Miriam Steinberg-egeth

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Review of Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug

Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug by Sarah Aronson; illus. by Andrea D’AquinoPrimary    Calkins/Astra    40 pp.10/24    9781635928075    $18.99e-book ed.  9781635928082    $11.99This picture-book biography follows Bella Abzug (1920–1998), “the first woman elected to Congress on a women’s rights platform,” from her childhood defying gender roles at home, in the streets, and in...

Review of The Judgment of Yoyo Gold

The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac BlumHigh School    Philomel    304 pp.10/24    9780593525852    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593525876    $10.99In this coming-of-age novel set in an insular Orthodox Jewish community (adjacent to the one in The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, rev. 11/22), Yocheved “Yoyo” Gold is the eldest daughter of the...
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Review of Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop

Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy Middle School    Tegen/HarperCollins    256 pp.5/24    9780063248243    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063248267    $8.99Finn and Ezra, both thirteen, are destined to relive their bar mitzvah weekends, from Friday through Sunday afternoon, countless times. While their overlapping plights initially seem coincidental, as they progress...
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Review of On All Other Nights: A Passover Celebration in 14 Stories

On All Other Nights: A Passover Celebration in 14 Stories edited by Chris Baron, Joshua S. Levy, and Naomi Milliner; illus. by Shannon HochmanIntermediate, Middle School    Amulet/Abrams    304 pp.3/24    9781419767296    $18.99e-book ed.  9781647009779    $17.09In this collection of fourteen Passover-themed tales by different authors—Laurel Snyder, Adam Gidwitz, Veera Hiranandani, among others—one...

About six weeks in...

About six weeks into our collective social distancing/parent schooling experiment, I went to the shelf to pick out a few picture books for my first grader to read independently. I found myself rejecting book after book: too much about school, too many friends playing together, too much excitement outside the...

Encouraging a natural critic

I’ve been writing reviews for The Horn Book Guide since 2005, long before my daughter was born in 2011. When I first started, the reviews were a hypothetical glimpse into what I thought would appeal to children. I was in and out of classrooms during those early years, sometimes sharing...
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