The Sydney Taylor Shmooze @ShmoozeBlog
A mock award blog discussing the best Jewish kidlit that's eligible for AJL's Sydney Taylor Book Award. sydneytaylorshmooze.com Joined April 2020-
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Review: Phoebe's Diary by Phoebe Wahl #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
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Review: A Wild, Wild Hanukkah by Jo Gershman & Bob Strauss, illustrated by Jo Gershman #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Hollowthorn by @KalynJosephson #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices by @JaneYolen, @marjorielotfi and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz, illustrated by Fotini Tikkou #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Eight Nights of Lights: A Celebration of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Hilli Kushnir #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Hanukkah Upside Down by Elissa Brent Weissman, illustrated by @omer_hoffmann #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Barefoot in the Sand by Hava Deevon, translated by Gilan Kahn-Hoffman, illustrated by Rotem Teplow #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/11/review…
Review: Wrath Becomes Her by @AdenPolydoros #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
Review: Just One More Thing...And Then Bedtime written and illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt, translated by Romy Ronen #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
Review: The Blood Years by @ElanaKArnold #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
Review: Don't Want to Be Your Monster by @DekeMoulton #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
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The Sydney Taylor Shmooze: Review: Counting on Naamah: A Mathematical Tale on Noah’s Ark “this book can appeal across a wide range of practice, for Jews and non-Jews alike, especially those who want to show that girls can be great at STEM too” sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
Review: We Belong Here by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by @Ruth_Ohi #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/10/review…
Review: 1, 2, 3, Nosh with Me by Micah & Joshua Siva, illustrated by Svlatoslav Franko #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: White Bird: A Novel by @RJPalacio with @ericaperl, illustrated by R.J. Palacio #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: The Moving Box Sukkah by Leah Rachel Berkowitz, illustrated by @sharonvargo #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: Miryam's Dance by Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker, illustrated by John Baptist Tumuhaise #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: Kayla and Kugel's Silly Sukkot written & illustrated by Ann D. Koffsky #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: Eve and Adam and Their Very First Day by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Irina Augustinovich #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
Review: Tzimmes for Tzipporah by @meganhoytwrites , illustrated by Christine Battuz #jewishkidlit sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/09/review…
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