The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 15, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 8, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 1, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 15, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- 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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Tag Archives: Jacqueline Jules
Author’s Notebook | My Name Is Hamburger by Jacqueline Jules
Jacqueline Jules, My Name Is Hamburger. Kar-Ben, 2022, 240 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What motivated you to write this story? Why verse?Jacqueline Jules (JJ): I love writing in verse. Before I ever wrote anything in prose, I wrote poems. … Continue reading
2018 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final Stop
You’ve now come to the final stop along the 2018 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 2018 Sydney … Continue reading
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Author’s Notebook | Jacqueline Jules
Jacqueline Jules is the award-winning author of 23 books including The Hardest Word, Once Upon a Shabbos, Goodnight Sh’ma, Picnic at Camp Shalom, and two Sydney Taylor Honor Books, Sarah Laughs and Benjamin and the Silver Goblet. Her books have … 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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