Tag: Jewish

GIVEAWAY-New Board Book

Is there a better way to celebrate ones latest book project than running a GIVEAWAY? I think not!   Enter to win a FREE copy of my latest illustrated book, “Thank You for Me” by Jewish Rock star Rick Recht.      You have two easy ways to enter this contest: 1-Share this link on […]

Thank You for Me! Coloring Page

Here is a coloring page of one of the spreads I created for “Thank You for Me” by Rick Recht. Just click, and open.  (Or, you can open it here as a pdf:thankyoupage).   And WAIT! You could win a free copy of the book! Enter the raffle here.   PLUS–there is still more FREE stuff! […]

Seder Clock

Easy Shmeasy. Cut a circle out of a some posterboard. Divide into 14 sections, and label according to the order of the seder. Complete by adding an arrow with a paperfastener to the center. Then, hang at your seder, and turn the arrow as you proceed through your seder.      

Jewish Book Carnival-March

Welcome back to the Jewish book carnival! I am so pleased to be the host once more. Let’s get right to the show with some great links:   -At the Whole Megillah, Barbara Krasner  interviews  Louise Borden, author of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg. She’s getting wondreful feedback […]

Passover Felt people

2 Craft sticks+1 rectangular piece of felt= 1 Israelite. For some of them, the kids used  photos of their own faces, since “We are to visulaize as if we ourselves left Egypt”.    

Passover finger puppets

Yep, Passover is actually almost here. (In March??!!) Click on the image below and print, or you can get it as a pdf here: passpup

Bat Mitzvah Papercuts

The sixth grade girls at HANC  just completed their Bat Mitzvah papeprcut projects–I am kvelling! They did such a great job.

Purim character puppets-1st graders

  So pleased with this one! I got to use up more of those cardboard rolls that folks sent me (thanks for the donations!). All I did was enlarge the finger puppets that I posted over here and have the first graders cut them out, and glue them to the tp rolls. Then they collaged random […]

Still MORE Purim stuff

    These groggers were created by the 7th grade girls at HANC. Using Mod Podge, they collaged the tins with ribbons, cut up magazine, rhinstones, buttons and anything else they could think of!  They came out beautifully, and each one felt uniquely theirs. Once they were dry, we added corn kernels to the inside, […]

Sydney Taylor: Adam Gustavson interview

This year author Linda Glaser and illustrator Adam Gustavson will receive the 2013 gold medal in the Sydney Taylor Book Award’s Younger Readers category for Hannah’s Way, published by Kar-Ben. . I am so pleased that on the occasion of this prestigius award, Adam Gustavson took some time away from his paintbrushes to answer a […]