Tag Archive: children’s literature

Review of Janet’s Children’s Book The Passover Surprise by the Midwest Book Review in its October Issue

Author: October 13, 2015

Dear Friends, The Midwest Book Review just published a review of my chapter book for children, The Passover Surprise, illustrated by Ronald Kauffman (Fictive Press, 2015) in its online October 2015 issue. The article is in the section entitled “Children’s…
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A Review of Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin

Author: August 20, 2015

Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin, New York: Viking, 1991; new shortened edition, Illustrated by Jaime Zollars, Tarrytown NY: Marshall Cavendish Children, 2010. This fiction picture book set in a small village focuses on a poor…
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A Review of Randall’s Wall by Carol Fenner

Author: August 3, 2015

A Review of Randall’s Wall by Carol Fenner, 1991; rpt. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996, 85 pages This realistic novel for middle-grade children concerns an artistic boy from a poor family.  Randall’s father has abused…
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