Birds Have Flown the Coop in USA!
Since 1968 my book, Have You Seen Birds? has been in print and available in the United States without interruption. That's a long time...
Since 1968 my book, Have You Seen Birds? has been in print and available in the United States without interruption. That's a long time...
Looking forward to a reading and a delicious knish tasting, too! June 23rd at 11:30-ish at the Essex Street Market at 120 Essex Street....
Just back from Book Expo book signing! Maybe the knish is going to be the new hot food! What fun! Sorry we didn't get a photo of the line...
Remembering Stanley Hayami on this Memorial Day and wondering what he would write in his diary in 2018 as our government tears children...
Last year, just before The Knish War on Rivington Street went to press, I re-learned the lesson about being careful of what you wish for....
Did my two minute sales pitch at the Jewish Book Council's Meet the Author event yesterday. Not many children's authors were on the...
Writers of children’s books often get letters from children “by-the-class-full”—letters that teachers have their students write. I always...
At their 4th annual award ceremony, hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell, we were delighted to win the GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding...
Beth Schenker, the host of thebigschmear.com does a podcast all about Jewish food posting two new episodes on the 2nd and 4th Monday of...
How terrific! Our event at Eldridge Street was previewed Friday in the Arts and Entertainment section: From the New York Times ARTS...
As a New Yorker, I am thrilled to receive this news! The Awards Committee voted for its top four choices in each category and The Knish...
I'm not sure I realized that the Eldridge Street Synagogue is a National Landmark Site!What an honor it is to be doing a family story...
Remember reading All of a Kind Family? Sydney Taylor was the author of that classic series and the Association of Jewish Libraries annual...
Yes! January 28th is the anniversary of the Knish War of 1916! That's the date the story was reported in the New York Times...and that's...
Algemeiner featured this article by Alice Burdick Schweiger on their site this week: Children’s Book Explores the Great ‘Knish War’ Who...
Excited to say...The Knish War on Rivington Street is one of 18 books on the Tablet Magazine's Best Jewish Children's Books of 2017 list.
A few month ago, on the day I presented The Knish War on Rivington Street at the New York Historical Society, I was lucky to meet Alice...
I was looking for another December 7th story from my Dear Miss Breed manuscript. What I found is a clipping Clara Breed saved, from...
Today you will hear many stories about December 7th. This entry from the diary of a teen-aged boy tells of a drama that is about to...
Excited to be doing a family story time at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Soho this Sunday morning at 11 AM. I'll be reading The Knish...