The Book of Life

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST    |    BUY REBECCA DOLL    |    BUY THE BOOK     🕮    When I first attempted to post this interview, the audio got cut off halfway through. Here, with my apologies, is the full episode. Jacqueline Dembar Greene talks about the Rebecca Rubin character she created for the American Girl series ( click here for the books, the dolls, and the accessories, and click here for Rebecca games!), and about her High Holidays picture book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona , illustrated by Doug Chayka.   CREDITS:   Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com !

I must apologize and ask for Rosh Hashanah forgiveness from my listeners, and especially beg the pardon of Jacqueline Dembar Greene, because I've just found that the end of our interview was cut off. This happened with another recent interview, so I'll have to check into the technical side of things here at The Book of Life. I'm hoping that the original interview might still be on my digital voice recorder so that I can reconstruct this episode. However, the recorder is at work and I am at home, so I won't be able to let you know until next week. In the meantime, let me say that The Secret Shofar of Barcelona (which you didn't get to hear about in the interview as it currently stands) is a terrific book and I highly recommend it!

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     🕮    An interview with Jacqueline Dembar Greene , author of the American Girl series on Rebecca Rubin ( click here for the books, the dolls, and the accessories, and click here for Rebecca games!), and the High Holidays picture book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona , illustrated by Doug Chayka. CREDITS:   Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com !

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |    VISIT FORWORDS BOOKS     🕮    ForWords, Kathy Bloomfield's beloved Jewish book fair company, relaunches in a new format on 09/09/09! We've missed Kathy! Here she is to tell us about the new ForWordsBooks.com ! CREDITS:   Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com !

The inimitable QN Podcast (formerly "Quirky Nomads") put out a call for librarians to share their thoughts on their lives' work. I answered that call, and my voice is one of the "5 Voices" on the new librarian-centric episode of QN! Thanks to Sage Tyrtle for the invitation and for the terrific editing. I love the way she's woven the different voices together into a sort of group story. Click here to listen to Librarian: 5 Voices . ( Sadly, no longer available.)

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |    BUY THE BOOK      🕮    When I uploaded my interview with April Halprin Wayland, author of New Year at the Pier, I didn't realize that the end of the interview had been cut off! Here is the complete interview, with my apologies (appropriate for a High Holidays epsiode, eh?). Other interviews with April can be found on Just One More Book (audio podcast), Barbara Bietz's Blog (text) and Cynsations (text). Just One More Book's audio review of New Year at the Pier may be found here .  CREDITS: Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com !

  LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Author April Halprin Wayland talks about her Rosh Hashanah picture book, New Year at the Pier , and about some of her other writing projects. Other interviews with April can be found on Just One More Book (audio podcast), Barbara Bietz's Blog (text) and Cynsations (text). Just One More Book's audio review of New Year at the Pier may be found here . UPCOMING: On the auspicious date of 09/09/09, ForWords is holding its grand re-opening! Watch for a podcast interview with founder Kathy Bloomfield to be released here at The Book of Life on that date, and be sure to visit www.forwordsbooks.com ! CREDITS: Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com