Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Book Review | Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp
by Trish Marx
Score: 4
Photographs by Cindy Karp
© 2010, Lee and LowBooks.
I will admit, when I received this book from the publisher, I was skeptical. This was coming from a secular publishing house, known for its multicultural books. While they had published some excellent Jewish books, were they going to take a “side” with this one? Having read so [...]
Book Review | Say Hello, Lily
by Deborah Lakritz
Score: 3
Illustrated by Martha Av
© 2010, Kar-Ben Publishing.
In this charming story, a young girl visits a senior citizens’ home with her mother. Her first visit is a bit scary as, with the exception of a former neighbor, she is unfamiliar with the place and its residents. Over time, however, she adapts to the people and the [...]
Book Review | Queen of Secrets
by Jenny Meyerhoff
Score: 3
© 2010, Farrar Straus Giroux.
In the game of High School popularity politics whose side do you take – friends or family? For Essie, the charming protaganist of this interesting story loosely based on the Book of Esther, the answer to that question can shake up a lot of relationships.
Essie, an orphan raised by her grandparents, [...]
Book Review | Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
by Tomi Ungerer
Score: 3
illustrated by Tomi Ungerer
© 2010, Phaidon Press Limited.
Otto is a teddy bear that begins his life as a special birthday gift for David, a young German Jewish boy, becomes a trusted friend of the boy and his best friend, Oskar and a willing participant in their childhood pranks. When Hitler takes over Germany, David and [...]
Book Review | Mrs. Kaputnik’s Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium
by Rona Arato
Score: 2.5
© 2010, Tundra Books.
The Kapustin family cannot understand what has happened to their father. He left for American and has not written for 5 years. Where could he be? With the help of a dragon, a pirate, a circus barker, matzo balls as hard as rocks and some real American resourcefulness, not only do they [...]
