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    Susan Kan­tor

    Susan Kan­tor was a senior writer/​editor for Girl Scouts of the USA, a chil­dren’s book edi­tor, and a past judge for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards in the illus­trat­ed children’s book cat­e­go­ry. She is a writer and a docent at the Rubin Muse­um in New York City, where she leads pub­lic and pri­vate tours.

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    Jon­ah and the Big Fish
    Susan Collins; Thoms Naoko Stoop, illus.
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    A Hanukkah with Mazel
    Joel Edward Stein; Elisa Vavouri, illus.
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    Almost a Minyan
    Lori S. Kline; Susan Simon, illus.
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    Under the Sab­bath Lamp
    Michael Herman; Alida Massari, illus.
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    Monique Polak
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    Not for all the Haman­taschen in Town
    Laura Aron Milhander; Inna Chernyak, illus.
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    Not This Turkey!
    Jes­si­ca Steinberg
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    Tracy Newman, Sernur Isik, illus.
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    Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match
    Karen Rostoker-Gruber & Rabbi Ron Isaacs CB Decker, illus.
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    Is It Passover Yet?
    Chris Barash Alessandra Psacharopulo, illus.
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