What an honor it is to be a stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Awards Blog Tour! The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Presented by…
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Coming Soon! The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
I am delighted to announce that my interview with Eugene Yelchin about his Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade Category, THE GENIUS UNDER THE TABLE, will be published here on February 9th. The full schedule of interviews for…
The Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2022!
2022 Sydney Taylor Book, Manuscript, and Body-of-Work Award Winners Announced! Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were announced by the Association of JewishLibraries. Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series, the award…
Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! Welcome Monica Hesse, Author of THEY WENT LEFT
Welcome! It is a delight to be a stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries “to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically…
Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! Welcome Victoria Ortiz, author of DISSENTER ON THE BENCH: RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S LIFE & WORK
I am excited that Jewish Books for Kids is a stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Tour! It is my absolute honor to introduce Victoria Ortiz, winner of the STBA Silver Medal for her riveting book, Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth…
The Sydney Taylor Award Blog Tour 2020 is coming!
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2020 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Announced!
Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries today in Philadelphia, PA at the Youth Media Awards announcement at the American Library Association. Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the…
Association of Jewish Libraries – Author’s Lunch and More
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…
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT ALA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJANUARY 28, 2019 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries today in Seattle, WA at the Youth Media Awards press conference of the…
Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour – The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew
I am delighted to present this year’s winners of The Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers, Richard Michelson and Karla Gudeon, the author and illustrator of The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew (Charlesbridge Publishing).…