The Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour got off to a good start today! Interviews were posted with the author and illustrator of New Year at the Pier (gold for Younger Readers), as well as an interview with the author of Tropical Secrets (gold for Teens).
* Read an interview with April Halprin Wayland, author of New Year at the Pier, on Practically Paradise at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/830000283/post/1570052357.html * Read an interview with Stephane Jorisch, illustrator of New Year at the Pier, on Frume Sarah's World at http://rivster.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/bringing-words-to-life/ * Read an interview with Margarita Engle, author of Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba at bookstogether at http://bookstogether.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/1/stba-blog-tour-margarita-engle-tropical-secrets.html To see other upcoming stops on this virtual tour, go to the AJL Blog at http://jewishlibraries.org/blog/?p=63. Enjoy! Heidi Estrin --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org