota for hosting us! Learn more and register: www.scbwi.org/events/chang...

THE REMEMBERING CANDLE by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social coming from @barefootbooks.bsky.social provides a “meaningful and sensitive celebration of life…. information on yahrzeit and Jewish mourning traditions, explanation of the Jewish calendar, sources” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

We're excited for this new #picturebook comeing from @barefootbooks.bsky.social youtu.be/ixrnv-cBEXI?...

Advance copies! I'm so pleased to hold this book in my hands!! The Remembering Candle releases from @barefootbooks.bsky.social on 8/12/25.

✨🕯️Cover reveal! My next picture book, The Remembering Candle, illustrated by Selina Alko, will be released @barefootbooks.bsky.social on 8/12/25. Learn more at alisongoldberg.com/books/the-re...

So special to meet young readers at An Unlikely Story! @alisongoldberg.bsky.social shared EIGHTEEN FLOWERS FOR GRANDMA, I shared JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY, friends came, kids crafted, & we had an awesome time! 🎨🖌️Even got a sneak peek at Jeff Kinney's studio! #creativity #WomensDay2025

Ready 🎨for storytime & crafts @ An Unlikely Story tomorrow! Mini-canvases, paint pens, props, stickers=fun! I'll be sharing JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY illus. by Stacy Innerst & @alisongoldberg.bsky.social will read EIGHTEEN FLOWERS FOR GRANDMA illus. by Jesse White! #creativity #joanmitchell

I'm so delighted that this GORGEOUS book by my dear friend @alisongoldberg.bsky.social is coming out next year! It's about climate change and magic and hope, and is more relevant today than I ever could have imagined when she first wrote it. Congratulations, Alison!!

As a proud #ReadYourWorld 2025 Co-Host, I reviewed EIGHTEEN FLOWERS FOR GRANDMA, a joyful, intergenerational Jewish pb about a grandchild who makes a special chai-themed gift for her grandma. By @alisongoldberg.bsky.social w/art by @jessewhiteillustration.com @RedCometPress #kidlit wp.me/p3X25n-b9s