"Pond Life" - FISH Out of Water & TURTLE Boy
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🕮 For this "Pond Life" episode, I paired the books Turtle Boy with Fish Out of Water, to highlight the similar themes I saw in both middle grade bar mitzvah novels. Wonderfully, authors Joanne Levy and Evan Wolkenstein really hit it off and they actually helped to interview each other! In fact, Joanne said she felt like their two books were holding hands and she created this adorable image:
And one more thing, I just want to give a shout-out to Sidura Ludwig for becoming a Book of Life supporter at Patreon.com!
Learn More:
- Buy at Fish Out of Water
- Buy Turtle Boy
- Joanne Levy's website
- Evan Wolkenstein's website
- Pardes Center for Jewish Educators curriculum for Turtle Boy
- Discussion guide for Fish Out of Water
- BimBam Jewish videos
- Woolgathering Jo (Joanne's Etsy shop for felted creations)
Guest recommendations: Boosting Black Voices
- Joanne suggests Dragons In a Bag by Zetta Elliott
- Evan suggests Tight by Torrey Maldonado
VIDEO (starring a Lego Evan Wolkenstein):
CREDITS:
- Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
- Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
- Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens
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