The Whole Megillah- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 39–A Safe PlaceThe prompt for this week asks us to write about a place in all of its sensory details where we felt safe. I wrote about two places that on the one hand represented safety, but on the other hand, in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 28, 2022Some very quick things: Happy 5783!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 38–Natural Resources in Your RegionThis week requires a list of natural resources near where you’ve lived or in your region. I chose to write about the flora and fauna in my neighborhood, starting with the plants and trees on our property: pink rhododendrons that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 21, 2022Some very quick things: Here’s to a happy and healthy 5783! Happy New Year – L’shana tova!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 37–Where You Have LivedThis week requires a list of places we’ve lived and note the natural resources surrounding those places. I suppose I could have written about the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey or the Meadowlands when we still called them the … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 14, 2022Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 36–Where You Come FromThis week calls for writing about where you come from–city/town, region, neighborhood. This is something I know a lot about since I authored four books about my northern New Jersey hometown (Images of America: Kearny, New Jersey; Kearny’s Immigrant Heritage; … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 7, 2022Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 35–The School CafeteriaIn elementary school (Roosevelt School), everyone skipped home for lunch, even if that meant scarfing down a tuna sandwich in fifteen minutes, seeing who won Jeopardy with emcee Art Downs, and climbing the hill back to school. The only exception … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–August 31, 2022Some very quick things: I’m PhinisheD! I graduated Sunday evening with my Ph.D. in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Gratz College. The commencement ceremony was emotional, including a cantor-like rendition of Hatikvah. I’m dedicating part of Labor Day weekend to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 39–A Safe Place
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Book Review | Leonard Bernstein and American Music by Catherine Reef
Leonard Bernstein and American Music Morgan Reynolds, 2013, 128 pages I had the pleasure of hearing a medley from West Side Story at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague in 2011. To bear witness, to hear the work of an American Jew … Continue reading
October 2013 | Monthly Writing Prompt
Here is the October 2013 prompt: Write a poem about a dream you’ve had. Floating over your town with your deceased grandfather. Re-entering your childhood home to find your parents in the kitchen. Chatting with a long-lost love. Write whatever … Continue reading
November Is Picture Book Idea Month | Guest Post by Tara Lazar
When I finally decided to write for children with the intention of becoming published, I got online. I made writing friends. And I listened to them talk. In the fall of 2008, everyone got loud about an event: NaNoWriMo—National Novel … Continue reading
Two-in-One Notebook Special | Children’s Nonfiction in the 21st Century
A Conversation with Lionel Bender and Sally Isaacs, Organizers of the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to offer the nonfiction conference? How did the two of you come together? Lionel Bender (LB) and Sally … Continue reading
Third Annual Write Your Own Megillah Event | Jewish Book Month 2013
Attention Jewish children’s novel writers! In honor of Jewish Book Month, The Whole Megillah is hosting its third annual Write Your Own Megillah event. Think of it as the Jewish equivalent of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). From October 26 … Continue reading
Announcing Two Opportunities
The Whole Megillah is proud to announce two opportunities: The Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee has three vacancies and is looking for replacements. Desired qualifications include: Applicants should be members … Continue reading
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