Hei­di Smith Hyde is the Direc­tor of Edu­ca­tion of Tem­ple Sinai in Brook­line, Mass­a­chu­setts. Her books include Feivel’s Fly­ing Hors­es, a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Final­ist, Mendel’s Accor­dion, win­ner of the Sug­ar­man Award for Best Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Book, and Emanuel and the Hanukah Res­cue. She lives in Chest­nut Hill, Massachusetts.