Hanukkah starts early this year – it’s time to think about holiday books to share with the children in your life. One of my favorites is Hanukkah Hop! by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Stephen D’Amico. Hanukkah Hop! celebrates the delight of Hanukkah through…
Lesley Simpson is the author of A Song for My Sister (Random House) a lovely picture book about simchat bat, the Jewish baby naming ritual. Lesley takes young readers on a humor-filled journey as older sister Mira adapts to her…
What World is Left (Orca, 2008) by Monique Polak tells the story of Anneke and her family as they are forced from their comfortable home and taken to Theresienstadt concentration camp, the site of a Nazi propaganda film. In the camp,…
I am honored to be today’s stop on the Hanging Off Jefferson’s Nose Blog Tour 2012 ! I first met Tina Nichols Coury nearly two decades ago in a writing class taught by Alexis O’Neill. One day Tina shared her…
I am honored to introduce Rob Sharenow, winner of the 2012 gold medal in the Sydney Taylor Book Award’s Teen Readers Category for The Berlin Boxing Club published by HarperTeen. This historical novel reveals the history of Nazi Germany through…
So honored to be interviewed by Heidi Estrin on The Book of Life. Listen here!
Diane is the co-author of three non-fiction books for tweens, most recently, The Mitzvah Project Book Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah… and Your Life (Jewish Lights). Her writing partner is her best friend from college, Liz Suneby. The…
I’m pleased to introduce Sarah Aronson. Sarah holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of two books for young readers: a retelling,The Princess and the Pea: A…
If you are looking for a compelling historical YA, don’t miss The Blood Lie (Cinco Puntos Press, September 2011) by Shirley Vernick. The book is based on the first blood libel ever reported in the Western Hemisphere. It took place…
Erica Perl is an award-winning children’s book author. She grew up in Burlington, Vermont and is now based in Washington, DC. She writes picture books, novels for older readers, novels for teens. Read on to learn about her latest book,…