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: September 2010
Announcing the Twelfth Annual Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference
The Jewish Book Council has announced the Twelfth Annual Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference to be held on Sunday, November 21, at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Many of you may have known this conference … Continue reading
Posted in Writers Conferences
Tagged Ann Koffsky, Behrman House, Boyds Mills Press, Caren Johnson Literary Agency, Elana Roth, Jewish Book Council, Jewish children's writers, Jewish children's writers conference, Kendra Levin, Laurie Toffler-Corrie, PJ library, Stephanie Lurie, Sydney Taylor Book Award, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, Yona Zeldis McDonough
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Author’s Notebook | Norman H. Finkelstein
Norman H. Finkelstein is an educator, editor, librarian and writer. For nearly 30 years he has been an instructor in the Prozdor High School Department of Hebrew College in Boston where he continues to teach courses in Jewish history. Recently … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Calkins Creek, Captain of Innocence, Forged in Freedom, Heeding the Call, Jewish Comedy Stars, Jewish Publication Society, Kar-Ben, Lerner, Lerner Publishing, National Jewish Book Awards, nonfiction books for Jewish children, Norman H. Finkelstein, Three Across, With Heroic Truth
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Book Review: Say Hello, Lily
Say Hello, Lily Written by Deborah Lakritz and illustrated by Martha Aviles (Kar-Ben, 2010) Lily is a shy girl who comes out of her shell when she visits a senior citizen facility with her mother. The good stuff Depth–I was … Continue reading
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Tagged books about overcoming shyness, Deborah Lakritz, Kar-Ben, Martha Aviles, Say Hello Lily
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Book Review: Tashlich at Turtle Rock
Tashlich at Turtle Rock Written by Susan Schnur and Anna Schnur-Fishman and illustrated by Alex Steele-Morgan (Kar-Ben, 2010) I have been interested in stories about Tashlich since a Gentile magazine editor, married to a Jew, told me that since her … Continue reading
