The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 30, 2022Some very quick things: Happy Writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 47–Step on a CrackThis week calls for writing about superstitions. Don’t walk under a ladder. Beware the path of the black cat. Don’t step on a crack in the sidewalk or you’ll break your mother’s back. Be careful with praise. I wrote about … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 23, 2022Some very quick things: Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and happy writing to all!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Weeks 45 & 46–The Hardest Thing & FailureI challenged my Writing the Past workshop on these two prompts: What secrets did your family keep and write about a failure. I could say my family never talked about the Holocaust, although my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 16, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 44–Reunions, Weddings, and FuneralsThis week’s prompt calls for writing about family gatherings. I chose to write about the Krasner family reunion that I organized early in my family history journey. We held it in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, in August 1990. It was … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 2, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Weeks 42 and 43–The One Who Wronged You and Religious SpaceI procrastinated on The One Who Wronged You. I didn’t want to crawl back into the cave. And indeed, writing about the person who I believed wronged me in letter form just got me riled up all over again. My … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–October 26, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–October 19, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 30, 2022
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Announcing the 2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
Mark your calendars from February 6-11 to visit your favorite blogs and read interviews with this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Award and Honor Award recipients! The Whole Megillah will be hosting a wrap-up roundtable with all the winners on February … Continue reading
The Whole Megillah Contest Update
For all those interested in The Whole Megillah YA Novel Contest: Please do not use the e-mail address in my original post. Instead, please send your entries to barbarakrasner@yahoo.com.
Librarian’s Notebook | Joyce Levine
Joyce Levine earned her library degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She worked as a children’s librarian at the Great Neck Public Library and as an elementary school librarian at a Solomon Schechter Day School. She established two new … Continue reading
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Tagged Association of Jewish Libraries, Hush, Joyce Levine, North Shore Hebrew Academy
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Editor’s Notebook | Jeanne Elders DeWaard, Eerdmans
Jeanne Elders DeWaard began her career in the adult division at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. in the early 1990s, then left to complete a Ph.D. in American literature. She taught college literature for a number of years and pursued … Continue reading
Jewish Book Council Announces 2010 National Jewish Book Award Winners
The Jewish Book Council announced the 2010 National Jewish Book Award winners today. Here are the winners in the children’s and young adult literature categories: Children’s and Young Adult Literature Winner: Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Book Council, Louis Posner award, National Jewish Book Awards
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2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners
The Association of Jewish Libraries announced the winners of the 2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners today: Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner, author and illustrator of Gathering Sparks, Barry Deutsch, author and illustrator of Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, … Continue reading
Editor’s Notebook | Joni Sussman, Kar-Ben
Joni Sussman is the Publisher at Kar-Ben Publishing, a division of Lerner Publishing Group. Kar-Ben’s concentration is Jewish content picture books for children, both fiction and non-fiction for preschool through approximately 6th grade, including holiday books, life-cycle stories, Bible tales, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish children's books, Joni Sussman, Kar-Ben, Lerner Publishing
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