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MASH

by Elissa Gershowitz
Mar 12, 2020 | Filed in Blogs

Per the highly scientific children's game MASH*, we were this close to having my kid be a next-gen Horn Booker. Oh well -- alicorn** trainer it is!

*Predictor of future profession, living arrangement, marital status, number of children, etc.

**Unicorn that can fly.

Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz is executive editor of The Horn Book, Inc. She holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons University and a BA from Oberlin College.

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