Interviews

WELCOME KAREN – FARMER KOBI’S HANUKKAH MATCH

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…

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Interviews

Richard Ungar – Yitzi and the Giant Menorah

This interview with Richard Ungar was recently published in the Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter. I am delighted to share it on Jewish Books for Kids. Happy Hanukkah! Richard Ungar is an award-winning author illustrator, and practicing lawyer. He creates picture…

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Interviews

The Eighth Menorah by Lauren Wohl

This year is special – Hanukkah and Thanksgiving will be celebrated on the same day! Something else to be thankful for this Hanukkah is a new book by my dear friend, Lauren Wohl. The Eighth Menorah (Albert Whitman & Company) is…

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Updates

Hanukkah Read Up!

  AJL has created “Hanukkah Read Up!,” a list of Hanukkah books for children recommended by the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee. The colorful 2-page flyer is available on the AJL website at http://tinyurl.com/AJLhanukkah. All the titles on the list…

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Interviews

Hanukkah Hop! Welcome Erica Silverman!

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…

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