The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit, Mostly

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You Be You, The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Branfman  may not seem like an obvious choice for …

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Recently, libraries and schools have been facing an outrageous …

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Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz is a heartfelt animal friendship story …

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Regular listeners will remember my friend Susan …

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The Unfinished Corner, a National Jewish Book Awards finalist, is a graphic novel that challenges a bat mitzvah girl and her …

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Today I've got a group interview for you, with three authors whose books each take a different and fascinating angle on dealing with grief. It's a …

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Welcome to this special edition of The Book of Life, recorded as a part of the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! …

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Martha Seif Simpson is the chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries. She joined …

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For this episode I've paired Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind …

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E. Lockhart joins us to talk about her graphic novel Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, featuring a Jewish teen superhero with …

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The Way Back is a strange and wonderful, life-affirming story about death, an …

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June is Pride Month, so I'm pleased to bring you …

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Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature, edited and translated by Miriam Udel, comes out from NYU Press on October 6, 2020. We didn't have the chance to do an audio interview but I did want you to …

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Author Amy Grossblatt Pessah …

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David B. Levy shares his family …

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Michelle Cameron shares her adult …

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Bernice Lerner shares her family …

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Erika Dreifus shares her poetry …

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Jeremy Benstein shares his nonfiction …

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Sidura Ludwig shares her adult short …

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Lesléa Newman shares her picture book …

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Leslie Kimmelman shares her picture …

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The first episode in this special …

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This Book of Life "Family Meeting" will fill you in on lots …

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No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's …

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The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish children's and teen literature each year. I …

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This virtual panel on Yiddish-related kidlit includes Sue Macy, author of The Book Rescuer, Debbie Levy, author of Yiddish …

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ANNOUNCING: The World Premiere of the audiobook version of Hanukkah with Noshy Boy & Friends by Anne-Marie Asner, …

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On The Book of Life, we talk a lot about Jewish kidlit. But where do you go to find Jewish children's books? In this episode, …

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The 100 Most Jewish Foods, a Highly Debatable List, started as a fun interactive feature on the website of Tablet Magazine, and then …

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Honeycake Magazine is a new Jewish magazine for kids ages 2 to 6. Creator Anna Caplan guest posted on The Book of Life about the magazine …

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We are in a golden age of picture book biographies, and …

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In May 2019 I posted an interview with Jonathan Auxier, the author of Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster. In our interview we …

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At the 2019 Association of Jewish Libraries conference in Los Angeles, California, we recorded a Book of Life live show. My guests …

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Sadaf Siddique and Gauri Manglick are the co-creators of Kitaab World, a website that promotes South Asian children's books. …

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Young Aria is a voracious reader. In this interview, she shares …

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Anne Dublin is a Toronto-based author and retired synagogue librarian. She is the Canadian Correspondent for The Book of Life Podcast, …

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Natalie Silverstein is the New York volunteer …

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Craig Taubman is a long-time star in the world of American …

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May 1 is May Day, the chimney sweeps’ holiday. It’s …

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The Length of a String won a 2019 Sydney Taylor Honor Award in the Older Readers Category. It's a middle grade novel about Imani, an …

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Paula Shoyer is known as The Kosher Baker. I met her at Limmud, a one …

Craig Taubman is coming to Congregation B'nai Israel in Boca Raton! If you will be in South Florida, don't miss this show! Call 561-241-8118 for tickets or BUY TICKETS HERE.

Listen to a special message from Craig now, …

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The Book of Life’s Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin spoke to author Anne Renaud after she won the 2018 Canadian …

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Before I moved from Massachusetts back to Florida, I visited with Jane …

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Susan Kusel is the chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries. She joined …

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"Beyond the Holocaust and Holidays: Who Are We …

Hillary Saxton is a children's librarian at the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Public Library, and the creator of the event series "Stand Up! Storytime …

Remember All-of-a-Kind Family? It's the classic chapter book by Sydney Taylor, of five sisters living on the Lower East Side in the early 20th …

Jane Breskin Zalben is an artist/illustrator and the author of over 50 books for children. Her recent picture book, A Moon for Moe and Mo, was featured in the Missing Voice picture book discussion group on Facebook in …

At the 2018 Association of Jewish Libraries conference, I bumped into author Jacqueline Jules. She's been on the podcast before in 2014 to talk …

The Girl with the Red Balloon is a magical time travel, historical fiction, kind-of-sort-of Holocaust book that won a Sydney Taylor Honor in the …

Before I moved back to Florida from Massachusetts, my friend Barbara Bietz, author of The Sundown Kid: A Southwestern Shabbat, came to Amherst, MA …

American Golem by Marc Lumer is a very funny picture book about a mud monster making a new life for itself in New York City. Vicki Weber of Apples …

In June 2018, Book of Life Host Heidi Rabinowitz participated on a panel with author Leslea Newman and Horn Book editors Elissa Gershowitz and Shoshana Flax, at the Association of Jewish Libraries annual conference in …

Susan Kusel is the chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries. She joined us by Skype from her home in Falls Church, VA. to talk about the 2018 winners of the award. 

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The winners of the 2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children's and teen literature will be announced on January 10, 2018. Chair Susan Kusel gave The Book of Life an exclusive interview that will be …

As The Book of Life goes on hiatus, we wrap up twelve years of programming with a Grand Finale. We hear from listeners and guests about their favorite interviews, and play clips from those episodes.

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Group interview with Jessica Deutsch, creator of The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics, and with Lois Shenker and Rabbi Eve Posen, co-authors of Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices …

An interview with Linda Kass, author of Tasa's Song, plus the music inspired by the book, composed by Charles Weatherbee and performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet.

Interviews with Lisa Newman, Communications Director, and Christa Whitney, director of the Wexler Oral History Project, both at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.

An interview with Abigail Pogrebin about her book chronicling her exploration of all 18 Jewish holidays in one year.

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An interview with author Rich Michelson about The Language of Angels: a Story about the Reinvention of Hebrew.

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Vicki Weber of Behrman House tells us all about the past, present, and future of the 96 year old publisher of Jewish educational materials, just in …

The Last Shepherd (Evil Sun Productions) is a Hebrew-language indie comedy adventure scifi fantasy film with elements of Jewish mysticism and kabbalah. Several of the film's creators Skyped with The Book of Life.

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Yaffa and Fatima, Shalom Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams is the picture book we all need right now. It depicts a loving friendship between two women, one Jewish, one Muslim.

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Author Tammar Stein tells us about her middle grade novel, The Six-Day Hero, about the Six-Day War in Israel, 1967.  bookoflifepodcast.com

PJ Our Way is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation that offers free chapter books to Jewish families with middle grade readers. I spoke to …

A joint interview with author Lori S. Kline and publisher Debra L. Winegarten about the picture book Almost a Minyan, a traditional yet groundbreaking coming-of-age story.

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An interview with Marjorie Ingall about her parenting guide Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, …

An interview with author Keith Fentonmiller about his weird and wonderful Jewish novel Kasper Mutzenmacher's Cursed Hat. Remember to donate to …

An interview with Suzanne Nelson about her shoe-related Jewish award winning YA novel. Donate to Patreon.com/bookoflife to get an autographed copy! bookoflifepodcast.com

Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg tells us about his creation of a Harry Potter themed Haggadah for Passover. bookoflifepodcast.com

An invitation to join the How Is This Night Different? call-in project and an interview with Call Me Ishmael co-founder Steph Kent, one of the project sponsors. Check bookoflifepodcast.com for details.

Info on projects in which you might want to participate! Read4Refugees fundraiser through 3/31/17, Call Me Ishmael 3/27-4/4/17, apply for the TENT Jewish kidlit retreat by 4/24/17. Listen to the show for details. …

An interview with Meira Drazin, author of the 2016 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award winner, Honey and Me. Also, call in to leave your story for "How Is This Book Different?" - details at bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with the hosts of the Unorthodox podcast from Tablet Magazine, after their live show in West Palm Beach. Plus, an invitation to share your favorite story with Call Me Ishmael. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin interviews author Eva Wiseman about her historical/paranormal romance, Another Me. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

A talk given by Leslie Kimmelman, author of the picture book Everybody Says Shalom, at the 2016 AJL conference. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Adam Gidwitz, Sydney Taylor Book Award winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. …

An interview with Ellen Tillman, chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, which chooses the best Jewish books for children and teens each year.

Adam & Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld won the 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award. We hear about meeting Aharon, and translator Jeffrey Green speaks about the book. bookoflifepodcast.com

Author Warren Adler talks about his short story collection, The Sunset Gang. www.bookoflifepodc ast.com

An interview with storyteller Joel Ben Izzy, author of Dreidels on the Brain. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Leslea Newman, author of award-winning picture book Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed, and the poetry book I Carry My Mother. bookoflifepodcast. com

An interview with Debbie Levy, author of the picture book biography I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Ahmed Drame, star and co-writer of the French film Once in a Lifetime (Les Heritiers). www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Rich Michelson, biographer and friend of Jewish actor Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Eddie Estrin about his spoken word album, The Golem. bookoflifepodcast.com

A critique of the picture book Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf by Greg Wolfe, with Rachel Kamin and Kathy Bloomfield.

Laura Amy Schlitz, award winning author of The Hired Girl, speaking at the Association of Jewish Libraries conference where she accepted the Sydney Taylor Book Award. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with TK Thorne, author of Biblical novels Noah's Wife and Angels at the Gate. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

A conversation with Sara Ivry, host of the Jewish podcast Vox Tablet from Tablet Magazine. Be sure to check the show notes for links to all the podcasts discussed. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Angela Cerrito, author of The Safest Lie, a Holocaust novel inspired by the work of Irena Sendler. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Susan Krawitz, author of Viva Rose! bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with April Halprin Wayland about her Passover picture book, More Than Enough.

Interview with Santiago Cohen about his quirky picture book, The Yiddish Fish. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with author Laura Gehl about her picture book, Hare and Tortoise Race Across Israel. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

A group interview with the author, illustrator, and editor of the picture book, My Grandfather's Coat, with a bonus track!

A virtual panel discussion about the abundance of Holocaust titles for kids, and alternative reading suggestions. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

How to join the 2015 #Readukkah Jewish Reading Challenge, and an interview with Rabbi Goldie Milgrim about Mitzvah Cards and more. …

An interview with Sue and Lloyd Ecker about their documentary and books on "The Outrageous Sophie Tucker." bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Maggie Anton about the second book in her Rav Hisda's Daughter series, Enchantress. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with filmmaker Tiffany Shlain about The Science of Character, The Adaptable Mind, and The Making of a Mensch. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with poet/author Leslea Newman about her round-the-year Jewish holiday picture book, Here is the World, and her other Jewish and LGBT …

An interview with filmmaker Ian Rosenberg about his Catskills resort documentary, Welcome to Kutsher's. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with author Suri Rosen about her hip and funny Orthodox Jewish novel for teens, Playing with Matches. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin interviews author Carol Matas. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Tova Mirvis, author of Visible City. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview from Book Expo 2014 with Sue William Silverman about her memoir, the Pat Boone Fan Club, My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew. Since I've got a big backlog of episodes waiting to be published, I decided to …

Interviews with Lerner Publishing, and Kar-Ben Publishing (a division of Lerner) about their new Jewish books, at Book Expo 2014.Since I've got a big backlog of episodes waiting to be published, I decided to publish the …

An interview from Book Expo 2014 with Eva Wiseman, author of The World Outside. Since I've got a big backlog of episodes waiting to be published, I decided to publish the remaining four Book Expo episodes in one go; …

Interviews from Book Expo America 2014 with Holiday House and Second Story Press, two mainstream presses that strongly support jewish publishing. …

Sylvia Rouss, Mira Reisberg, Joni Sussman and Ann Stampler spoke at the 2014 Association of Jewish Libraries conference on a panel responding to the Pew study "A Portrait of Jewish Americans" - and it all boils down to …

An interview with Laurel Snyder and Catia Chen, author and illustrator of The Longest Night, an award-winning picture book that retells the story of the Exodus from a child's point of view.

An interview with Donna Jo Napoli about her novel STORM, which takes place on Noah's Ark. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with author Neal Bascomb about The Nazi Hunters, which won the 2014 Sydney Taylor Book Award.

Interviews with authors Helaine Becker and Yael Zoldan, from the Seminar on Jewish Story 2014.

Interviews about new Jewish titles with Charlesbridge, Image Comics, and Dundurn at Book Expo 2014.

Interview from Book Expo 2014 with Jacqueline Jules and Durga Yael Bernhardt, author and illustrator of the picture book Never Say a Mean Word Again. …

An interview with author Sally Wiener Grotta about her novel Jo Joe.

An interview with Judy Petsonk about her historical novel, Queen of the Jews, based on the life of Queen Salome Alexandra. bookoflifepodcast.com

Author Debra Winegarten and oral historian Josh Parshall talk about the Jewish experience of living in Texas. bookoflifepodcast.com

Karen Propp discusses her work in progress, a story of Jewish female swimming champs in Europe during WWII. The unpublished work won the 2013 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with conference organizer Barbara Krasner about the Seminar on Jewish Story taking place May 18, 2014 in NYC.

An interview with Jewish Comix Anthology editor Steven Bergson.

An interview with Louise Borden, author of His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, winner of the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Award. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with author Linda Glaser and illustrator Adam Gustavson, creators of picture book Hannah's Way which won the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Award. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent, Anne Dublin, interviews author Sharon McKay, winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award. bookoflifepodcast.com

A conversation with Laurel Snyder, author and outside-the-box thinker in the world of Jewish kidlit.

An interview with Maggie Anton, author of Rav Hisda's Daughter. bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Deborah Heiligman, author of the teen novel INTENTIONS, which won the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Award. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

The Albert Whitman Company comes out with a Jewish picture book or two almost every year. Here's a show-floor interview with Marketing Director Michelle Bayuk from ALA 2012 about two of their recent Jewish-interest …

An interview with Sheri Sinykin, author of Zayde Comes to Live. bookoflifepodcast.com

Introducing the hilarious Shabbat picture book, The Schmutzy Family by Madelyn Rosenberg! bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Eugene Yelchin, author/illustrator of Breaking Stalin's Nose, a Newbery Honor book. bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Emily Bergman, member of the Sophie Brody Award committee. The award is presented for Jewish literature by RUSA, an arm of ALA. bookoflifepodcast.com

Filmmaker Roberta Grossman offered a work-in-progress screening of her documentary on Hava Nagila at the Association of Jewish Libraries 2012 conference. Here we have her introductory remarks and the Q&A that …

The Book of Life's Canadian correspondent, Anne Dublin, interviews author Kathy Kacer about the compilation of children's responses to the Holocaust …

A chat with Aimee Lurie, chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, about the 2013 winners, the best Jewish children's and teen books of the year.

McFarland Publishing offers a wide selection of Jewish titles. A show-floor interview from ALA. bookoflifepodcast.com

A joint interview with Susan Goldman Rubin (Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein) and Rob Sharenow (The Berlin Boxing Club), winners of the 2012 …

The Book of Life's Canadian correspondant, Anne Dublin, speaks live with author Lesley Simpson before the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto. bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Betsy Rosenthal, author of Looking For Me in this Great Big Family. bookoflifepodcast.com

A live interview with Dr. Reuven Firestone, recorded at the 2012 Association of Jewish Libraries conference. Please see show notes at bookoflifepodcast.com for links to more information about this guest and his work.

An interview with Marc Tyler Nobleman, author of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, and other untold stories about underdog heroes. …

Co-authors Debby Waldman and Rita Feutl interview each other about their picture book, Room Enough for Daisy. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin interviews author and filmmaker David Bezmozgis about his development as a writer and his new novel The Free World. After this December 2011 episode, The Book of …

An interview with Ruchel Louis, author of Pulani: A Memoir of Growing Up in Apartheid South Africa. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with blogger Barbara Krasner, who is sponsoring the "Write Your Own Megillah "project to encourage Jewish children's writers a la NaNoWriMo, during Jewish Book Month. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Sarah Darer Littman about her teen novel Life, After, which was a 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for teens. Sarah was a guest on the …

An interview with Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go.

Author Ann Koffsky talks about her newest picture book, Noah's Swim-a-thon, about lifeguarding at camp, and about the nutty things adults say to get …

A double dip of interviews with Rona Arato, author of Mrs. Kaputnik's Pool Hall & Matzo Ball Emporium, one by Heidi Estrin at Book Expo, and one …

Interview with Margarita Engle, winner of the 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teens for TROPICAL SECRETS: HOLOCAUST REFUGEES IN CUBA. bookoflifepodcast.com

Author Lesley Simpson interviews herself(!) about her picture book Yuvi's Candy Tree, a picture book on Ethiopian Jews fleeing to Israel. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Ann Redisch Stampler, author of the Jewish folktale picture book The Rooster Prince of Breslov. Ann was a guest on the podcast in …

An interview with Carol de Giere, author of Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Debbie Levy and her mother Jutta about The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family and Farewells, based on Jutta's poesiealbum from the 1940s. bookoflifepodcast.com

An interview with Barry Deutsch, author of the graphic novel Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (Yet Another Troll-Fighting 11-Year-Old Orthodox …

An interview with Veronica Wulff, Director of Global Production at Sesame Workshop, about the newly revamped Shalom Sesame. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin interviews winners of the 2010 Canadian Jewish Book Awards at the awards ceremony in Toronto.

Forthcoming books of from Judaic publishers discovered at Book Expo America 2010 in NYC! bookoflifepodcast.com

Recent and forthcoming children's and teen books of Jewish interest discovered at Book Expo America 2010 in NYC!

Forthcoming adult books of Jewish interest discovered at Book Expo America 2010 in NYC!

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondant, Anne Dublin, interviews author Kathy Kacer. Kathy has written many Holocaust novels for young people, …

When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans is a book you can't read yet, but worth waiting for. It's the winner of the 2009 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. In this podcast we hear from the Manuscript Award Committee Chair, …

Author Anna Levine discusses her YA novel Freefall and her picture book Jodie's Hanukkah Dig, both set in Israel.

Interview with Micol Ostow, author of So Punk Rock (And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother)

Scribblers on the Roof is an online forum for Jewish fiction and poetry at jscribes.com. In this interview with founder Kelly Hartog, we get a virtual tour of the website. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent, Anne Dublin, attends the launch party for Save the Deli! by David Sax at Caplansky's Deli in Toronto. bookoflifepodcast.com

Awards Chair Kathe Pinchuck discusses the winners of the 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children's and teen literature.

This is your chance to virtually attend the Jewish Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Conference at the 92nd St Y in NYC! Hear from organizer Barbara Krasner, editor Dianne Hess, and attending authors Bryna …

An impromptu discussion among Heidi Estrin, Mark Blevis, Richard Michelson and Esme Raji Codell during a party at the Planet Esme Reading Room.

Alexa Clark was one of the many interesting people I met at Podcasters Across Borders 2009 who had book-related projects to share. I spoke with her about Mini Book Expo and Book Camp Toronto. bookoflifepodcast.com

Hugh McGuire is one of the interesting people I met at Podcasters Across Borders 2009. We spoke about his reading-related projects, LibriVox and Book Oven. bookoflifepodcast.com

A chat with Lisa Silverman of the Jewish Book Council about the authors going on tour this fall for Jewish Book Month. bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life now has voicemail, courtesy of Google Voice. We're waiting to hear from you, at 561-206-2473.

Author Simone Elkeles and kidlit expert June Cummins discuss trends in Jewish YA chick lit. bookoflifepodcast.com

Connie Crosby was one of the very interesting people I met at Podcasters Across Borders. We talked about the session she gave on The Shanachies. bookoflifepodcast.com

Ann Gonzales, author of Running For My Life, talks about her mother's mental illness, her own PTSD, and her writing. Ann put in the winning bid for a Book of Life interview in the Bridget Zinn auction. …

When I first attempted to post this interview, the audio got cut off halfway through. Here, with my apologies, is the full episode. Jacqueline Dembar …

An interview with Jacqueline Dembar Greene, author of the American Girl series on Rebecca Rubin, and the picture book The Secret Shofar of Barcelona. bookoflifepodcast.com

ForWords, Kathy Bloomfield's beloved Jewish book fair company, relaunches in a new format on 09/09/09! We've missed Kathy! Here she is to tell us about the new ForWords. bookoflifepodcast.com

When I uploaded my interview with April Halprin Wayland, author of New Year at the Pier, I didn't realize that the end of the interview had been cut …

Author April Halperin Wayland talks about her Rosh Hashanah picture book, New Year at the Pier. bookoflifepodcast.com

Why be social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Blogger and podcaster Mark Blevis joins Heidi to talk about what it means to participate in life online. bookoflifepodcast.com

Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Alx Block of the Jewish Publication Society weighs in with a list of Jewish-content blogs and podcasts. bookoflifepodcast.com

Why be social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Attendees at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention come up with their own definitions of "blog" and "podcast." bookoflifepodcast.com

Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape! Part 1 in the Why Be Social series considers the philosophical aspects of …

Interviews with publishers and authors, from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. This episode highlights Jewish books for kids and teens. bookoflifepodcast.com

More interviews from Book Expo America 2009, this time with authors who've written Jewish books for adults. Plus, we find the Jewish angle on the …

Interviews from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. We ask publishers to tell us about their new Jewish interest books for adults. …

Mark Blevis, podcasting guru and kidlit fan, took a moment from running the Podcasters Across Borders conference to talk about his upcoming gig at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention, and about his podcast, …

Interviews from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. In the spotlight: Jewish presses. bookoflifepodcast.com

Interview with Lily Koppel

The Book of Life recorded Lily Koppel, author of The Red Leather Diary, as she gave this talk at Aston Gardens Senior Living Center in Parkland, Florida in spring, 2009.

The Bridget Zinn Auction is a fundraiser for a fellow kidlit librarian/author who has cancer. The Book of Life has donated an audio interview to the auction. Please bid on all items at bridgetzinnauction.wordpress.com …

The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent, Anne Dublin, interviews Montreal musician Orit Shimoni of Little Birdie. bookoflifepodcast.com twitter.com/bookoflifepod bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com

The Facebook Haggadah swept the Internet in spring 2009. In this episode of The Book of Life we interview its creator, Carl Elkin, about the haggadah and about his other Facebook projects. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

The Book of Life podcast interviews Judy Blundell, author of What I Saw and How I Lied, winner of the National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category. bookoflifepodcast.com

Yankee at the Seder is a picture book is about a Yankee Jewish soldier who spends Passover with a Confederate Jewish family. It is historian Elka …

Holocaust survivor and memoirist Aranka Siegal shares some of the memories on which her award-winning books are based. The Book of Life March 2009 …

Sonia Levitin, author of over 40 books for children and teens, has turned her award-winning 1987 novel The Return into a a musical stage play. RETURN chronicles an Ethiopian Jewish girl's walk to freedom in Israel via …

We celebrate Black History Month, Jewish style, with the book As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr & Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom, and the CD Sing for Joy, music of the Abayudaya of …

A behind-the-scenes look at the Sydney Taylor Book Awards with awards committee chair Kathe Pinchuck.

Unsettled: The Problem of Loving Israel is Marc Aronson's rather unsettling new nonfiction book for teens. We spoke to him about the challenges of writing and reading nonfiction and about this book at the SLJ Leadership …

The Book of Life celebrates Chanukah with Sylvia Rouss, author of the Sammy Spider series; Eric Kimmel, who now has audiobooks available on his website; Josh Nelson, a performer in the Lights TV special; and Rabbi Ilene …

Are you a member of the tribe? Which tribe? What is a tribe, anyway? We take a look at the Klezmer Company Orchestra's CD "Beyond the Tribes," the documentary film "The Tribe," and a book by photographer Rafael …

The Book of Life's Blog Action Day episode features Blog Action co-founder Cyan Ta'eed, and authors Aubrey Davis (Bagels from Benny) and Eric Kimmel (The Mysterious Guests), discussing themes of poverty and generosity. …

Meet The Book of Life's new Canadian Correspondent, author & librarian Anne Dublin! Anne introduces us to her Toronto writers' group as they discuss the Jewish elements of their work. Check out Anne's website at …

The Book of Life's 2008 High Holidays Special! We speak to Jacqueline Jules, author of the picture book Sarah Laughs, and to Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, …

In this episode of The Book of Life, we talk to 2 Jews and get way more than 3 opinions. These two conversations are the last of the material …

In Part 4 of The Book of Life's series from the Book Expo America conference, we hear about new and forthcoming titles on the Holocaust for adults …

The Book of Life's coverage of Jewish books at the 2008 Book Expo America conference in Los Angeles. In this third segment of the series, we look at …

Interviews recorded at Book Expo America 2008, covering Jewish books for older kids and teens.

What's new in Jewish picture books? Follow Book of Life host Heidi Estrin around the 2008 Book Expo America conference to listen in on publishers …

Book of Life host Heidi Estrin will be attending Book Expo America 2008 in Los Angeles, to record material for the podcast and to promote the Sydney Taylor Book Award. If YOU will be at Book Expo, drop her a line at …

The Book of Life celebrates Israel's 60th birthday with a musical extravaganza! 1) Composer Yuval Ron talks about the music he created for the Oscar-winning short film West Bank Story. 2) Fran Manushkin discusses her …

The Book of Life takes you on a virtual trip around the world for Passover! 1) Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks discusses People of the …

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read! In this episode we hear from Amy Meltzer, author of Mezuzah on the Door, and from Sarah Gershman & Kristina Swarner, author & illustrator of …

The Book of Life hosted a live, call-in show on February 7, 2008 with special guest Pamela Ehrenberg, author of Ethan, Suspended. Our discussion topic was "what makes a book Jewish?" This recording of the call-in show …

In this special "Bells & Whistles" edition of The Book of Life, host Heidi Estrin gives instructions for accessing the live Book of Life call-in show being held on Thursday, February 7, 2008, 3-4pm EST. These same …

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish books, music, film and web! This January 2008 episode offers themes of empowerment with these interviews: 1) Raz Godelnik, founder of Eco-Libris, where you can plant a book for each …

Markus Zusak speaks! A live, unedited presentation recorded at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida with the author of The Book Thief. This extra December 2007 episode of The Book of Life podcast is a Hanukkah …

Happy Hanukkah, and Happy 2nd anniversary to The Book of Life! On this episode, we meet: 1) Illustrator Ann Koffsky to learn about her snowflake Jerusalem of Peace, created for Robert's Snow for Cancer's Cure; 2) Author …

The Book of Life's Thanksgiving Shout-Out Special is a bonus episode for November 2007! Includes interviews with musician Todd Herzog and illustrator Maryann Kovalski, as well as shout-outs to many listeners who have …

The Book of Life is a monthly podcast about Jewish books, music, film and web at www.bookoflifepodcast.com. In this episode we celebrate traditional …

The Book of Life: a show about Jewish people and the books we read! This episode celebrates classic Jewish children's books. The All-of-a-Kind Family books by Sydney Taylor represent with an interview with Sydney's …

The Book of Life sees the world through new eyes in this Jewish New Year season. We speak to Mordicai Gerstein, award-winning author of The White Ram, a picture book midrash about the sacrifice of Isaac. We hear from …

The Book of Life celebrates klezmer music! We visit the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University and hear some of their historic klezmer samples. We talk to Joan Betty Stuchner, author of The Kugel Valley …

The Book of Life explores magic and mystery with: Cantor Amy Miller, an expert on the Jewish view of Harry Potter...Jason Lutes, author of the graphic novel Houdini the Handcuff King...Sarah Mlynowski, author of Bras …

The Book of Life cools off with summer reading. We learn about the ReaderGirlz web site, and their promotion of a Jewish title: Goy Crazy by Melissa …

The Book of Life celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month (May) with a focus on baseball! We hear from Carol Matas, author of the middle-grade …

The Book of Life is a monthly podcast about Jewish people and the books we read. In this episode we explore the power of books to sustain the Jewish people. We hear from Jonathan Kirsch, author of God Against the Gods …

The Book of Life celebrates Passover! This episode features interviews with author Dave Horowitz (Five Little Gefiltes), author Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Passover Around the World), Sean Altman of the band Jewmongous, and …

Celebrate Purim with The Book of Life! Interviews with the creators of the picture book Queen Esther Saves Her People, and the adult comedy book …

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, kicks off the new year with new books and new music. We learn about the newly announced winners of the 2007 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish …

The Book of Life, a podcast about Jewish people and the books we read, celebrates Hanukkah! We interview Stephen Krensky and Greg Harlin, author & illustrator of Hanukkah at Valley Forge. We talk to Nora Guthrie, …

This brief "addendum" to The Book of Life podcast offers timely information about a new book list of Hanukkah stories for children.

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, celebrates Jewish Book Month! We speak to Howard Schwartz, author of Before You …

The Book of Life explores Jewish continuity with Alice Hoffman's historical novel Incantation, Abigail Pogrebin's Stars of David, in which she speaks to famous contemporary Jews, the a capella music of LISTEN UP!, and a …

The Book of Life celebrates new beginnings. We talk to Rahel Musleah, author of Apples and Pomegranates, a Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah. We interview Ken Gordon, editor of Jbooks.com, a web site where The Book of Life …

The Book of Life, a Show about Jewish People and the Books We Read. This month we celebrate the power of storytelling. We talk with …

The Book of Life podcast celebrates Jewish life in America! We interview Linda Glaser and Phil Myzel, author and subject of the novel Bridge to America. We hear a review of the CD American Jewish Summer. We speak to …

This episode of The Book of Life podcast takes you on an armchair summer trip to meet author Holly-Jane Rahlens in Germany, author Pnina Moed Kass in …

For our May 2006 episode of The Book of Life, we celebrate Get Caught Reading Month, a campaign of the Association of American Publishers.

This episode of The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, features many books and CD's that would make great Afikomen …

The Book of Life celebrates Purim

The Book of Life, a Show About Jewish People and the Books We Read: episode 3 focuses on Jewish heroes of the Olympics, the civil rights movement, the art world, and even on Jewish superheroes.

Interviews with the winners of the 2006 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for Jewish children's literature, and a conversation with Andy Rubin, founder of the Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band.

This inaugural episode of The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, features:

• Eric Kimmel, author of Hershel and the …