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Helen Weiss Pincus

Award-win­ning jour­nal­ist and free­lance writer, Helen Weiss Pin­cus, has taught mem­oir writ­ing and cre­ative writ­ing through­out the NY Metro area to senior cit­i­zens and high school stu­dents. Her work has been pub­lished in The New York Times, The Record, The Jew­ish Stan­dard, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. She recent­ly added ​“Bub­by” to her job description.

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The Day I Became a Pota­to Pancake
Arie Kaplan; Beilin Xu, illus.
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Mighty Mic­ah
Jane Yolen; Steliyana Doneva, illus.
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The Tree of Life: How a Holo­caust Sapling Inspired the World
Elisa Boxer; Alianna Rozentsveig, illus.
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Absolute­ly, Pos­i­tive­ly Natty
Lisa Green­wald
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She’s a Men­sch!: Ten Amaz­ing Jew­ish Women
Anne Dublin
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A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
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The Promise
Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams; Cinzia Battistel, illus.
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Elana K. Arnold
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It’s Her Sto­ry: Ire­na Sendler
Margaret Littman; Sara Luna, illus.
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There’s a Gob­lin on the Ark!
Susan Tarcov; Mackinzie Rekers, illus.
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Sarah Sil­ber­stein Swartz
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Emma Carlson Berne; Giovanni Abeille, illus.
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Mar­tin Lemelman
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David Tabatsky

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