Welcome back, Richard Michelson! Richard’s new picture book NEXT YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE: BARACK OBAMA’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL SEDER (Crown…
Interview with Dara Horn, author of ONE LITTLE GOAT: A PASSOVER CATASTROPHE
Dara Horn‘s contributions to Jewish literature and education are inspiring. I was excited to learn she had written a middle-grade…
Interview with Ruth Spiro, author of ONE SMALL SPARK: A TIKKUN OLAM STORY
It’s my pleasure to welcome Ruth Spiro. Her picture book, ONE SMALL SPARK: A TIKKUN OLAM STORY (Dial Books, 2024),…
Interview with Angela Engel, publisher & founder of The Collective Book Studio
I am excited to introduce Angela Engel, publisher and founder of The Collective Book Studio! The Collective Book Studio is…
Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! Interview with Vesper Stamper, illustrator of AMAZING ABE: HOW ABRAHAM CAHAN’S NEWSPAPER GAVE A VOICE TO JEWISH IMMIGRANTS
I am delighted to be a stop on the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! The Sydney Taylor Book…
Coming Soon! The 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
I look forward to sharing my interview with illustrator Vesper Stamper about her Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book…
Interview with Rosanne Tolin, author of FREEDOM’S GAME
Rosanne Tolin’s middle grade novel FREEDOM’S GAME (Reycraft Books, 2024) follows Ziggy and Elka, two Jewish children hidden in a…
Interview with Jane Sutton, author of ZAYDE BABYSITS BEFORE PASSOVER
In Jane Sutton’s new picture book ZAYDE BABYSITS BEFORE PASSOVER (Kar-Ben, 2025) illustrated by Kate Chappell, young Ruthie and her…
Interview with Julie Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg Pruwer, authors of CHUTZPAH GIRLS: 100 TALES OF DARING JEWISH WOMEN
Julie Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg Pruwer’s picture book CHUTZPAH GIRLS: 100 TALES OF DARING JEWISH WOMEN (Toby Press, 2024) features…
Interview with Sylvia Rouss, co-author of YOU’RE NOT INVITED: AN OOEY-GOOEYS ADVENTURE
YOU’RE NOT INVITED: AN OOEY-GOOEYS ADVENTURE (Brandylane Publishers, 2025) by Sylvia Rouss and David Titcher, illustrated by Rick Penn-Krauss tells…