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Items with the tag:

all-of-a-kind family

Essay

Bette Greene’s ​‘Sum­mer of My Ger­man Sol­dier’: Bad Fam­i­ly and an Unlike­ly Savior

Emi­ly Schneider
August 19, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
One of a Kind: The Life of Syd­ney Taylor
Richard Michelson; Sarah Green, illus.
Essay

“One of a Kind: The Life of Syd­ney Tay­lor” — How the Book Began 

Richard Michel­son
March 11, 2024
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Hanukkah Gob­lins and Hol­i­day Books

Gail Lern­er
November 27, 2023
Essay

Jew­ish Super­heroes: Wil­low Zim­mer­man Joins the DC Universe

E. Lock­hart
September 6, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
From Sarah to Syd­ney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
Essay

Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Three Nov­els by E.L. Konigsburg

Emi­ly Schneider
June 7, 2021
Essay

Epi­dem­ic in the City: Ill­ness and Dis­abil­i­ty in Syd­ney Taylor’s More All-of-a-Kind Family

Emi­ly Schneider
November 2, 2020
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Chil­dren’s
Rachel’s Ros­es
Ferida Wolff, Margeaux Lucas (illus.)
Essay

Mar­i­lyn Sachs, For­got­ten Pio­neer in Chil­dren’s Literature 

At a time when chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture was filled with pic­ture-per­fect fam­i­lies, Mar­i­lyn Sachs paint­ed a dark­er, rich­er reality.

Emi­ly Schneider
June 3, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Hanukkah
Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky, illus.
Cover of Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
Chil­dren’s
Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
Sydney Taylor; Meryl Rosner, illus.; June Cummins, fwd.
Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown
Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Downtown
Sydney Taylor; Joe Krush & Beth Krush, illus.; June Cummins, fwd.
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Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly Uptown
Sydney Taylor; Mary Stevens, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
More All-of-a-Kind Family
Sydney Taylor
Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family
Chil­dren’s
All-of-a-Kind Fam­i­ly
Sydney Taylor

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