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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 Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s Cosmic Mitzvah Rachelle Burk; Craig Orback, illus. Children’s Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman Ann D. Koffsky; Abigail Rajunov, illus. Children’s The Sisters Z Kerry Olitzky and Deborah Bodin Cohen; Lena Tohoff, illus. Children’s Rebecca’s Prayer for President Lincoln Jane Yolen; Laura Barella, illus. Children’s Every Wrinkle Has a Story David Grossman; Ninamasina, illus.; Jessica Cohen, trans. Children’s Where Is Poppy? Caroline Kusin Pritchard Fiction Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop Joshua S. Levy Children’s What Jewish Looks Like Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Iris Gottlieb, illus. Children’s Things That Shimmer Deborah Lakritz Children’s The Devash Megillat Esther Shoshanna Lockshin and Efrayim Unterman; Rivka Tsinman, illus. Children’s The Color of Sound Emily Barth Isler Children’s Like the Sea and the Sky: A Mysterious Mollusk and Its Magical Blue Ink Jordan Namerow; Michelle Simpson, illus. Children’s All Aboard for Noah’s Ark! Elana Azose; Monica Garofalo, illus. Children’s Miryam’s Dance Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker; John Baptist Tumuhaise, illus. Children’s The Extraordinary Dreidel: A Hanukkah Story from Israel Devorah Omer; Aviel Basil, illus.; Shira Atik, trans. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 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… 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… 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
Children’s Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s Cosmic Mitzvah Rachelle Burk; Craig Orback, illus.
Children’s Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman Ann D. Koffsky; Abigail Rajunov, illus.
Children’s What Jewish Looks Like Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard; Iris Gottlieb, illus.
Children’s The Devash Megillat Esther Shoshanna Lockshin and Efrayim Unterman; Rivka Tsinman, illus.
Children’s Like the Sea and the Sky: A Mysterious Mollusk and Its Magical Blue Ink Jordan Namerow; Michelle Simpson, illus.
Children’s The Extraordinary Dreidel: A Hanukkah Story from Israel Devorah Omer; Aviel Basil, illus.; Shira Atik, trans.
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… 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… Michal Hoschander Malen February 21, 2016
Fiction A Visit to Moscow Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
