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Eric A. Kimmel

Eric A. Kim­mel is the author of more than a hun­dred books for chil­dren, includ­ing the clas­sic Her­shel and the Hanukkah Gob­lins and more recent­ly Lit­tle Red Rosie: A Rosh Hashanah Sto­ry and Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale. He is the only author to have won the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award five times for The Chanukkah Guest, The Mys­te­ri­ous Guests: A Sukkot Sto­ry, Won­ders & Mir­a­cles: A Passover Com­pan­ion, The Golem s Latkes, and Hanukkah Bear. The Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries has award­ed him the Syd­ney Tay­lor Life­time Achieve­ment Award.

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Chil­dren’s
The Three Latkes
Eric Kimmel, Feronia Parker-Thomas (Illustrator)
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Shield of the Mac­cabees: A Hanukkah Graph­ic Novel
Eric A. Kimmel, Dov Smiley (Illustrator)
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Chil­dren’s
Nicanor’s Gate
Eric A. Kimmel, Alida Massari (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Right Side Up: Adven­tures in Chelm
Eric A. Kimmel (auth.), Steve Brown (illus.)
Essay—From the Journal

Tri­na Schart Hyman: Remem­ber­ing the Icon­ic Illus­tra­tor of ​“Her­shel and the Hanukkah Goblins”

Eric A. Kimmel
November 30, 2020

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