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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.

    • Reviews
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    Chil­dren’s
    Anna and Solomon
    Elaine Snyder
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    Chil­dren’s
    Boris and Stel­la and the Per­fect Gift
    Dara Goldman
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    Chil­dren’s
    Jew­ish Sports Stars: Ath­let­ic Heroes Past and Present
    David J. Goldman
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hanukkah Bear
    Eric A. Kimmel; Mike Wohnoutka, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Passover Lamb
    Linda Elovitz Marshall; Tatjana Mai-Wyss, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Wind That Want­ed to Rest
    Sheldon Oberman; Neil Waldman, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hannah’s Way
    Linda Glaser; Adam Gustavson, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Sam­my Spi­der’s First Day of School
    Sylvia A. Rouss; Katherine Janus Kahn, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    I Will Come Back For You: A Fam­i­ly in Hid­ing Dur­ing World War II
    Marisabina Russo
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    Chil­dren’s
    Gut­ter­snipe
    Jane Cutler; Emily Arnold McCully, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Once
    Morris Gleitzman
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    The Sto­ry of Esther: A Purim Tale
    Eric A. Kimmel; Jill Weber, illus.
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    Sud­den­ly in the Depths of the Forest
    Amos Oz; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.

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