Join @joshuaslevy.bsky.social, author of FINN AND EZRA'S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade Category, on the next blog tour stop. Hosted at bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/p/podcast-fi... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA

Congratulations to our Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor, @joshuaslevy.bsky.social!

🎉 ❤️ 📚 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Bookelicious Creator Conversations Author ⭐ @joshuaslevy.bsky.social Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor Winner! @harpercollins.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @jewishlibraries.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #alayma

Congratulations, @joshuaslevy.bsky.social!!

Mazel tov to the authors of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Books! ~Across So Many Seas by @ruthbehar.bsky.social ~Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by @joshuaslevy.bsky.social ~Just Shy of Ordinary by @matokah.bsky.social ~The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb ~Trajectory by Cambria Gordon 3/3

Congrats again @joshuaslevy.bsky.social! A Sydney Taylor Honor for FINN & EZRA! So so so happy for you!

So delighted that FINN AND EZRA’S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP is a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. Very grateful to @jewishlibraries.bsky.social for all the work you do and for this recognition. It means a great deal. Mazal tov to all those recognized. It’s a privilege to be in your company.

Congratulations to this year's National Jewish Book Award winners!

Very grateful to receive this year’s National Jewish Book Award for middle grade literature, for FINN AND EZRA’S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP. Thank you so much @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social! Delighted to be in the company of these incredible books and authors.

Popping back into this site to say BIG congrats to @joshuaslevy.bsky.social on winning the National Jewish Book Award for Middle Grade Literature today for FINN & EZRA'S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP. Kvelling, schepping naches, and all those things. Thanks @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social!

Congratulations to @joshuaslevy.bsky.social!! FINN AND EZRA'S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP just won the 74th National Jewish Book Award for Middle Grade Literature!!

Figured I’d post here too! Grateful to be included in Tablet’s “Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2024” and delighted to be in the company of these wonderful storytellers! www.tabletmag.com/sections/com... #jewish #kidlit

Need a short story collection? Check out these titles edited by @aishasaeed.bsky.social @byleahjohnson.bsky.social @kwamembalia.bsky.social @joshuaslevy.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social @olugbemisolabooks.bsky.social @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social. Authors, do you have a story in one of these?

My newest podcast episode on The Book of Life is "A Very December 25th Hanukkah" with authors @joannelevy.bsky.social , @ericaperl.bsky.social , and @henryherz.bsky.social talking about their Hanukkah picture books, middle grade, and short stories. jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ve...

It's Jewish Book Month!. Let's celebrate Jewish books and authors. From timeless classics to contemporary gems, every book is a treasure! What Jewish book are you reading? #JewishBookMonth #CelebrateJewishBooksSupportJewishAuthors

So honored that SONA AND THE GOLDEN BEASTS is a School Library Journal Best Middle Grade of 2024! "Expert worldbuilding woven with masterful storytelling make this a worthy fantasy for kids and adults." 🤩 Check out the whole list here: www.slj.com/story/best-m...

Maybe this really is a place! So, just in case, a quick #kidlit intro post. I’m Josh (👋), author of a bunch of middle grade books, most recently FINN AND EZRA’S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP. Delighted to see so many book friends here!

So we’re here now?

Looks like we’re going to be more “here” now! go.bsky.app/LhREF31