From Fun with Jewish Holiday Songs by Sylvia Rouss, these are original lyrics set to traditional music that celebrate the holiday of Purim. I hope that children and their parents, students and their teachers, and campers and their counselors will enjoy these songs. Sylvia Purim Day (This Old Man)…
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“So, I painted this small heart because I want to say, Just how much I love Shabbat. It’s my favorite day!” from “The Littlest Candlesticks”
PUBLISHED IN 2002, PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY WROTE THE FOLLOWING ABOUT “THE LITTLEST CANDLESTICKS”: “ON THE HEELS OF THE LITTLEST PAIR’S WINNING THE 2002 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN THE PICTURE-BOOK CATEGORY COMES THE LITTLEST CANDLESTICKS…. COUPLETS DESCRIBE A GIRL’S WISH FOR HER OWN SABBATH CANDLESTICKS, LIKE HER MOTHER AND HER OLDER…
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Lessons I’ve Learned from 25 Years in Children’s Publishing
My first picture book was published over 25 years ago. In the quarter of a century following my first book’s publication I have continued to publish books regularly, including the popular Sammy the Spider series, and I have learned a lot about both writing and publishing. This article covers the most important…
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Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook, available to children and students
The story of how I wrote Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook began with a family visit to our son in Israel in the winter of 2000. He was a college exchange student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and this was just months after the start of the Second Intifada, a time of…
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The Littlest Fish
The Littlest Fish wants to make friends. Too bad the other sea creatures only see him as a good meal, rather than as a friend. One day, The Littlest Fish meets a Giant Fish who says his tummy hurts. And, no wonder, he’s swallowed Jonah, the prophet who said “No”…
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A Story about the Firefighters who Protect our Homes and Forests
Twice in my life, California wildfires came very close to our homes, ten years ago and just this past month. Firefighters are today’s every day heroes. They risk their lives to protect people, animals and property. Based on a real event during the fires of 2007, I wrote “The Rabbi and…
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