Welcome to the July 2023 Jewish Book Carnival. I hope you have a chance to check out these interesting links. Thanks for visiting Jewish Books for Kids…and More!

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere. Sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries, it is hosted by a different blog each month and shares book reviews, author interviews, essays, and other blog posts about Jewish books. Visit the Jewish Book Carnival HQ for the upcoming schedule, past Carnivals, and to learn how to participate!

• On gilagreenwrites, Gila speaks with author Jennifer Rosner about her latest novel Once We Were Home. 

• The Book of Life podcast interviews Arthur Levine about the award-winning press he founded, Levine Querido, winner of two out of three 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award gold medals. Learn about LQ’s 100k Book Challenge! https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2023/07/levine-querido-and-100k-books-challenge.html

• On The Sydney Taylor Shmooze, read a review of The Miracle Seed by Martin Lemelman, a nonfiction graphic novel about a Judean date seed that was germinated by two female scientists, centuries after the tree had gone extinct. https://www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/07/review-miracle-seed.html

• As she prepares to teach an upcoming course on “Contemporary Jewish Short Stories,” Erika Dreifus conducts a couple of experiments using ChatGPT. On her My Machberet blog, she shares some results.

• On her blog Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, Deborah interviewed Jacqueline Jules about her new children’s picture book, Moses and the Runaway Lamb.

Thank you to all the participants. See you next month!

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