My Two Minutes at JBC
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...
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Childhood Books Cast a Long Shadow
Writers of children’s books often get letters from children “by-the-class-full”—letters that teachers have their students write. I always...
Thank you, Guides Association of New York City! The Knish War on Rivington Street wins the 2018 Appl
At their 4th annual award ceremony, hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell, we were delighted to win the GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding...
Tune In to The Big Schmear Podcast
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...
Previewed in the New York Times
How terrific! Our event at Eldridge Street was previewed Friday in the Arts and Entertainment section: From the New York Times ARTS...
A Nominee for the GANYC Apple Award!
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...
The 102nd Anniversary of the Knish War January 28th at a National Landmark Site!
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...
Knish War is honored to be a 2018 Sydney Taylor Notable Book!
Remember reading All of a Kind Family? Sydney Taylor was the author of that classic series and the Association of Jewish Libraries annual...
Hold the Date - We'll Celebrate! January 28th, 11 AM
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...
The Algemeiner Likes Knishes!
Algemeiner featured this article by Alice Burdick Schweiger on their site this week: Children’s Book Explores the Great ‘Knish War’ Who...
Tablet Magazine's Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2017
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.
Knishes Reach Michigan!
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...
A Clipping from Dear Miss Breed's Papers
I was looking for another December 7th story from my Dear Miss Breed manuscript. What I found is a clipping Clara Breed saved, from...
Remembering December 7th...
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...
Join Me This Sunday Morning...
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...
Listen up! We talked toys and books on the Joan Hamburg Show...good fun!
Click here to listen in Stephanie and I had a hoot today...talking with Joan Hamburg in her new studio at ABC! We think that her program,...
On My To Read List...
Had a fun time speaking at the 19th Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' Seminar yesterday. I'm eager to read the books...
When a postage stamp was 2 cents, a knish was a nickel, and women did not have the vote!
I came across this picture recently of Margaret Foley, a leading suffragette leader and speaker who was cheered by crowds in Sullivan...
The Knish War Heats Up on the Front Burner in the New York Times!
The Knish war redux! What a thrill to have Florence Fabricant, Food Editor of the New York Times, write about the Knish War in her...
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