The Whole Megillah- Author’s Notebook | The Brave Princess and Me, written by Kathy KacerThe Brave Princess and Me, written by Kathy Kacer and illustrated by Juliana Kolesova, Second Story Press, September 2019, 32 pp., $18.95. The Whole Megillah (TWM): The Brave Princess and Me might just be the first Holocaust book for kids … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I am completing my second week at the faculty seminar at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Three immediate takeaways: I’m convinced that the more I learn, the less I know. I am still trying to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I am slowly navigating academic writing—and am finding creative writing so much easier. The academic peer review process is unnerving. Conversation Starter: What narrative would you most like to see as a picture book? Middle grade? YA? … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I thought I had an academic journal article due by June 1. Turns out it’s due late September. After reading three articles by Eliyana Adler, I am so glad I have more time. While I focused on … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero by Amalia HoffmanThe Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero, written by Amalia Hoffman and illustrated by Chiara Fedele, 40 pp., $17.95 (Capstone, June 2019) The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this story? Amalia Hoffman (AH): My … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I met up with a writer pal and fellow adjunct English professor this week to exchange and critique our writing. She read my 25 pages of a new contemporary YA novel in verse–and liked it! She … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Editor’s Notebook | Honeycake Magazine: An Interview with Founder and Editor in Chief Anna CaplanThe Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to begin a magazine for Jewish kids? Anna Caplan (AC): Honeycake was an idea I dreamed up for my own children. One day as I was renewing my four-year-old’s subscription to Ladybug magazine, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: My publisher and I have begun to discuss the cover for my YA historical, Matchless. I can’t wait to see the design! I’ve sent her my photos of my grandfather’s shtetl from my 2008 visit for inspiration. … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Why We Write and Publish Holocaust Books for Young ReadersTo commemorate Yom HaShoah, The Whole Megillah sponsored a survey of writers and publishers/editors of Holocaust books for young readers. The writers include Jane Yolen, Janet Wees, Susan Lynn Meyer, Andria Rosenbaum, Nancy Churnin, Susan L. Ross, and Kathy Kacer. … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I have signed a contract with MB Publishing in Maryland to publish my YA historical novel, Matchless. It’s slated for publication in May 2020. I think of it as Pride & Prejudice meets the Jewish shtetl in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Brave Princess and Me, written by Kathy Kacer
Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Best Hanukkah Present You Can Give Yourself
Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens by Linda R. Silver (Jewish Publication Society, 2010) While you’re out buying Hanukkah presents for your kids or your grandkids, don’t forget your own needs. If you write Jewish content for kids, the … Continue reading
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Tagged best jewish children's books, Jewish Publication Society, JPS, Linda Silver
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Report on the 12th Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
Anyone who doubted that the annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators conference in New York City would continue its longstanding tradition of excellence as sponsorship and venue moved from the 92nd Street Y to the Jewish Book Council (JBC) … Continue reading
Posted in Writers Conferences
Tagged Ann Koffsky, Behrman House, David Bernstein, Elana Roth, Jewish Book Council, Jewish children's books, Jewish writers conferences, Judye Groner, Kar-Ben, Kendra Levin, Laura Toffler-Corrie, Mark Levine, Robbin Gourley, Stephanie Lurie, Sydney Taylor Book Award, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, Yona Zeldis McDonough
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Author’s Notebook | Eric Kimmel
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What makes a great storyteller? Eric Kimmel (EK): You have to love being a storyteller. You have to love telling a story and making it come alive with your words. I always feel that I’m a … Continue reading
Lower East Side Tenement Museum | Snapshot, Take Two!
Yesterday I attended the encore Snapshot! event at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum at 97 Orchard Street in New York City. The first time I went to the museum was a few years ago to research an immigrant novel … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish immigrants, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Snapshot, Tenement Museum
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Agent’s Notebook | Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Trident Media Group
Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Children’s Book Agent at Trident Media Group in New York City and a featured speaker at the 2009 Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference, answers a few questions for The Whole Megillah. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What … Continue reading
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Tagged Alyssa Eisner Henkin, children's book agents, Trident Media Group
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