The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman
Illustrator: Tika and Tata Bobokhidze The great babka bake-off is on! Esther and Hester’s new neighbor, Sylvester, will gladly be their babka tester, and decide which sister’s Babka is the best. With cat Lester...
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The 33 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2021
Here is the list of the 33 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2021. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman
Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin’s address in...
2016 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Winners
From the The Association of Jewish Libraries The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers: Ketzel, the Cat who Composed by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Amy June Bates (Candlewick Press) The Sydney...
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman
Moshe Cotel was a composer who lived in a noisy building on a noisy street in a noisy city. But Moshe didn’t mind. Everything he heard was music to his ears. One day, while...
August 2015 Jewish Book Carnival
The August Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted Yael Shahar of A Damaged Mirror at http://www.damaged-mirror.com/jewish-book-blog-carnival/ . You’ll find links to Jewish book news, book reviews...
Here Is the World (of Leslea Newman) – The Book of Life podcast
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview with author and poet Leslea Newman, about her Jewish and LGBT books for children including her newest...
April 2015 Jewish Book Carnival
The April Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Anna Levine at Jodie Books at http://jodiebooks.com/jewish-book-carnival/. You’ll find links to Jewish book news,...
I Carry My Mother by Lesléa Newman
I Carry My Mother is a book-length cycle of poems that explores a daughter’s journey through her mother’s illness and death. From diagnosis through first yahrzeit (anniversary of death), the narrator grapples with what...
Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays by Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal (Illustrator)
The book at Amazon and on Kindle For age Level: 4 – 7 Here is the world, ever changing and new, Spinning with joy at the wonder of you! Here Is the World is...
