“Gifts of Love” is a heart-warming story about the friendship that develops between two children from diverse cultures. They share an optimistic view of the world, and while one struggles with illness, the other strives to help her friend in a very personal way. Parents may want to read…
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Yosef’s Dream is “a beautiful mix of history, religion, culture, and the power of dreams.”
Review of Yosef’s Dream “My people had lived in Ethiopia for thousands of years, but were still seen as strangers, for we were Jewish.” Yosef and his family reside in Ethiopia, part of a historically isolated and repressed Jewish culture. The author fluidly juxtaposes the Ethiopian landscape and heritage alongside…
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Publisher’s Weekly Review of King David and Akavish
King David and Akavish the Spider Rouss takes a break from her Sammy Spider series to recount a midrash story of the future King David’s encounter with a spider. While tending sheep, the boy uses a spider’s web for target practice, destroying it with his sling. After the spider, named…
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Happy Passover from Mitzvah the Mutt
Mitzvah watched Daddy carry a stack of plates into the dining room. “I’ll set the table for the Seder,” Daddy told Mommy.The children helped Zaydie fill a large plate with a variety of unusual foods. Rachel let me taste the haroset.
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Purim Fun for Children and their Parents
Celebrate the holiday with wonderful songs, recipes, and games.
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Listen to Podcast on Diversity in Jewish KidLit
January 27, 2015 was Multicultural Children’s Book Day. It seems like good timing to share some thoughts on diversity within Jewish children’s literature. Sylvia Rouss, Mira Reisberg, Joni Sussman and Ann Stampler spoke at the 2014 Association of Jewish Libraries conference on a panel responding to the Pew study “A Portrait of…
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