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    Items with the tag:

    all-of-a-kind family

    Essay

    Bette Greene’s ​‘Sum­mer of My Ger­man Sol­dier’: Bad Fam­i­ly and an Unlike­ly Savior

    Emi­ly Schneider
    August 19, 2024
    Cover of One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
    Chil­dren’s
    One of a Kind: The Life of Syd­ney Taylor
    Richard Michelson; Sarah Green, illus.
    Essay

    “One of a Kind: The Life of Syd­ney Tay­lor” — How the Book Began 

    Richard Michel­son
    March 11, 2024
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    Gail Lern­er
    November 27, 2023
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    Jew­ish Super­heroes: Wil­low Zim­mer­man Joins the DC Universe

    E. Lock­hart
    September 6, 2021
    Cover of From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
    Non­fic­tion
    From Sarah to Syd­ney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
    June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
    Essay

    Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Three Nov­els by E.L. Konigsburg

    Emi­ly Schneider
    June 7, 2021
    Essay

    Epi­dem­ic in the City: Ill­ness and Dis­abil­i­ty in Syd­ney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family

    Emi­ly Schneider
    November 2, 2020
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    Chil­dren’s
    Rachel’s Ros­es
    Ferida Wolff, Margeaux Lucas (illus.)
    Essay

    Mar­i­lyn Sachs, For­got­ten Pio­neer in Chil­dren’s Literature 

    At a time when chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture was filled with pic­ture-per­fect fam­i­lies, Mar­i­lyn Sachs paint­ed a dark­er, rich­er reality.

    Emi­ly Schneider
    June 3, 2019
    Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
    Chil­dren’s
    All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Hanukkah
    Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky, illus.
    Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown
    Chil­dren’s
    All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Downtown
    Sydney Taylor; Joe Krush & Beth Krush, illus.; June Cummins, fwd.
    Cover of Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
    Chil­dren’s
    Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
    Sydney Taylor; Meryl Rosner, illus.; June Cummins, fwd.
    Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
    Chil­dren’s
    All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Uptown
    Sydney Taylor; Mary Stevens, illus.
    Cover of More All-of-a-Kind Family
    Chil­dren’s
    More All-of-a-Kind Family
    Sydney Taylor
    Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family
    Chil­dren’s
    All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly
    Sydney Taylor

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