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"Max's Mask is a heartening story...[in which] judgements are abandoned" glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com/2025/01/maxs...

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“Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz, widely celebrated for his distinctive ink and watercolor images that capture a child’s viewpoint, and stories often drawn from his evocative childhood memories, died on February 15” www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Another excellent #booksky starter pack of #readers who read widely from @unboundbibliophile.bsky.social Well worth following and reposting if you can to help boost the fantastic literary networks of readers and writers on here #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #StarterPack

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We're looking forward to bringing you NOAH AND HIS WAGON in #paperback! A warm story of friendship, generosity, and feeling at home in a neighborhood for ages 5 years and up

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Not long until #Purim! Better add to your #picturebook pile! kalaniotbooks.com/maxs-mask-ha...

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In 100 ROOMS shares "having only what one needs and not being burdened by too many other possessions is shared in a light-hearted manner.... presents a further positive message [of] creating a friendly community" ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/1...

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NO STEPS BEHIND written by Jeff Gottesfeld & illustrated by Shiella Witanto is a thoughtful #picturebook biography of Beata Sirota Gordon who fought for women’s equality in post-war Japan www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/no-step...

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Librarians display love for books, history and keeping Jewish traditions alive https://www.booksns.com/102872/ Librarians display love for books, history and keeping Jewish traditions alive by drak0bsidian

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Lots of people traveled to Arizona during its early days as a territory, and later as a state. Those people came from many places, and were of many backgrounds — and librarians at the Arizona State Library have been looking into Jewish History, specifically in southern Arizona.

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Look for the return--in #paperback--of NOAH AND HIS WAGON which #Kirkus called a "message about the importance of community, gently imparted with love" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Look for the return--in #paperback--of NOAH AND HIS WAGON which #Kirkus called a "message about the importance of community, gently imparted with love" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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A BRIGHT LIGHT IN BUENOS AIRES "is a highly relatable metaphor about the universal feeling of being different, of wanting to belong. It gently encourages self-acceptance by showing how our differences are...blessings that should be shared in the world" www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2024/10/revi...

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SEVEN GOOD YEARS "is an excellent story for children to act out or retell sequentially...the flavor of Jewish village life is carried throughout by the bright and cheery cartoon style artwork" www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/04/revi...

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#kidlit #megakidlit #booksky

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More to look forward to! This year we're publishing SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI: Shabbat in Uganda by Shoshana Nambi, illustrated by Moran Yogev, highlighting the Abayudaya community of Uganda’s Shabbat celebration www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Your annual reminder, with ❤ For a selection of various transliteration schema, find the Open Siddur Project transliterator: <https://opensiddur.org/help/transliterate/>.

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We'd love to see THE VERY BEST SUKKAH added to this database! booksforblackkids.com/about/

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"A BRIGHT LIGHT IN BUENOS AIRES is a great way to show children how to celebrate the things that make them unique and embrace who they are. Adults will enjoy reading this book with children and introducing them to a different culture and country" yabookscentral.com/a-bright-lig...

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“Picture books are a beautiful, sophisticated and vibrant art form, the source of some of the most profound reading experiences in children’s (and adults’) lives” www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

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Wiki Loves Mother Tongue: Celebrating Language Diversity Through Wikimedia Projects - diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/12/w... "dedicated to expanding content about languages, language activists, etc., on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikiquote."

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Looking forward to connecting here! I'm Bianca Schulze, founder and editor of The Children's Book Review—a resource devoted to children's literature and literacy—and the host of The Growing Readers Podcast: www.thechildrensbookreview.com I'm also the author of DON'T WAKE THE DRAGON and more!

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No day without a #littlefreelibrary

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What are we serving up in 2025? With a Needle and Thread: A Cuban-Jewish Folktale by Jennifer Stempel, illustrated by Libi Axelrod, features a Jewish family in Cuba making do, as an outgrown dress becomes...a central symbol of their community’s celebrations www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Max’s mask is off! You can now get your own copy of MAX’S MASK: A PURIM STORY by Havvah Deevon with illustrations by Itay Bekin kalaniotbooks.com/free-activit...

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Shalom, I am Nadav and I post judaica art and own characters. #jewishart #artist #oc #characterdesign #jew #owncharacter #art #hasidic #illustration

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Check out PAIRS @booksalbatros.bsky.social @helvetiq.bsky.social @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #TapiocaStories @florisbooks.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @childsplaycharity.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.publisherspotlight.com/pairing-power

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We'd like to believe that #Lego created this #BlueButterfly kit just for our book... Thanks @tracytg.bsky.social for matching up THE BLUE BUTTERFLY OF COCHIN with that lovely #bricbutterfly!

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In his new open-access book with Routledge, "Ladino on the Internet," Carlos Yebra López reveals how today's global Ladino-speaking community primarily connects online.

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This morning at 11 am ET Mac Barnett will be inaugurated as the 9th National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & you can watch this #LC event live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOK...

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Timely reminder: "Though the extraterrestrials’ odd behavior and incomprehensible language are a bit surprising, Dina invites them in with a welcoming “Shalom” and offers them a seat, water, and cookies...A noble lesson for all" HOW TO WELCOME AN ALIEN www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Thx @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social for incl me in round-up of opinions about #KidLit & social media, with @laurelsnyder.bsky.social @katemessner.com @studiojjk.bsky.social @katemckean.bsky.social @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @ryanlasala.bsky.social & others: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Happy #BookBirthday to Max...that's MAX'S MASK: A PURIM STORY, of course!

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Find out what's behind MAX'S MASK...publishing February 4!

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We’re thrilled! The Middle East Outreach Council has awarded THE BLUE BUTTERFLY OF COCHIN by Ariana Mizrahi with illustrations by Siona Benjamin an Honorable Mention www.meoc.us/picture-book...

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I spy THE HEDGEHOG WHO SAID, WHO CARES? IN Pairing Power "kids’ book pairs support insights—and spaces for questions, too" www.publisherspotlight.com/pairing-power/

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Toasting #translators as the publishing world's Clark Kent www.thebookseller.com/comment/tran...

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Happening in March so get it on your calendar now #librarians! Jewish Librarians Meetup lilrc.org/events/Event...

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Niiiiiice

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Coming soon! MAX'S MASK: A Purim Story!

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#yma25 full list now out from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

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The 2025 Youth Media Award announcements will take place today at 8 am MT during the American Library Association's (ALA) conference. Not in Phoenix for LibLearnX? Watch a livestream of the award announcements at www.ala.unikron.com

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📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards! 📅 Mon., Jan. 27 🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page. www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...

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#WorldKidLit 2025 #kidsbook #translations includes @cuentodeluz.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @booksalbatros.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social @helvetiq.bsky.social ... 1/2 worldkidlit.org/2025/01/08/2...

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A BRIGHT LIGHT IN BUENOS AIRES "teaches us that we are all born with a gift or talent that we are to share with the world and that we should embrace those gifts rather than reject them or try to change ourselves" yabookscentral.com/a-bright-lig...

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We love discovering #kidsbooks looking for English lanugage #translation and love working with our translators! Coming soon is Yes, We’ll Do It! written by Dafna Strum, illustrated by Shahar Kober, translated from Hebrew by Ilana Kurshan worldkidlit.org/2025/01/08/2...

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"THE MELODY is an English translation [by Ilana Kurshan] of a bedtime story written by one of the founders of children’s literature in Hebrew, Oded Burla...warm and colorful illustrations [by Assaf Benharroch]" www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-mel...

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Congratulations to TWO important #AwardFinalists this morning! @liveoakmedia.bsky.social has a #finalist title in the #Audies25 #YoungListeners division and @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social has a #Finalist in the #TracyAndLarryBrownFamilyAward division of the National Jewish Book Awards!

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The Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 74th National Jewish Book Awards with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan as part of the JCC’s Books That Changed My Life Festival...and we have a finalist! www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/74t...

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Important news for my friends at the intersection of Children’s Books and Buying Cute Stamps… kottke.org/25/01/usps-a...

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'For everything that happens in a #story — including a #picturebook — the next thing that happens must be a result of what came before. More importantly, what happens next must be the result of what your protagonist has done, for better or worse.' janefriedman.com/the-surprisi... #writingcommunity

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