Tag Archives: Kar-Ben

Author’s Notebook | My Name Is Hamburger by Jacqueline Jules

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Barbara Krasner

Jacqueline Jules, My Name Is Hamburger. Kar-Ben, 2022, 240 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What motivated you to write this story? Why verse?Jacqueline Jules (JJ): I love writing in verse. Before I ever wrote anything in prose, I wrote poems. … Continue reading →

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Author’s Notebook | The Boston Chocolate Party by Tami Lehman Wilzig and Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, and Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz. The Boston Chocolate Party. Illustr. by Fede Combi. Apples & Honey Press, 2022. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What led you to write about colonial chocolate?Tami Lehman-Wilzig (TLW): It’s a quirky answer. I’m an … Continue reading →

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Two-in-One Author’s Notebook | Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference with Author Bonnie Lindauer and Illustrator Sofia Moore

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Lindauer, Bonnie. Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference. Illustrated by Sofia Moore. Minneapolis: Kar-Ben, 2021. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Welcome, Bonnie Lindauer and Sofia Moore! Bonnie, let’s start with you. What inspired you to write about Hannah G. … Continue reading →

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Author’s Notebook | The Singer and the Scientist by Lisa Rose

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Rose, Lisa. The Singer and the Scientist. Illustr. Isabel Muñoz. Kar-Ben, April 2021, 32 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): I’m going to start with a set of bundled questions: How did you find this story about Marian’s performance at McCarter … Continue reading →

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Author’s Notebook | The Woodcarver’s Daughter by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

McDonough, Yona Zeldis. The Woodcarver’s Daughter. Kar-Ben, April 2021, 128 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write The Woodcarver’s Daughter?Yona Zeldis McDonough (YZM): I had gone to the Museum of American Folk Art to see a show … Continue reading →

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Two-in-One | Behind the Bookcase, written by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Valentina Toro

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

Lowell, Barbara. Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place. Illustr. Valentina Toro. Kar-Ben, 2020, 40 pp., paperback $7.99. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write this book? Barbara Lowell (BL): In 2016, I visited the … Continue reading →

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Author’s Notebook | Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous, Written by Audrey Ades

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

Ades, Audrey. Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous. Illus. Vivien Mildenberger. Kar-Ben, 2020, 32 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this book? Audrey Ades (AA): I started writing this book in 2016, when I felt … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Notes

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

Three quick things this week: The American Jewish Historical Society has begun a series of webinars, “From the Archives.” Yesterday’s installment was about New York poet Emma Lazarus. The webinar included clips with academic experts, a visit to Emma’s brownstone … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Notes

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

Three quick things this week: By the end of today, I will have five book manuscripts in the market. They range from picture books to a novella to novels in verse. Yesterday I decided to start work in September on … Continue reading →

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Why You Should Submit to PJ Library | Authors Speak Up

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Barbara Krasner

Welcome to The Whole Megillah‘s cyber-round table of authors whose books were submitted and selected by PJ Library and/or PJ Our Way. Our authors include Amalia Hoffman, author/illustrator of Dreidel Day (Kar-Ben, 2018); Karen Pokras, author of the forthcoming middle-grade … Continue reading →

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