Miriam Steinberg-egeth
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Review of When Tree Became a Tree
When Tree Became a Tree by Rob Hodgson; illus. by the authorPrimary Rise/Penguin Workshop 64 pp.3/25 9780593886694 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593890493 $11.99Hodgson’s friendly science lesson introduces readers to the life cycle of an apple tree. Tree’s story begins when an apple falls to the ground, eventually allowing Seed to take root...
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Review of The Keeper of Stories
The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard; illus. by Selina AlkoPrimary, Intermediate Simon 40 pp.2/25 9781665914970 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665914987 $10.99In 1966, a “trusted keeper [of stories]” (identified in the back matter as the library at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City) suffered a terrible fire, which destroyed...
Review of The Judgment of Yoyo Gold
The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum High School Philomel 304 pp. 10/24 9780593525852 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593525876 $10.99 In 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...
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Review of Golemcrafters
Golemcrafters by Emi Watanabe CohenMiddle School Levine/Levine Querido 264 pp.11/24 9781646142699 $18.99After Shiloh receives a box of clay as a bar mitzvah present, he and his younger sister, Faye, meet their estranged grandfather, who sent it, for the first time. The siblings learn that, on their father’s side, they are...
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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...
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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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