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Q & A with Stacy Innerst

June 18, 2020 By Sandra Bornstein

Sue Macy and Stacy Innerst at Book Signing

To draw creative images corresponding with a picture book text is a special talent. Not only does it require artistic skill but it also is dependent on the illustrator's ability to translate the author's words into images. Today, I introduce Stacy Innerst, an accomplished … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ilustrator Interviews Tagged With: authentic children's picture book illustrations, award winning illustrator, Golden Kite Award, images depicting Yiddish culture, Marc Chagall, New York Times Book Awards, Parents' Choice Gold Medal Award, SCBWI, The Book Rescuer, Yiddish Book Center, Yiddish culture

Q & A With Elissambura, an Imaginative Children’s Book Illustrator

April 28, 2020 By Sandra Bornstein

Sample Page from Who´s Got the Etrog - Kar Ben Publishing - 2018

Inspiring images and engaging text walk hand-in-hand in memorable picture books. A small percentage of these children's books are created by one individual who creates both the story and the pictures. In most instances, artists create images after publishers accept an author's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ilustrator Interviews Tagged With: Alligator Seder, book illustrators, Kar Ben Publishers, picture book illustrators, picture books- animal characters

Q & A with Aylesworth & McClintock- Part 2

February 10, 2015 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

For the second day in a row, I have the pleasure of participating in the 2015 Sidney Taylor Book Award blog tour. Click here to see yesterday's blog This year's Gold Medal winners are Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock, author and illustrator of My Grandfather’s Coat, Loic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Books, Ilustrator Interviews, Jewish Culture Tagged With: adaptations of Yiddish folktales, Barbara McClintock, books for Jewish children, Jewish children's book, Jim Aylesworth, multicultural picture books- 20th century immigration, multicultural picture books- Jewish, Sidney Taylor award winning picture book, Yiddish folktales

Q & A with Aylesworth & McClintock- Part 1

February 9, 2015 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

Today, I have the pleasure of participating in the Sidney Taylor Book Award blog tour for the 2015 winners. The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Books, Ilustrator Interviews, Jewish Culture Tagged With: adaptations of Yiddish folktales, Barbara McClintock, books for Jewish children, Jewish children's book, Jim Ayelsworth, multicultural picture books- 20th century immigration, multicultural picture books- Jewish, Sidney Taylor award winning books, Yiddish folktales

Q & A With Andrea Strongwater, Author & Illustrator

February 6, 2014 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

  Decades ago when I was a student at Spertus College in Chicago, I studied the Holocaust. As a lifelong learner, I have continued to read many books about the Holocaust. Most recently, I have written about the controversial issue of sharing Holocaust picture books … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Books, Ilustrator Interviews, Jewish Culture Tagged With: Andrea Strongwater, drawings of synagogues, Eifrig Publishing, Holocaust picture books, illustrator of Jewish books, interview with Jewish children's author and illustrator, Jewish children's books, Kristallnacht, lost Jewish communities in Europe, lost synagogue in Europe, lost synagogues, synagogues destroyed by the Nazis

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