February 2015

I am very pleased to announce that the winner of a copy of Shabbat Shalom Hey! is…(drumroll please)–Marnie!   Thanks so much to everyone else for entering, it is so nice to know that folks are out there actually reading my blog and enjoying my work. Running this kind of raffle is really grew because… Read more »

Hey, I have a new book, Shabbat Shalom Hey!  Hey, wanna win one? To enter, just leave any short comment below that starts with the word Hey! (Ex:  “Hey-I love Shabbat too!” or “Hey, chulent is the best”)                     Hey, Want to enter twice? Visit my… Read more »

Purim is on its way! Start getting ready with this happy clown reading the Purim megillah. Also: I am raffling off a copy of my new book, “Shabbat Shalom, Hey!” Want to enter to win? Click here. (if you need the page as a pdf, just click here: purim clown)

Yael Bernhard is the marvelous illustrator of Never Say  A Mean Word Again by Jaqueline Jules, and she has graciously agreed to answer some of my curious questions. <span <span Ann: Yael there are lots of things I love about your artwork. One of them is the softness of your line, and color. It feels very smooth,… Read more »

  INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE JULES ANN: Hi, Jaqueline! I am so pleased to have the opportunity to chat with you about your new picture book, Never Say A Mean Word Again.  It’s feels like such a contemporary lesson, about how to treat others, but in the <ahem> starred review of the book in Publisher’s Weekly, it says… Read more »

Look who did a great job coloring this page from, “Shabbat Shalom Hey!” If you’d like to color it too, just click on the image below and print!