The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
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- 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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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
2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final Stop
You’ve now come to the final stop along the 2020 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 2020 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 sydney taylor book awards, All-of-a-Kind Family, andrew maraniss, anya and the dragon, games of deception, Gittel's Journey, hannah moskowitz, leslea newman, rachel dewoskin, rj palacio, sick kids in love, sofiya pasternack, someday we will fly, stacy innerst, sue macy, the book rescuer, white bird
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Mid-Week Notes
Three quick things: The Jewish Book Council has just announced its 2019 winners. I agree with some choices, like Michael Dobbs’s Unwanted and, of course, Lesléa Newman’s Gittel’s Journey. But another book that won I thought lacked any authenticity. Sigh. … Continue reading
Author’s Notebook | Gittel’s Journey, written by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Amy June Bates
Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story, written by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Amy June Bates (Abrams, 2019). On sale February 5, 2019. The Whole Megillah (TWM): There are many picture books about Jewish immigration to America during the mass … Continue reading
Poet’s Notebook | Lesléa Newman, author of new collection, Lovely
The Whole Megillah (TWM): How does the Lovely collection differ from your previous collections? Lesléa Newman (LN): Each of my two most recent collections, I Carry My Mother and October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard consists of a book-length series of poems with a narrative … Continue reading
Report on Tent: Jewish Children’s Literature, August 2017
From August 13-August 20, 2017, the National Yiddish Book Center, in partnership with PJ Library, and funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, hosted the first-ever Tent program of Jewish Children’s Literature. They received about 130 applications and selected 20 writers … Continue reading
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Tagged Emma Dryden, Grace Lin, Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Jewish children's authors, Jewish children's books, Jewish children's lit, Jewish children's writers, Josh Lambert, Kendra Levin, Leonard Marcus, leslea newman, marjorie ingall, Miriam Udel, National Yiddish Book Center, Nicole Tadgell, PJ library, PJ Our Way, Tent Jewish Children's Literature
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Author’s Notebook | Leslea Newman
Lesléa Newman introduced herself to me after my Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) panel on “The Whole Megillah: The Jewish Experience in Children’s Books.” I was so honored to meet her and we discussed an interview for this … Continue reading
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Tagged leslea newman, matthew shepard, october mourning, sweet passover
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