The Book of Life

READ THE ARTICLE     🕮    I wrote an article for Multicultural Kid Blogs about Jewish Kidlit Awards, and you can read it here . It gives details about the Sydney Taylor Book and Manuscript Awards, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards. If I do say so myself, it's a good comprehensive round-up.

VISIT FINAL BLOG TOUR STOP     🕮    The "grand finale" of the 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour is a virtual panel discussion amongst the various winning authors and illustrators. As always, this roundup is hosted by Barbara Krasner at The Whole Megillah. The participants made comments about the experience like "Always inspiring to be included in a group of such accomplished, thoughtful authors and illustrators!" (Leslie Kimmelman), "It's wonderful to read all the blogs!" (Kathy Kacer), and "It has been an honor and a privilege getting to know all of you. See you in Charleston!" (Heidi Smith Hyde). We hope to see you as well, dear reader, in Charleston at the   51st Annual Association of Jewish Libraries conference where the Sydney Taylor winners will receive their awards! The entire 2016 blog tour may be found HERE .  

A little catch-up today with the Shanghai Sukkah interviews, and two new Blog Tour stops:   Everybody Says Shalom   and   Stones on a Grave . Be sure to check out   yesterday's interview  on   The Hired Girl , and get the rest of the   blog tour schedule here . Catching up from  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016   Shanghai Sukkah  by Heidi Smith Hyde, illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Younger Readers Category At Kristi's Book Nook Author & Illustrator Interviews   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016     Everybody Says Shalom  by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Talitha Shipman Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Younger Readers Category At Book Q&A's with Deborah Kalb Author Interview     Stones on a Grave  by Kathy Kacer Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Teen Readers Category At Randomly Reading Author Interview  and  Book review  

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Teen Readers Category At The Prosen People Author interview We're not sure what happened to the the interview on Shanghai Sukkah that was supposed to appear at Kristi's Book Nook today - we hope Kristi is okay and we'll bring you the interview ASAP. In the meantime, here is the Jewish Book Council's interview on The Hired Girl ! Be sure to check out yesterday's interviews on Adam and Thomas and Hereville, and get the rest of the blog tour schedule here .

Two more stops on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour today, another gold medalist and another silver. Be sure to check out yesterday's interviews  on   Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed   and   Serendipity's Footsteps , and get the rest of the blog tour schedule here .   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016   Adam & Thomas  by Aharon Appelfeld, translated by Jeffrey M. Green, illustrated by Philippe Dumas Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category At Jewish Books for Kids with Barbara Bietz Translator Interview     Hereville   by Barry Deutsch Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category At Jewish Comics Author-illustrator interview

Today kicks off the 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, a virtual book tour for authors and illustrators of this year's gold and silver medalists. Check back each day for new interviews, or wait until the end and read all the interviews at once! Find the entire blog tour schedule here . MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Ketzel the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Amy June Bates Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers Category At Ann Koffsky's Blog Author Interview Illustrator Interview Serendipity's Footsteps by Suzanne Nelson Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Teen Readers Category At Bildungsroman Author Interview