The Whole Megillah- Author’s Notebook | Jacqueline JulesJacqueline Jules is the award-winning author of 23 books including The Hardest Word, Once Upon a Shabbos, Goodnight Sh’ma, Picnic at Camp Shalom, and two Sydney Taylor Honor Books, Sarah Laughs and Benjamin and the Silver Goblet. Her books have … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Book Review | Hiding Places by Diane WyshogrodHiding Places: A Mother, a Daughter, an Uncovered Life By Diane Wyshogrod Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, 2012, 298 pp. The good stuff Intraspection—Perhaps because Wyshogrod is a psychologist, her in-depth questioning of herself helps the reader understand … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- New Historical Novel Named Editor’s ChoiceFor all of you who enjoy historical novels… HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY NAMES YOU, FASCINATING YOU EDITOR’S CHOICE Author Germaine Shames’ Storytelling “Faultless” You, Fascinating You, recently released by Pale Fire Press, has been honored by the Historical Novel Society as … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Nancy K. Miller, author of What They SavedI had already bought a copy of Nancy K. Miller’s memoir, What They Saved, published this year by the University of Nebraska Press, when I attended her panel on family story at the 2012 Association of Writers and Writing Programs … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Poet’s Notebook | Michal Mahgerefteh, Editor, Poetica MagazineIf you don’t know Poetica Magazine, you should. Edited by Michal Mahgerefteh, it offers opportunity for emerging and well-known poets alike. The Whole Megillah recently spoke with Michal. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to start this magazine? Michal … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Book Review | Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved AmericaJean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America Written by Susan Goldman Rubin Illustrated by Jeff Himmelman Abrams, 2012 The good stuff Ahoy, matey – a Jewish pirate! Historical context – Rubin points out the motivation behind the piracy and privateering … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian HolocaustIn early March at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), I had the pleasure of attending a panel on family story and meeting Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Lerner Publishing Launches Jewish Interest E-BookstorePublishers Weekly announced today that “Lerner Digital, Lerner Publishing Group’s two-year-old digital publishing division, has launched the Kar-Ben eBookstore, which is selling e-books for children with Jewish themes. The e-bookstore launched with 170 fiction and nonfiction titles in its inventory that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Book Review | When Jackie and Hank Met by Cathy Goldberg FishmanWhen Jackie and Hank Met Written by Cathy Goldberg Fishman and illustrated by Mark Elliott Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012 The good stuff Ingenuity — The idea to write about the meeting of baseball greats Jackie Robinson and Hank Greenberg, who each … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Attention Illustrators | A Message from Kent Brown and the Highlights FoundationThe following comes from Kent Brown of the Highlights Foundation I got this idea, and at first I thought it was another goofy one. Here’s what I’m faced with. The Highlights Foundation is expanding its programs, and, to my great … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Jacqueline Jules
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Author’s Notebook | Pnina Moed Kass
Jewish Children’s Writer, Pnina Moed Kass I first became acquainted with author Pnina Moed Kass when I read her novel, Real Time, which won the Sydney Taylor Book Award in 2004 and the National Jewish Book Award in 2005. Pnina … Continue reading
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Tagged children's writers in Israel, Israeli writers, Pnina Moed Kass, Real Time
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The First Annual New York Sephardic Book Fair
The American Sephardi Federation hosted the first annual New York Sephardic Book Fair at the Center for Jewish History yesterday. I’ve always been interested in Sephardic history, although as far as I know, I have no Sephardic roots. Several tables … Continue reading
Librarian’s Notebook | Heidi Rabinowitz Estrin
The July 2010 Librarian’s Notebook features Heidi Rabinowitz Estrin, library media specialist for Feldman Children’s Library at Congregation B’nai Israel, a large Reform synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida. Heidi is also the incoming Vice President/President- Elect of the Association of … Continue reading
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Tagged AJL, Association of Jewish Libraries, Heidi Rabinowitz Estrin
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Book Review: Sharing Our Homeland
Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp Written by Trish Marx and Photographs by Cindy Karp, 48 pp., (Lee and Low, 2010) This richly-illustrated picture book introduces us to Alya, a Muslim girl, and Yuval, a … Continue reading
Agent’s Notebook | Rubin Pfeffer, East/West Literary Agency
Rubin Pfeffer recently joined the East/West Literary Agency after 35 years in book publishing. He worked at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich’s trade imprint, served at Pearson Education as senior vice president and chief creative officer, and was senior vice president and … Continue reading
A History of Jewish Children’s Books—Part Two
Sydney Taylor and the All-of-a-Kind Family Adapted from a talk given by Lisa Silverman, Library Director of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, May 23, 2010 at the Highlights Founders Workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books” Then we get to the most well-known, … Continue reading
Agent’s Notebook | Mary Kole, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Associate agent Mary Kole of Andrea Brown Literary Agency participated on the May 24, 2010 Editor/Agent Panel at the Highlights Foundation Workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” Watch what Mary had to say… Mary is also the author of the acclaimed … Continue reading
Editor’s Notebook | Françoise Bui, Delacorte Press
Executive Editor Françoise Bui of Delacorte Press gave her thoughts about submissions at the May 2010 Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” Watch what she had to say at the Editor/Agent Panel…
Editor’s Notebook | Devorah Leah Rosenfeld, Hachai Publishing
On May 24, 2010, Devorah Leah Rosenfeld, editor-in-chief at Hachai Publishing, shared her thoughts on publishing Jewish children’s books as part of the Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books” Editor/Agent Panel.
