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Lisa Sil­ver­man

Lisa Sil­ver­man is direc­tor of Sinai Tem­ple’s Blu­men­thal Library in Los Ange­les and a for­mer day school librar­i­an. She is the for­mer chil­dren’s book review edi­tor of Jew­ish Book World.
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Chil­dren’s
Storky: How I Lost My Nick­name and Won the Girl
D. L. Garfinkle
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The Jour­ney That Saved Curi­ous George: The True Wartime Escape of Mar­gret and H.A. Rey
Louise Borden; Allan Drummond, illus.
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Feath­ers: A Jew­ish Tale from East­ern Europe
Heather Forest; Marcia Cutchin, illus.
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Dream­er from the Vil­lage: The Sto­ry of Marc Chagall
Michelle Markel; Emily Lisker, illus.
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Kosher By Design: Kids in the Kitchen
Susie Fishbein
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Five Lit­tle Gefiltes
Dave Horowitz
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The Latke Who Could­n’t Stop Scream­ing: A Christ­mas Story
Lemony Snicket; Lisa Brown, illus.
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The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah
Nora Raleigh Baskin
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Miroslav Sasek
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Jodie’s Hanukkah Dig
Anna Levine; Topaz Ksenia, illus.
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Cel­e­brat­ing With Jew­ish Crafts
Rebeca Edid Ruzansky; Roberto Zeballos-Peralta, photography
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The Yan­kee at the Seder
Elka Weber, Adam Gustavson, illus.
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Passover: Jew­ish Cel­e­bra­tion of Freedom
Amanda Doering
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Mar­cel Marceau: Mas­ter of Mime
Gloria Spielman; Manon Gauthier, illus.
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The Man Who Flies With Birds
Carole G. Vogel and Yossi Leshem

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