Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Book Review | A Tale of Two Seders
by Mindy Avra Portnoy
Score: 3.5
Illustrated by Valeria Cis
© 2010, Kar-Ben Publishing.
When parents get divorced and children are involved, there are always issues, not the least of which is where the children will spend the holidays. In this gentle and reassuring book, there are no arguments, no tugging or pulling. The details seem to have been worked out amicably. Thankfully [...]
Book Review | Tower of Babel
by A.S. Gadot
Score: 3
Illustrated by Cecilia Rebora
© 2010, Kar-Ben Publishing.
A cute and clever retelling of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. The people of Shinar all speak the same language and get along fine, until they get bored doing the same thing day in and day out. When a child suggests they build a tower, [...]
Book Review | An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
by Elaine Marie Alphin
Score: 4
© 2010, Carolrhoda Books.
While reading this riveting account of the murder of Mary Phagan, a poor, white, 13-year-old factory worker from Atlanta, Georgia, and the trial of her accused murderer, Leo Frank, a 29-year-old, Jewish man from New York, I often had to stop and remember that this event actually took place on American soil [...]
