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    Bar­bara Bietz

    Bar­bara Bietz is a free­lance writer and children’s book review­er. She is cur­rent­ly a mem­ber of the Syd­ney Tay­lor Book Award Com­mit­tee. Bar­bara is the author of the mid­dle grade book, Like a Mac­cabee. She has a blog ded­i­cat­ed to Jew­ish books for chil­dren at www​.Bar​baraB​Book​Blog​.Blogspot​.com.
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    The Right­eous Smuggler
    Debbie Spring
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    The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle
    Jacqueline Jules, Katherine Janus Kahn, Illustrator
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    Jacqueline B. Glasthal; Alan Reingold, illus.
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    Jen­ny Meyerhoff
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    Hid­den on the Moutain: Sto­ries of Chil­dren Shel­tered From the Nazis in Le Chambon
    Deborah Durlans DeSaix, Karen Gray Ruelle
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    Seinol­o­gy
    Tim Delaney
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    Some­one Named Eva
    Joan M. Wolf
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    Junk Man’s Daughter
    Sonia Levitan; Guy Porfirio, illus.
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    The Gift of Friendship
    Chani Altein
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    Always an Olivia: A Remark­able Fam­i­ly History
    Car­o­livia Herron
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    Let My Peo­ple Go
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    The Diary of Lau­ra’s Twin
    Kathy Kac­er
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    Jacqueline Dembar Greene

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    Chal­lah, Chal­lah, for You and Me
    Barbara Bietz and June Sobel; Ruth Waters, illus.
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    Apples, Apples, All Year Round: A Cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish Holidays
    Barbara Bietz and June Sobel; Ruth Waters, illus.
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    DIJ — Do It Jew­ish: Use Your Jew­ish Creativity!
    Barbara Bietz, Daria Grinevich (Illustrator)
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    Inter­view: Sylvia Rouss

    by Bar­bara BietzWhen I heard my friend Sylvia Rouss had pub­lished a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, A World of Bless­ings, I want­ed to learn more…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    November 18, 2013
    Interview

    Inter­view: Michelle Markel

    by Bar­bara BietzMy friend, Michelle Markel, has been inter­viewed by me before so for her new release we decid­ed to try some­thing new. To many authors, new books feel…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    October 17, 2013
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    Inter­view: Les­ley Simpson

    by Bar­bara BietzLes­ley Simp­son is the author of A Song for My Sis­ter (Ran­dom House), a love­ly pic­ture book about sim­chat bat, the Jew­ish baby nam­ing…
    Bar­bara Bietz
    June 13, 2013
    Interview

    Inter­view: Bar­bara Bietz

    with Michal Hoschan­der MalenBar­bara Bietz, author of The Sun­down Kid, talks to Michal Hoschan­der Malen about the pio­neer Jews of the Amer­i­can West, their recep­tion…
    Michal Hoschan­der Malen
    May 22, 2017

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