Karen Rostoker-Gruber is an award-winning children’s book author, ventriloquist, and humorist. Karen is a dynamo! Her awards, accolades, and activities are impressive and too numerous to list (visit her website listed below for details). Karen’s delightful book (authored with Rabbi…
I don’t often link posts from other sites on my blog, but this piece by Lesléa Newman from Nerdy Book Club is too important NOT to share. Lesléa is a bright light in the children’s literature community and her work is…
Nancy Churnin is a dynamo. She is the award-winning author of numerous picture book biographies, with more on the way. One of her most emotionally driven books is Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.…
I am very excited to introduce Anna Caplan, the Editor in Chief of the new children’s Magazine, Honeycake. Anna’s dream to create a magazine for Jewish children led her on a journey that culminated in the first issue of Honeycake.…
It is a great honor for me to introduce award-winning Israeli author, Shoham Smith, to chat about her book Signs in the Well, illustrated by Vali Mintzi. The picture book about Rabbi Akiva was originally published in Hebrew in 2013.…
Last year I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Yiddish Book Center to attend the TENT program for children’s authors. I could barely contain my excitement when I heard about THE BOOK RESCUER by Sue Macy, illustrated by Stacy…
Chris Baron is the author of ALL OF ME, a middle-grade verse novel (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan, 2019). He tells the story of Ari, who faces many relatable challenges in his life including family, religious identity, friendships, and the struggle of…
Amalia Hoffman is an award-winning author and illustrator. I have long been a fan of her books and I’m excited to share her latest, THE BRAVE CYCLIST (Capstone Editions) beautifully illustrated by Chiara Fedele. Gino Bartali was a champion cyclist…
I first met Susan (Suzi) Dubin when she worked as a librarian at Valley Beth Shalom Day School in Encino, California. Suzie was well-known in the children’s book world as an ardent supporter of authors and illustrators, welcoming many into…
Oh, what a lovely gathering! The AJL Conference this year was in Woodland Hills, California. The Author’s Lunch featured an inspiring keynote by Eugene Yelchin. The Sydney Taylor Book Award winners were spectacular, as always. So delighted to be part…