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Kate Gavino Michal Hoschander Malen Michal Hoschander Malen is the editor of Jewish Book Council’s young adult and children’s book reviews. A former librarian, she has lectured on topics relating to literacy, run book clubs, and loves to read aloud to her grandchildren. Reviews Articles Staff Picks Children’s Starbreak Phoebe North Children’s Shabbat Shalom, Hey! Ann Koffsky Children’s Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Shahar Kober, illus. Children’s The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher Dana Alison Levy Children’s The Good, the Bad & the Beagle Catherine Lloyd Burns Children’s Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses Two Countries and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community Cynthia Levinson Children’s One Good Deed Terri Fields Nonfiction Will I Ever Be Happy Again: A Jewish Approach to Helping Children Deal With the Loss of a Loved One Chaya L. Milevsky & Avidan Milevsky; Sarah Zauderer, illus. Children’s Ezra’s Aliyah Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod Children’s Passover With a Twist Benjie Herskowitz; Avi Katz, illus. Children’s Israeli Cultures in Perspective David Derovan Children’s Penguin Rosh Hashanah Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod Children’s Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History Lesa Cline-Ransome; James Ransome, illus. Nonfiction From Foe to Friend & Other Stories S.Y. Agnon; Shay Charka Children’s Starglass Phoebe North Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 22 Next page ›› Recommended Reading Joyful Jewish Board Books Michal Hoschander Malen November 25, 2024 Interview ‘The Rhythm of Life’: A Conversation with Edith Eva Eger Michal Hoschander Malen September 30, 2024 Interview “Forever Thirteen”: A Conversation with Amanda Stern Michal Hoschander Malen September 6, 2023 Recommended Reading A Basket of Purim Goodies: Stories about the Holiday for Young Readers and Families Michal Hoschander Malen March 3, 2023 Recommended Reading High Holiday Books for Young Readers Michal Hoschander Malen September 19, 2022 Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Kids 2022 Fall Reading Michal Hoschander Malen September 9, 2022 Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Kids 2022 Summer Reading Michal Hoschander Malen August 2, 2022 Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Eight Children’s Books for Eight Shining Nights of Hanukkah Michal Hoschander Malen November 11, 2021 Interview Coloring in the Jewish Experience: A Conversation with Natasha Díaz Michal Hoschander Malen August 11, 2020 Interview Interview: Susan Krawitz Michal Hoschander Malen February 6, 2018 Interview Interview: Barbara Bietz with Michal Hoschander MalenBarbara Bietz, author of The Sundown Kid, talks to Michal Hoschander Malen about the pioneer Jews of the American West, their reception… Michal Hoschander Malen May 22, 2017 Interview Interview: Devra Lehmann with Michal Hoschander MalenDevra Lehmann is the author of Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker, winner of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Children’s… Michal Hoschander Malen February 21, 2016 Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Fiction A Visit to Moscow Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator) Nonfiction Raising Raffi: The First Five Years Keith Gessen Children’s Mrs. Noah’s Doves Jane Yolen; Alida Massari, illus. Children’s The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda Shoshana Nambi; Moran Yogev, illus.
Children’s Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses Two Countries and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community Cynthia Levinson
Nonfiction Will I Ever Be Happy Again: A Jewish Approach to Helping Children Deal With the Loss of a Loved One Chaya L. Milevsky & Avidan Milevsky; Sarah Zauderer, illus.
Children’s Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History Lesa Cline-Ransome; James Ransome, illus.
Interview ‘The Rhythm of Life’: A Conversation with Edith Eva Eger Michal Hoschander Malen September 30, 2024
Interview “Forever Thirteen”: A Conversation with Amanda Stern Michal Hoschander Malen September 6, 2023
Recommended Reading A Basket of Purim Goodies: Stories about the Holiday for Young Readers and Families Michal Hoschander Malen March 3, 2023
Recommended Reading High Holiday Books for Young Readers Michal Hoschander Malen September 19, 2022
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Kids 2022 Fall Reading Michal Hoschander Malen September 9, 2022
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Kids 2022 Summer Reading Michal Hoschander Malen August 2, 2022
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Eight Children’s Books for Eight Shining Nights of Hanukkah Michal Hoschander Malen November 11, 2021
Interview Coloring in the Jewish Experience: A Conversation with Natasha Díaz Michal Hoschander Malen August 11, 2020
Interview Interview: Barbara Bietz with Michal Hoschander MalenBarbara Bietz, author of The Sundown Kid, talks to Michal Hoschander Malen about the pioneer Jews of the American West, their reception… Michal Hoschander Malen May 22, 2017
Interview Interview: Devra Lehmann with Michal Hoschander MalenDevra Lehmann is the author of Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker, winner of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Children’s… Michal Hoschander Malen February 21, 2016
Fiction A Visit to Moscow Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
