Years ago, Nancy Steiner set out to make her family seder a bit more entertaining for her young kids. She wrote a poem that became very popular among family and friends.
This season’s crop of Chanukah books for kids brings us welcome reissues of two old favorites, along with a colorful multicultural tale welcoming a new baby. For older youths, an outstanding graphic novel may be just the right kind of gift. And somehow, once again, some prehistoric pals have managed to get in on the holiday fun.
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the children\’s book \”Where the Wild Things Are,\” has died.
When Myra Clark-Siegel, wife of Israeli Consulate General David Siegel, packed their things for their Los Angeles mission, she sacrificed a few items. But she couldn’t leave behind her children’s favorite books, no matter that they weighed down the suitcases.
Many new Passover books are written for the diversity curricula in day-care centers and kindergartens. Designed to introduce the holiday to non-Jewish children and produced with non-Jewish illustrators and editors, some of them are problematic for Jewish readers. Three excellent books stand out from the pack.
Read any good Hebrew books lately?
If you live in the Valley — we\’ll assume you read Hebrew — you\’ll most likely have picked up the latest Ram Oren techno-thriller or Naomi Ragen frummie-potboiler at the recently opened Steimatzky bookstore on Ventura Boulevard near Corbin.
Some years ago, the American Booksellers Association\’s holiday advertising theme was the phrase: \”Give a gift of love; Give a book.\” Jewish Book Month, scheduled in November, anticipated the gift-giving season. This year, as always, a fresh crop of children\’s books appeared for the holiday. Consider choosing one of these instead of toys that beep and break:
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