My first picture book was published over 25 years ago. In the quarter of a century following my first book’s publication I have continued to publish books regularly, including the popular Sammy the Spider series, and I have learned a lot about both writing and publishing. This article covers the most important…
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Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook, available to children and students
The story of how I wrote Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook began with a family visit to our son in Israel in the winter of 2000. He was a college exchange student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and this was just months after the start of the Second Intifada, a time of…
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The Littlest Fish
The Littlest Fish wants to make friends. Too bad the other sea creatures only see him as a good meal, rather than as a friend. One day, The Littlest Fish meets a Giant Fish who says his tummy hurts. And, no wonder, he’s swallowed Jonah, the prophet who said “No”…
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A Story about the Firefighters who Protect our Homes and Forests
Twice in my life, California wildfires came very close to our homes, ten years ago and just this past month. Firefighters are today’s every day heroes. They risk their lives to protect people, animals and property. Based on a real event during the fires of 2007, I wrote “The Rabbi and…
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Reach for the Stars
I am privileged and humbled to make my story, Reach for the Stars, A Little Torah’s Journey, available and hope that children, parents and teachers will find it meaningful. The publisher, Pitspopany Press, is no longer in business and the rights to the story have come back to me. The book was…
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New Songs for Tu B’Shevat
Tu B’Shevat I hope you enjoy these original Tu B’Shevat songs. I wrote these songs for children, parents and teachers to use when they celebrate and learn about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the “birthday for the trees”. Hag Sameach, Sylvia Tu B’Shevat is Here (The…
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