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Afikomen: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2024

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Welcome to our stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Tziporah Cohen and illustrator Yaara Eshet were kind enough to answer my questions about Afikomen, which received a Sydney Taylor Honor in the Picture Book category and was on the Horn Book’s 2023 Fanfare list. This inventive...
      

Rosh Hashanah 2023 / 5784

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight!   Wishing you a year of epic journeys, healing, new perspectives,   friendship, cooperation, new experiences (and foods),   delicious entanglements, and new books! (Here’s a good one for this season and Lunar New Year.) Shana tovah from the Horn Book....
      

We Need Diverse Muslim and Jewish Books: An Update

In their March/April 2020 Horn Book article “We Need Diverse Jewish and Muslim Books: A Conversation,” Heidi Rabinowitz and Sadaf Siddique discussed the state of Jewish and Muslim books and the work being done to share them. They found a number of parallels in their approaches to showcasing Jewish and...
      

When the Angels Left the Old Country: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2023

Welcome to our stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Sacha Lamb was kind enough to answer my questions about When the Angels Left the Old Country just hours after the book won the STBA’s Gold Medal in the Young Adult category...and some other major accolades. The...
      

Rosh Hashanah 2022

Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday night! Wishing you a year of good surprises, new understanding, adventure, connection, help and compassion, and all kinds of superheroes. ​Shana tovah! P. S. Did I mention good surprises??...
      

The Passover Guest: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2022

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Welcome to our stop on the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Susan Kusel (my own former STBA committee chair) and illustrator Sean Rubin were kind enough to answer my questions about The Passover Guest (Porter/Holiday), this year’s Gold Medal winner in the Picture Book category. In this...
      

Books for Yom Kippur

This year -- 2021/5782 -- Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins this evening, September 15, at sundown. Following Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, these are times for family, community, and self-reflection. The following books could be useful for sharing with children and/or for generating discussions. All reviews are...
      

Rosh Hashanah 2021

Rosh Hashanah begins Monday night! Wishing you a year when you feel welcome, accomplished, comforted, protected, and full of life. Shana tovah!...
      

Dancing at the Pity Party: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2021

Welcome to our stop on the 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! Author Tyler Feder was kind enough to answer my questions about Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir (Dial), this year’s Gold Medal winner in the Young Adult category. Feder’s look back at her...
      

Rosh Hashanah 2020

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight! The much-maligned 2020 may not be over yet, but at least we’ve nearly made it through 5780. ;-) Whatever 5781 brings, we hope it’s filled with good music, good games, satisfying journeys (real, virtual, or metaphorical), good progress, good relationships, maybe a little magic, safety and...
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