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a noah’s ark for everyone
A new book from India retells the Noah's Ark story in the Bengali Patua style of scroll painting. It's beautiful. I [...]
the next jk rowling! the next rick riordan!
Not really. But I had a review of the wannabe contenders in yesterday's New York Times Book Review.
Madame Alexander, Jewish entrepreneuse!
Somebody needs to make a movie of this woman’s life, STAT. Born in poverty in Brooklyn; grew up above her [...]
fun with braille and talking books
For my Tablet magazine column this week, I visited the Jewish Braille Institute. It was nifty.
jews & taxes
This week's Tablet magazine column: Ethical childrearing-y Tax-Day discussion fodder. And a story about the day we lost $400,000.
children’s-book footwear!
It is a knotty and terrible problem we parents have all struggled with: What shoes should we wear while reading [...]