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Diane Levin Rauschwerger

Diane Levin Rauschw­erg­er is librar­i­an for Con­gre­ga­tion Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA, and has worked as a children’s librar­i­an for the Sun­ny­vale Pub­lic Library. She is the author of a series of children’s pic­ture books, includ­ing Dinosaur on Hanukkah, Dinosaur on Passover, and Dinosaur on Shab­bat, pub­lished by Kar-Ben Publishing.
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Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Joani Rothenberg, illus.
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The Purim Superhero
Elis­a­beth Kushner
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Faiga Finds the Way
Batsheva Brandeis; Alexander Levitas, illus.
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Anne-Marie Baila Asner
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Deborah Bodin Cohen
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