Double Life

(This article appeared in  Jewish Action Magazine over here.) About a year ago, my life changed. Shockingly, my kids weren’t babies anymore, and I went back to work. Well, that’s not quite accurate. I worked when I was home too—but it was freelance. I was an author/illustrator combined with stay-at-home mom. So my life was something […]

And the winner is…

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 […]

HEY! Win A Shabbat Shalom Hey!

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 […]

Purim Coloring Page

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)

Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: The Illustrator

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, […]

Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: The Author

  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 […]

Hey!

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!          

Tu B’shvat with Groot!

Ok, I recognize that this might be a little off the beaten path…But Groot, from the Guardian’s of the Galaxy, is a tree based life-form, so I just thought it worked! Hope you like. Just click and print. (And if you would like a more classic Tu B’shvat page, you can go and grab this […]

Happy Chanukah! (coloring page)

 Here’s a happy menorah for your kids to color. Just click on the image, and print. (And if that doesn’t work for you, here it is as a pdf: menorah candles). Chag Smeach!    

Shabbat Shalom Hey! page

New book? New coloring page! Just click and print to enjoy this new coloring page, lifted in part from my new picture book, “Shabbat Shalom Hey!”. Now available for pre-order on amazon.               (And here it is as a pdf: Ari Shabbat)

Shabbat Shalom Hey!

My new book is coming soon! See a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l56WJoApWw  

Values/ Torah coloring Page

So this one is a little different. First, you’ll notice there is a little color on my coloring page. Thought that might make it a little more attractive for kids. Second, since we just finished and restarted  reading the torah, I thought that it might be nice to have an activity that explores what’s in […]