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
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Tag Archives: Eric Kimmel
Kar-Ben Kar-Ben Testing Jewish Chapter Book Waters
The Whole Megillah (TWM): When and why did Kar-Ben move into MG and YA publishing? What’s the relationship with parent Lerner and how does that contribute? Joni Sussman (JS): Kar-Ben has published occasional MG/YA manuscripts but we haven’t made — nor … Continue reading
Hanukkah Read Up | Association of Jewish Libraries List of Children’s Hanukkah Books
Hanukkah Read Up! The Association of Jewish Libraries has created “Hanukkah Read Up!,” a list of Hanukkah books for children recommended by the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee. The colorful two-page flyer is available on the AJL website. All the … Continue reading
Book Review | The Golem’s Latkes
The Golem’s Latkes Adapted by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Aaron Jasinski Marshall Cavendish Children’s, 2011 (October) The good stuff A new take, a new classic — A new take on the classic tale of the Prague Golem. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Kimmel, golem, golem of prague, Marshall Cavendish, Rabbi Loew
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Report from Prague – Day One
Ahoj, Whole Megillah readers! As some of you know, I was named a finalist for a fiction fellowship at Western Michigan University’s Prague Summer Program. So, here I am in Prague, where I’ll be taking courses in fiction and Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Kimmel, Franz Kafka, Jewish Prague, Maisel synagogue, Shofar Books
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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
Librarian’s Notebook | Kathe Pinchuck
Kathe Pinchuck, The Whole Megillah‘s June 2010 Librarian of the Month, is the outgoing chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee and that experience has given her a unique perspective on Jewish children’s literature. She is the librarian at … Continue reading
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Tagged AJL, All-of-a-Kind Family, American Girl Rebecca, Boy of Old Prague, Diary of Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel, Eric Kimmel, Holocaust, Jacqueline Jules, Jewish holidays, K'tonton, Kar-Ben, Kathe Pinchuck, Katherine Paterson, Mitali Perkins, Our Eddie, Robin Friedman, Sadie Weilerstein, Sulamith Ish Kishor, Sydney Taylor, Sydney Taylor Book Award, The Importance of Wings, The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah
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