The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
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- 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Awards | Honey and Me by Meira DrazinHonor Book in Middle-Grade Category: Honey and Me by Meira Drazin (Scholastic, 2022, 304 pp.) The Whole Megillah (TWM): Mazel tov on your award! I’m so delighted to get to know you better.Meira Drazin (MD): Hi Barbara, thanks so much … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty ZeldisZeldis, Kitty. The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights. New York: HarperCollins, 2022. 345 pages. Writing the Past (WTP): What motivated you to write Dressmakers of Prospect Heights?Kitty Zeldis (KZ): I had long been interested in New Orleans, a place that figures importantly in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 1, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 25, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
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2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final Stop
You’ve now come to the final stop along the 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour, the culmination of a full week of insightful and inspiring award-winning author and illustrator interviews. Read about the blog tour and all 2021 Sydney … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Blog Tour, anne blankman, Anya and the Nightingale, Dancing at the Pity Party, evan wolkenstein, I Am the Tree of Life, Jane Yolen, Khoa Le, leslea newman, M Evan Wolkenstein, Miriam at the River, Monica Hesse, mychal copeland, sofiya pasternack, Susan Gal, The Blackbird Girls, Turtle Boy, tyler feder, Welcoming Elijah
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Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced Today!
2021 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED For More Information Contact:Rebecca Levitan, ChairSydney Taylor Book Award CommitteeAssociation of Jewish Librarieswww.sydneytaylorbookawards.orgsydneytaylorbookaward@jewishlibraries.org January 25, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were announced … Continue reading
Yom Hashoah 2017 | The Whole Megillah’s Top Ten Holocaust Books for Children & Young Adults
In commemoration of Yom Hashoah 2017, I’m listing here my Top 10 Holocaust Books for Children and Young Adults (published since 2010), in no particular order: Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman (Balzer + Bray, 2014) Once and … Continue reading
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Tagged aline sax, anne blankman, Berlin Boxing Club, Beyond Courage, carol matas, caryl strzelecki, Doreen Rappaport, fabio santomauro, Holocaust books for children and young adults, Holocaust kid lit, jennifer elvgren, laura watkinson, Morris Gleitzman, neal bascomb, Once, Paul Janeczko, prisoner of night and fog, requiem poems from the terezin ghetto, Robert Sharenow, the holocaust diary of rose rabinowitz, the nazi hunters, the war within these walls, the whispering town, Then
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Author’s Notebook | Anne Blankman, Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke
In July 2014, The Whole Megillah interviewed debut novelist Anne Blankman, author of the YA historical drama, Prisoner of Night and Fog, the story of Gretchen Müller and her search for the truth of about her father’s death and Uncle … Continue reading
Two-in-One Notebook Special: Prisoner of Night and Fog Author Anne Blankman and Editor Kristin Rens
The Whole Megillah (TWM): How did you come up with the idea for this novel? Anne Blankman (AB): World War Two has fascinated me ever since I read Anne Frank’s diary as a seventh grader. A few years ago, after having … Continue reading
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