Monthly Archives: April 2012

Book Review | Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Barbara Krasner

Jean 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 →

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Author’s Notebook | Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Barbara Krasner

In 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 →

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Lerner Publishing Launches Jewish Interest E-Bookstore

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Barbara Krasner

Publishers 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 →

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Book Review | When Jackie and Hank Met by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Barbara Krasner

When 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 →

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