Book Expo: Jewish Books for Kids

SHOW NOTES: The final installment of interviews with publishers and authors from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. This episode highlights Jewish books for kids and teens.

• Guardian Angel House by Kathy Clark from Second Story Press
• The White Space Between by Ami Sands Brodoff from Second Story Press
• Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth by Gina Roitman from Second Story Press
• Shavua Tov by Michelle Abraham, illustrated by Ann Koffsky from URJ Press
• Baxter the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder from Tricycle Press
• Hanukkah Lights by David Martin from Candlewick
• The House on the Roof by David Adler (being reprinted!) from Holiday House
• The Importance of Wings by Robin Friedman from Charlesbridge
• The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin from Charlesbridge
• How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Repution by Simone Elkeles from Flux
• The Tushy Book by Fran Manushkin from Feiwel and Friends
• The Rabbi and the Twenty-Nine Witches by Marilyn Hirsh from Marshall Cavendish
• Clever Rachel by Debby Waldman from Orca Book Publishers
• untitled Passover book by Harriet Ziefert and Karla Gudeon from Blue Apple
• The Story of Lipman Pike: First professional Baseball Player and Jewish Home Run King by Richard Michelson from Sleeping Bear Press
• Hoppy Hanukkah by Linda Glaser from Albert Whitman & Co.
• Benjamin and the Silver Goblet and Miriam in the Desert by Jacqueline Jules from Kar-Ben
• Puppet by Eva Wiseman and Clay Man: The Golem of Prague by Irene Watts from Tundra
• Cures for Heartbreak and the Missing Persons series by Margo Rabb
• ...and just because they got mentioned so often by so many people, The PJ Library

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Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
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