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Essay

Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books

Emily Schneider

April 8, 2020

Cover of Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous

Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous

Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.)

Cover of Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.)

Essay

Hidden Heroine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books

Emily Schneider

March 9, 2020

Cover of Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber

Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber

Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)

Cover of Clarence's Topsy-Turvy Shabbat

Clarence’s Topsy-Turvy Shabbat

Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod, Jennie Poh (illus.)

Cover of A Persian Princess

A Persian Princess

Barbara Diamond Goldin, Steliyana Doneva (illus.)

Cover of The Life of a Coat

The Life of a Coat

Kadya Molodowsky, Batia Kolton (illus.), Ilana Kurshan (trans.)

Cover of The Generous Fish

The Generous Fish

Jacqueline Jules, Frances Tyrrell (illus.)  

Cover of Who Will Ask the Four Questions

Who Will Ask the Four Questions

Naomi Ben-Gur, Carmel Ben-Ami (illus.), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (trans.)  

Cover of The City of Light

The City of Light

Theodore Bikel, Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, Noah Phillips (illus.)  

Recommended Reading

New Year for the Trees: A Children’s Reading List for Tu Bishvat

Anna Caplan

February 3, 2020

Cover of The Passover Mouse

The Passover Mouse

Joy Nelkin Wieder (auth.), Shahar Kober (illus.)  

Cover of We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Deborah Hopkinson

Cover of A Fist for Joe Louis and Me

A Fist for Joe Louis and Me

Trinka Hikes Noble (auth.), Nicole Tadgell (illus.)  

Cover of A Basket Full of Figs

A Basket Full of Figs

Ori Elon (auth.), Menahem Halberstadt (illus.)  