Category
children’s book
The alt-right hates Michael Ian Black’s new Donald Trump children’s book
Jewish Journal
June 23, 2016
Jewish comedian Ian Black tackles the Trump question in his forthcoming children’s book, “A Child’s First Book of Trump.”
Anne Frank-signed children’s book to be auctioned
Jewish Journal
March 17, 2016
A children’s book in which Anne Frank signed her name is going on the auction block in New York valued at $20,000 to $30,000.
Jewish Jury Still Out on Christian ‘Narnia’
Joe Eskenazi
December 15, 2005
Catholic publishing companies are putting out companion guides. And the Jewish community is … well, no one knows quite what to think. That\’s because the film in question isn\’t Mel Gibson\’s \”The Passion.\” It\’s \”The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,\” the special-effects laden adaptation of British author C.S. Lewis\’ classic 1950 children\’s book.
Book Unpacks Shoah Memories
Beverly Gray
December 11, 2003
Karen Levine never had plans to write a book.
Then in 2001, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio producer came across an article in the Canadian Jewish News about a young Japanese woman, urged on by Tokyo schoolchildren studying the Holocaust, who traveled halfway round the world to find the owner of a child\’s battered suitcase. That child, Hana Brady, had died in Auschwitz at age 13, but the determined young woman tracked down Hana\’s brother George, who had survived Auschwitz and found a new life in Toronto.
Levine made a radio documentary chronicling the meeting between Fumiko Ishioka and George Brady, and that led her to write a children\’s book, \”Hana\’s Suitcase,\” a gripping detective story and an inspirational saga.
Awaken Your Inner J.K. Rowling
Beverly Gray
December 11, 2003
Scratch away at any Jew and you\’ll find a storyteller. The people of the book dream of spinning out personal memories and Old Country stories to a rapt circle of children. That\’s why the first-ever Jewish Children\’s Literature Conference, held in the fall at Sinai Temple through the auspices of Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries and the Association of Jewish Libraries, attracted 125 eager attendees. Many were there specifically to grapple with the question: So you want to be a writer of children\’s books?
Writing the Book On Reading
Marc Ballon
November 6, 2003
Seated before 21 third-graders at Selma Avenue Elementary School in Hollywood, actor Henry Winkler cracked open a copy of \”I Got a \’D\’ in Salami,\” a children\’s book he co-authored, and began reading. The \”Fonze,\” a little grayer and thicker around the middle than in his salad days, quickly won over his young audience, which giggled at his jokes and sat with rapt attention as he painted pictures with words.
Tolerance for Tots
Michael Aushenker
March 21, 2002
\n\”What Would You Do?\” is not only the title of a tolerance-thumping children\’s book distributed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), but it\’s the question central to each of the book\’s three short stories. It\’s a device that the book\’s creators say is purposeful.
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