Posts Tagged ‘ children’s books ’

Zachary Solomon

Zachary Solomon
Zachary Solomon is a writer based out of Cambridge, Mass. He works for JewishBoston.com and will be pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing in the Fall.

Simms Taback and the Freylikhe Meal

May 14, 2013
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As an international bastion of treyf, McDonald’s doesn’t seem to have much Jewish going on. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find that the first Happy Meal box was designed by a famous Jewish illustrator, children’s book author, and Yiddish story aficionado named Simms Taback. But Taback, who won a Caldecott…

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Bumble-Ardy

March 21, 2012
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The children’s author Maurice Sendak recently released Bumble-Ardy, the first book in three decades that he’s both written and…

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What Freedom Looks Like

March 13, 2012
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The Katz Family Haggadah, at first glance, is deceptively simple–it looks like a children’s picture book. It…

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Curious George and the Nazis

December 27, 2011
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When the Nazi party was gaining popularity in Germany, Hans…

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