Adventures in Book Reviewing:

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Adventures in Book Reviewing

• The 2007-2008 Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
  Tells All

June 24, 2008 AJL Convention, Cleveland, Ohio
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WELCOME!Todays Panel

• Rachel Kamin, Chair
• Nancy Austein
• Kathy Bloomfield
• Susan Berson
• Kathe Pinchuck

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Todays Session

• Presentation by Sarah Gershman and Kristina
  Swarner
• The Bedtime Shma
• Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners for Younger
  Readers
• Committee Reviews
• Break
• Kits, Seals and Bookmarks available for sale

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The 2008 Sydney Taylor Book Award Kit - 15.00

• 1 Quest for the Best CD-ROM
• 1 Notable Books of Jewish Content for Children
  Teens
• 1 Limited Edition Commemorative Pin
• 20 Sydney Taylor Book Award bookmarks
• 3 Gold Seals for the 2008 Award Winners
• 6 Silver Seals for the 2008 Honor Award Winners

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Seals Bookmarks

• 20 Gold Seals 5.00
• 20 Silver Seals 5.00
• 10 Gold Seals 10 Silver Seals 5.00
• 20 Bookmarks 5.00

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Todays Session

• Presentation by Sonia Levitin
• Strange Relations
• Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner
• for Teen Readers
• Committee Reviews

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The Bedtime Shma A Good Night Book Adapted by
Sarah Gershman Illustrated by Kristina
Swarner EKS Publishing
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ROUND I NEW EDITIONS

• Castle on Hester Street
• Ten Good Rules
• Even Higher

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ROUND I NEW EDITIONS
1982 Winner for Younger Readers
Castle on Hester Street by Linda
Heller Illustrated by Boris Kulikov Simon
Schuster Books for Young Readers
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ROUND I NEW EDITIONS
AJL Notable
Ten Good Rules A Counting Book by Susan Remick
Topek Photographs by Tod Cohen Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND I NEW EDITIONS
Even Higher By Richard Ungar Tundra Books
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN

• Shuli and Me
• Papa Jethro
• Always an Olivia
• A Shout in the Sunshine
• Mezuzah on the Door
• Five Little Gefiltes
• Alfies Bark Mitzvah

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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
AJL Notable
Shuli and Me From Slavery to Freedom A Storybook
Omer Calender By Joan Benjamin-Farren Black
Jasmine
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
AJL Notable
Papa Jethro by Deborah Bodin Cohen Illustrated by
Jane Dippold Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
Always an Olivia A Remarkable Family History by
Carolivia Herron Illustrated by Jeremy
Tugeau Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
A Shout in the Sunshine by Mara W. Cohen
Ioannides JPS
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
AJL Notable
A Mezuzah on the Door By Amy Meltzer Illustrations
by Janice Fried Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
AJL Notable
Five Little Gefiltes By Dave Horowitz G.P.
Putnams Sons
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ROUND II UNEXPLORED TERRAIN
Alfies Bark Mitzvah by Shari Cohen Illustrations
by Nadia Komorova Little Five Star
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ROUND III BUT IS IT JEWISH ENOUGH?

• One City, Two Brothers
• Dinner in the Lions Den
• Eye of the Crow
• A Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House

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ROUND III BUT IS IT JEWISH ENOUGH?
One City, Two Brothers by Chris Smith Illustrated
by Aurelia Fronty Barefoot Books
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Brotherly Love in Angels, Prophets, Rabbis
Kings from the Stories of the Jewish People by
Jose Patterson Brothers by Florence Freedman For
the Love of Two Brothers How the Temple Site Was
Chosen A Tale of Two Brothers The Two Brothers A
Legend of Jerusalem The Wheatfield on Mount Zion
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ROUND III BUT IS IT JEWISH ENOUGH?
Dinner in the Lions Den by Bob
Hartman Illustrated by Tim Raglin Penguin Group
USA
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ROUND III BUT IS IT JEWISH ENOUGH?
The Boy Sherlock Holmes His 1st Case Eye of the
Crow By Shane Peacock Tundra Books
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ROUND III BUT IS IT JEWISH ENOUGH?
AJL Notable
A Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House by Sharon
Reiss Baker Illustrated by Beth Peck Penguin
Group USA
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The 2008 Sydney Taylor Book Award Kit - 15.00

• 1 Quest for the Best CD-ROM
• 1 Notable Books of Jewish Content for Children
  Teens
• 1 Limited Edition Commemorative Pin
• 20 Sydney Taylor Book Award bookmarks
• 3 Gold Seals for the 2008 Award Winners
• 6 Silver Seals for the 2008 Honor Award Winners

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Seals Bookmarks

• 20 Gold Seals 5.00
• 20 Silver Seals 5.00
• 10 Gold Seals 10 Silver Seals 5.00
• 20 Bookmarks 5.00

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Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin Random House
Childrens Books
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY

• Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg
• How to Ruin My Teenage Life
• All Star Season
• We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah

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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg by Rebecca
OConnell Illustrated by Majell Lue Sue Roaring
Brook Press
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone
Elkeles Flux, 2006
How to Ruin My Teenage Life by Simone Elkeles Flux
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
All-Star Season by T.S. Yavin Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah by Fiona
Rosenbloom Hyperion, 2005
We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah by Fiona
Rosenbloom Hyperion
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST

• Someone Named Eva
• Silent as a Stone
• The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf Houghton Mifflin
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Silent as a Stone Mother Maria of Paris and the
Trash Can Rescue by Jim Forest Illustrated by
Dasha Pancheshnaya St. Vladimirs Seminary Press
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E. L.
Konigsburg Simon Schuster
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie By Mirjam
Pressler Translated by Erik J. Macki Front Street
Incorporated
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT

• Eli Remembers
• Ten Old Men and a Mouse
• What Makes Someone a Jew?
• The Golden Dreydl

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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
Special commentary by
Etta Gold
Eli Remembers by Ruth Vander Zee and Marian
Sneider Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth Eerdmans
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
Ten Old Men and a Mouse by Cary Fagan Illustrated
by Gary Clement Tundra Books
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
What Makes Someone a Jew? by Laura SeidmanJewish
Lights Publishing
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
The Golden Dreydl by Ellen Kushner Illustrations
by Ilene Winn-Lederer Charlesbridge Publishing
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)

• Purim Goodies
• The Silver Cup
• Mendels Accordion
• Is God Sad?

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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Purim Goodies written and illustrated by Amalia
Hoffman Gefen Publishing
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
The Silver Cup by Constance Leeds Penguin Group
USA
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Mendels Accordion by Heidi Smith
Hyde Illustrations by Johanna Van Der
Sterre Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Is God Sad? by Gil Daleski Illustrated by Debbie
Weinstein Translated by Shirley Kaufman Gefen
Publishing House
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS

• A Is for Abraham
• Rutkas Notebook
• Sarah Laughs
• The Boy Who Dared

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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
A Is for Abraham A Jewish Family Alphabet by
Richard Michelson Illustrated by Ron
Mazellan Sleeping Bear Press
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
Rutkas Notebook by Rutka Laskier Time, Inc. Home
Entertainment/Yad Vashem
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
Sarah Laughs by Jacqueline Jules Illustrated by
Natascia Ugliano Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
The Boy Who Dared A Novel Based on the True Story
of a Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell
Bartoletti Scholastic
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Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin Random House
Childrens Books
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY

• Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg
• How to Ruin My Teenage Life
• All Star Season
• We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah

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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
Penina Levine Is a Hard-Boiled Egg by Rebecca
OConnell Illustrated by Majell Lue Sue Roaring
Brook Press
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone
Elkeles Flux, 2006
How to Ruin My Teenage Life by Simone Elkeles Flux
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
AJL Notable
All-Star Season by T.S. Yavin Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND IV CONTEMPORARY
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah by Fiona
Rosenbloom Hyperion, 2005
We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah by Fiona
Rosenbloom Hyperion
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST

• Someone Named Eva
• Silent as a Stone
• The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf Houghton Mifflin
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Silent as a Stone Mother Maria of Paris and the
Trash Can Rescue by Jim Forest Illustrated by
Dasha Pancheshnaya St. Vladimirs Seminary Press
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E. L.
Konigsburg Simon Schuster
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ROUND V NEW PERPSECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie By Mirjam
Pressler Translated by Erik J. Macki Front Street
Incorporated
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT

• Eli Remembers
• Ten Old Men and a Mouse
• What Makes Someone a Jew?
• The Golden Dreydl

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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
Special commentary by
Etta Gold
Eli Remembers by Ruth Vander Zee and Marian
Sneider Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth Eerdmans
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
Ten Old Men and a Mouse by Cary Fagan Illustrated
by Gary Clement Tundra Books
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
What Makes Someone a Jew? by Laura SeidmanJewish
Lights Publishing
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ROUND VI HOT/NOT
The Golden Dreydl by Ellen Kushner Illustrations
by Ilene Winn-Lederer Charlesbridge Publishing
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)

• Purim Goodies
• The Silver Cup
• Mendels Accordion
• Is God Sad?

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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Purim Goodies written and illustrated by Amalia
Hoffman Gefen Publishing
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
The Silver Cup by Constance Leeds Penguin Group
USA
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Mendels Accordion by Heidi Smith
Hyde Illustrations by Johanna Van Der
Sterre Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND VII UNDERAPPRECIATED (IHMO)
Is God Sad? by Gil Daleski Illustrated by Debbie
Weinstein Translated by Shirley Kaufman Gefen
Publishing House
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS

• A Is for Abraham
• Rutkas Notebook
• Sarah Laughs
• The Boy Who Dared

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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
A Is for Abraham A Jewish Family Alphabet by
Richard Michelson Illustrated by Ron
Mazellan Sleeping Bear Press
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
Rutkas Notebook by Rutka Laskier Time, Inc. Home
Entertainment/Yad Vashem
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
Sarah Laughs by Jacqueline Jules Illustrated by
Natascia Ugliano Kar-Ben (Lerner)
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ROUND VIII SNEAK PEEKS
The Boy Who Dared A Novel Based on the True Story
of a Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell
Bartoletti Scholastic