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Sharon Elswit Sharon Elswit, author of The Jewish Story Finder and a school librarian for forty years in NYC, now resides in San Francisco, where she participates in the adult poetry community and shares tales aloud in a local JCC preschool. Reviews Articles Children’s Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva Jacqueline Jules; Yevgenia Nayberg, illus. Children’s Bewitched by Solika and Other Judeo-Spanish Tales François Azar; Petros Bouloubasis, illus. Nonfiction Calypso Jews Sarah Phillips Casteel Children’s Kopecks for Blintzes Judy Goldman; Susan Batori, illus. Children’s Og’s Ark Allison and Wayne Marks; Martina Peluso, illus. Children’s The Parakeet Named Dreidel Isaac Bashevis Singer; Suzanne Raphael Berkson, illus. Children’s King David & Akavish the Spider Sylvia Rouss Ari Binus, illus. Fiction Jewish Comix Anthology, Volume 1: A Collection of Tales, Stories and Myths Told and Retold in Comic Book Form Steven M. Bergson, ed. Children’s My Grandfather’s Coat Jim Aylesworth; Barbara McClintock, illus. Fiction A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales Dr. Ruth Calderon; Ilana Kurshan, trans. Children’s The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales Shoshanna Boyd Gelfand; Amanda Hall, illus.; Debra Messing, narrator Children’s The Blessing Cup Patricia Polacco Nonfiction The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story Joel Ben Izzy Cookbook Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook Retold by Jane Yolen; Heidi E.Y. Stemple, recipes; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus. Children’s Kaytek the Wizard Janusz Korczak; Antonia Lloyd-Jones, trans.; Avi Katz, illus. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 Next page ›› Essay The Story Will Out: Why Folktales Still Matter by Sharon ElswitThroughout the ages, folklore has spoken to people. From pulpits and hearth fires and in classrooms, these stories forge a connection between the… Sharon Elswit June 6, 2013
Children’s Bewitched by Solika and Other Judeo-Spanish Tales François Azar; Petros Bouloubasis, illus.
Fiction Jewish Comix Anthology, Volume 1: A Collection of Tales, Stories and Myths Told and Retold in Comic Book Form Steven M. Bergson, ed.
Children’s The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales Shoshanna Boyd Gelfand; Amanda Hall, illus.; Debra Messing, narrator
Cookbook Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook Retold by Jane Yolen; Heidi E.Y. Stemple, recipes; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.
Essay The Story Will Out: Why Folktales Still Matter by Sharon ElswitThroughout the ages, folklore has spoken to people. From pulpits and hearth fires and in classrooms, these stories forge a connection between the… Sharon Elswit June 6, 2013
