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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 The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales Retold by Peninnah Schram; Gianni DeConno, illus. Fiction Leaves From the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales Howard Schwartz; Kristina Swarner, illus. Children’s Letter On the Wind: A Chanukah Tale Sarah Marwil Lamstein; Neil Waldman, illus. Fiction Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe Dan Ben-Amos, ed.; Dov Noy, consulting ed.; Ellen Frankel, series ed. Children’s Joseph and the Sabbath Fish Eric A. Kimmel; Martina Peluso, illus. Nonfiction A Heart Afire: Stories and Teaching of the Early Hasidic Masters Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles- Yepez; Arthur Green, fwd. Children’s Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale Eric A. Kimmel; Omar Rayyan, illus. Children’s Gathering Sparks Howard Schwartz; Kristina Swarner, illus. Children’s The Littlest Mountain Barb Rosenstock; Melanie Hall, illus., Children’s Clay Man: The Golem of Prague Irene N. Watts, reteller; Kathryn E. Shoemaker, illus Fiction The Essential Jewish Stories Seymour Rossel Fiction Folktales of the Jews, Volume 3: Tales from Arab Lands Dan Ben-Amos, ed and commentator Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 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 The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales Retold by Peninnah Schram; Gianni DeConno, illus.
Fiction Leaves From the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales Howard Schwartz; Kristina Swarner, illus.
Fiction Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe Dan Ben-Amos, ed.; Dov Noy, consulting ed.; Ellen Frankel, series ed.
Nonfiction A Heart Afire: Stories and Teaching of the Early Hasidic Masters Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles- Yepez; Arthur Green, fwd.
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