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Valuing Jewish Families, Traditions, and Heroes: References & Additional Reading

Valuing Jewish Families, Traditions, and Heroes: References & Additional Reading

 

We recognize the work and are so grateful for the wisdom offered by the following sources. 

We thank them for their contributions.

And special thanks to Chrystal Sunshine, 

who co-authored the first iteration of this theme for SHIFT Book Box. 

 

Suggested Additional Reading


Judah Touro Didn’t Want to be Famous (Ades & Mildenberger)

Lucky Broken Girl (Behar)

A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting & Love (Edwards & Karas)

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan (Gottesfeld & Witanto)

The Brothers’ Promise (Harber & Wickstrom)

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year (Kimmel & Muth)

Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too!) (Kimmelman, Tambellini, & Owl)

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Kimmel & Hyman)

The Blessing Cup (Polocco)

Chit Chat Shabbat (Rockliff & Booker)

Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope (Rockliff & Dzierzawska)

Kibitzers & Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me (Taback)

The All-of-a Kind Family Series (Taylor)

New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story (Wayland & Jorisch)

 

 

References

 

“5 Questions with Elizabeth Baddeley.” SCBWI METRO NY CHAPTER BLOG, https://scbwinymetro.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/5-questions-with-elizabeth-baddeley/. Accessed August 2020. 

 

“Antisemitic Incidents Hit All-Time High in 2019.” ADL, 12 May 2020, https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/antisemitic-incidents-hit-all-time-high-in-2019. Accessed August 2020. 

 

“Anti-Semitic Incidents Remained at Near-Historic Levels in 2018; Assaults Against Jews More Than Doubled.” Anti-Defamation League, 30 April 2019, https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/anti-semitic-incidents-remained-at-near-historic-levels-in-2018-assaults. Accessed September 2019. 


 

“Author Talks About 'New Year at the Pier.'” PJ Library, Harold Grinspoon Foundation, https://pjlibrary.org/beyond-books/pjblog/september-2011/author-talks-about-new-year-at-the-pier. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Baddeley, Elizabeth. “About.” Elizabeth Baddeley, http://ebaddeley.com/about-1. Accessed August 2020. 

 

Brassell, Danny. “April Halprin Wayland.” YouTube, People Make a Difference, California State Dominquez Hills DHTV, 2 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SYaUxZ1cuo&list=PLe0D1LUbiDwODwMbG-doFGBsrKKEVK16t&index=14&t=0s. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Christensen, Samantha. "Stéphane Jorisch: Canada ★ Illustrator." Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, vol. 50 no. 2, 2012, pp. 17-17. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/bkb.2012.0073. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Crimmins, Peter. “Celebrating ‘Notorious’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Philly Jewish Museum.” PBS WHYY, 4 October 2019, https://whyy.org/articles/celebrating-notorious-ruth-bader-ginsburg-at-philly-jewish-museum/. Accessed August 2020. 

 

DreamWorldJam. “Patricia Polacco Shows the Keeping Quilt.” YouTube, DreamWorldJam, 26 June 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkRkWoneKgY. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Gilles, Carol, et al. “Talking about Books: Patricia Polacco.” Language Arts, vol. 75, no. 2, 1998, pp. 150–157. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41962042. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Glassman, Molly Dunham. “Russian Folk Tales Retold for Children Ring True, Even if They Didn't Happen.” The Baltimore Sun, 8 October 2019, https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-08-1993281110-story.html. Accessed September 2019. 


 

History.com Editors. “Pogroms.” History, 21 August 2018, https://www.history.com/topics/russia/pogroms. Accessed September 2019. 


 

IHRA Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. “Memo on Spelling of Antisemitism.” International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/sites/default/files/memo-on-spelling-of-antisemitism_final-1.pdf. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Ingall, Marjorie. “The Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2017.” Tablet, https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/250994/best-jewish-childrens-books-2017. Accessed September 2019. 


 

InterfaithFamily. “Symbols and Rituals: Tashlich: a Fun, Accessible Ceremony.” InterfaithFamily, https://www.interfaithfamily.com/holidays/rosh_hashanah_and_yom_kippur/tashlich/. Accessed September 2019. 

 

“Interview with Illustrator Elizabeth Baddeley.” Sturdy for Common Things, http://www.sturdyforcommonthings.com/2014/04/interview-with-illustrator-elizabeth-baddeley/. Accessed August 2020.

 

Kaplan, Ariel. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Our Hero — and Now She’s MTV’s, Too.” Kveller, 19 June 2019, https://www.kveller.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-our-hero-and-now-shes-mtvs-too/. Accessed August 2020.

 

Koffsky, Ann. “Interview with Patricia Polacco.” Ann D. Koffsky: Children’s Book Author, Illustrator, and Speaker, 19 February 2019, https://annkoffsky.com/2014/02/19/interview-with-patricia-polacco-the-blessing-cup/. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Levy, Debbie. “About Me.” Debbie Levy Books, http://debbielevybooks.com/about/#more_link. Accessed August 2020.

 

McDonald, Jennie. “Interview with Patricia Polacco.” Collaborative Circle Blog, Center for the Collaborative Classroom, https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/blog/interview-patricia-polacco/. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Ratzabi, Hila. “What Were Pogroms.” My Jewish Learning, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/what-were-pogroms/. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Schneider, Emily. “A Con­ver­sa­tion with Chil­dren’s Author Deb­bie Levy.” Jewish Book Council, 25 February 2019, https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/a-conversation-with-childrens-author-debbie-levy. Accessed August 2020.

 

“Seminar on Jewish Story | April Halprin Wayland, Children’s Book Author.” The Whole Megillah, https://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/seminar-on-jewish-story-april-halprin-wayland-childrens-book-author/. Accessed September 2019. 

 

Silver, Linda. “Jewish Children’s Literature.” My Jewish Learning, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-childrens-literature-3/. Accessed September 2019. 

 

Silverman, Lisa. "Recommended Children’s Books About Little-Known Jewish Heroes." Jewish Journal, 12 June 2020, https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/books/317329/recommended-childrens-books-about-little-known-jewish-heroes/. Accessed August 2020. 

 

“Stephane Jorisch- Illustrator.”Kids Can Press,  https://www.kidscanpress.com/creators/stéphane-jorisch/106. Accessed September 2019. 

 

“Transcript from an interview with Patricia Polacco.” Reading Rockets, https://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/polacco/transcript. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Wayland, April Halprin. “About April.” Welcome to April’s World, http://www.aprilwayland.com/about-april/. Accessed September 2019. 


 

Wayland, April Halprin. “How I Became a Teaching Author.” Teaching Authors: Six Children’s Authors Who Also Teach Writing. https://www.teachingauthors.com/p/about-us.html. Accessed September 2019. 


 

“Q&A: Anti-Semitism is on the Rise in America. The Head of the Anti-Defamation League Explains Why.” Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb 2019, https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jonathan-greenblatt-adl-20190201-story.html. 

 

 

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