Dear Safranim, Kar-Ben is pleased to introduce its new Fall 2011 season of Jewish themed children's books! These books will all be availble for viewing and purchase at the upcoming AJL Conference in Montreal. I will be speaking on a panel conference and look forward to connecting with Safranim and friends. Please come share your book ideas with me!
JONI SUSSMAN, Publisher Kar-Ben Publishing A growing Jewish library for children! jsuss...@karben.com www.karben.com Karbenbooks.blogspot.com Visit us on our Facebook fan page! Twitter.com/jonisussman INTRODUCING KAR-BEN FALL 2011 TITLES! WHAT'S THE BUZZ? HONEY FOR A SWEET NEW YEAR By Allison Ofanansky, photos by Eliyahu Alpern HC: 978-0-7613-5640-0 $15.95 Visit an Israeli bee farm and learn how honey is extracted from the combs, and makes it way from hive to table to be eaten with apples for Rosh Hashanah. TALIA AND THE RUDE VEGETABLES By Linda Elovitz Marshall, illus. Francesca Asirelli HC: 978-0-7613-5217-4 $16.95, paperback avail. "How can a vegetable be rude?" Talia wonders, when she mishears her grandmother asking her to gather root vegetables for a Rosh Hashanah stew. THE SHABBAT PRINCESS By Amy Meltzer, illus. by Martha Aviles HC: 578-0-7613-5142-9 $1.95, paperback avail. See what happens when Rosie invites the Shabbat Princess to join the Shabbat Queen for Shabbat dinner. A sweet story of hiddur mitzvah. JOSEPH AND THE SABBAT FISH By Eric A. Kimmel, illus. Martina Peluso HC: 578-0-7613-5908-1 $17.95, paperback avail. The inimitable Eric Kimmel is back with one of his trademark folktales, this time about the friendship between generous Joseph and selfish Judah. ENGINEER ARI AND THE HANUKKAH MISHAP By Deborah Bodin Cohen, illus. by Shahar Kober HC: 978-0-7613-5145-0 $17.95, paperback avail. Engineer Ari encounters a camel on the railroad track and befriends its Bedouin owner just in time for Hanukkah in this third book in Cohen's Engineer Ari series. NATHAN BLOWS OUT THE HANUKKAH CANDLES By Tami Lehman-Wilzig with Nicole Katzman, illus. by Jeremy Tugeau HC: 978-0-7613-6657-7, paperback avail. In this unusual Hanukkah story on a sensitive subject, Jacob worries that his autistic brother will embarrass him by blowing out the Hanukkah candles at the family party. What will Jacob do? SADIE'S SUKKAH BREAKFAST By Jamie Korngold, illus. by Julie Fortenberry HC: 978-0-7613-5647-9 $16.96, paperback avail. In the first in the "Sadie and Ori" series by Rabbi Jamie Konrgold, author of the best-selling "God in the Wilderness," Sadie's plans for breakfast in the sukkah get derailed by a lack of guests. MARCEL MARCEAU: MASTER OF MIME By Gloria Spielman, illus. by Manon Gauthier HC: 978-0-7613-3961-8 $17.95, paperback avail. This unique picture book biography of Jewish mime Marcel Marceau focuses on his little known actions in the French Resistance during WWII. GREEN BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN By Tami Lehman-Wilzig, illus. by Durga Yael Bernhard HC: 978-0-7613-5135-1 $17.95, paperback avail. Short versions of well known Bible stories relating to ecology and and the environment, followed by activities and experiments to help young readers nurture and protect the earth. --- 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
