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    children's literature

    Cover of A Basket Full of Figs
    Chil­dren’s
    A Bas­ket Full of Figs
    Ori Elon (auth.), Menahem Halberstadt (illus.)  
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    Visu­al Arts
    Judith Kerr: The Illustrators 
    Joan­na Carey
    Essay

    Hanukkah as History

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 22, 2019
    Interview

    Mir­rors and Win­dows: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Lesléa New­man on Diver­si­ty in Chil­dren’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 3, 2019
    Cover of Goodnight Bubbala: A Joyful, Jewish, Not-So-Quiet Parody of Goodnight Moon
    Chil­dren’s
    Good­night Bub­bala: A Joy­ful, Jew­ish, Not-So-Qui­et Par­o­dy of Good­night Moon
    Sheryl Haft (auth.), Jill Weber (illus.)
    Cover of Crushing the Red Flowers
    Chil­dren’s
    Crush­ing the Red Flowers
    Jen­nifer Voigt Kaplan
    Cover of Daniel and Ismail
    Chil­dren’s
    Daniel and Ismail 
    Juan Pablo Iglesias (auth.), Alex Peris (illus.), Ilan Stavans (trans.)
    Cover of Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children
    Chil­dren’s
    Sur­vivors of the Holo­caust: True Sto­ries of Six Extra­or­di­nary Children
    Kath Shackleton (ed.), Zane Whittingham (illus.)
    Cover of Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gompers and his Fight for Workers’ Rights
    Chil­dren’s
    Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gom­pers and his Fight for Work­ers’ Rights
    Nor­man H. Finkelstein
    Cover of The Elephant in the Sukkah
    Chil­dren’s
    The Ele­phant in the Sukkah
    Sherri Mandel; Ivana Kaufman, illus.
    Cover of In the Jerusalem Forest
    Chil­dren’s
    In the Jerusalem Forest 
    Devora Busheri (auth.), Noa Kelner (illus.)
    Essay

    ‘It’s God’s Par­ty and Every­one’s Invited’

    Sukkot, Sim­chat Torah, and Gen­der in Two Clas­sic Children’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    October 14, 2019
    Cover of Kol Hakavod: Way to Go!
    Chil­dren’s
    Kol Hakavod: Way to Go!
    Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh (auth.), Sarah-Jayne Mercer (illus.)
    Cover of Mr. Tempkin Climbs a Tree
    Chil­dren’s
    Mr. Temp­kin Climbs a Tree
    Cary Fagan (auth.), Carles Arbat (illus.)
    Cover of Right Side Up: Adventures in Chelm
    Chil­dren’s
    Right Side Up: Adven­tures in Chelm
    Eric A. Kimmel (auth.), Steve Brown (illus.)
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    Walk Till You Disappear
    Jacque­line Dem­bar Greene
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