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Susan Kan­tor

Susan Kan­tor was a senior writer/​editor for Girl Scouts of the USA, a chil­dren’s book edi­tor, and a past judge for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards in the illus­trat­ed children’s book cat­e­go­ry. She is a writer and a docent at the Rubin Muse­um in New York City, where she leads pub­lic and pri­vate tours.

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Chil­dren’s
Mom­my, Can You Stop the Rain?
Rona Milch Novick, PhD, Anna Kubaszewska (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
The Passover Mouse
Joy Nelkin Wieder (auth.), Shahar Kober (illus.)  
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Signs in the Well
Shoham Smith (auth.), Vali Mintzi (illus.)
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Cre­ation Colors
Ann D. Koffsky
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Pavel and the Tree Army
Heidi Smith Hyde; Elisa Vavouri, illus.
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Light the Meno­rah!: A Hanukkah Handbook
Jacqueline Jules; Kristina Swarner, illus.
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Write On, Irv­ing Berlin!
Leslie Kimmelman;‎ David C. Gardner, illus.
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The World Needs Beau­ti­ful Things
Leah Rachel Berkowitz; Daniele Fabbri, illus.
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Sadie’s Snowy Tu B’Shevat
Jamie Korngold; Julie Fortenberry, illus.
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Lit­tle Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale
Gloria Koster; Sue Eastland, illus.
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Purim Chick­en
Margery Cuyler; Puy Pinillos, illus.
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Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
Pamela Ehrenberg; Anjan Sarkar, illus.
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The Sun­down Kid
Barbara Bietz; John Kanzler, illus.
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Hanukkah Delight!
Lesléa Newman; Amy Husband, illus.
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One Fine Shabbat
Chris Barash; Tatjana Mai-Wyss, illus.

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