children's books

This children’s author puts Israel centre stage – in a positive way

Hong Kong-based children’s author Erica Lyons writes books with a very distinct Jewish flavour

By Judith Zerdin

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May 15, 2024 09:18

This children’s author puts Israel centre stage – in a positive way

Dinosaurs at the Seder table

Angela Kiverstein’s pick of this week’s new Jewish books

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

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April 12, 2024 14:59

China ‘censors’ Jewish children’s book by redrawing Israeli border

Chinese altered map in publication, redrawing the Israeli border and adding the word 'Palestine' to image

By Elisa Bray

1 min read

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August 3, 2023 11:47

China ‘censors’ Jewish children’s book by redrawing Israeli border

Jodi Picoult Holocaust novel banned from school in 'inappropriate' books row

Picoult's novel The Storyteller was removed from a library in Florida

By Andrew Lapin

2 min read

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March 14, 2023 16:23

NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Author Jodi Picoult attends the premiere of "My Sister's Keeper" at the AMC Lincoln Square theater on June 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Jewish children’s author's books sanitised 'without permission'

American R L Stine has reportedly become the latest casualty of a trend for publishers to 'sensitively' edit books

By Jenni Frazer

1 min read

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March 8, 2023 15:26

Jewish children’s author's books sanitised 'without permission'

Book review: Fritz and Kurt - A moving Shoah book for older children

Appealingly and appropriately illustrated, a sensitively captured child's perspectives of the Holocaust

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

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January 26, 2023 15:31

Book review: Fritz and Kurt - A moving Shoah book for older children

Children's books review: Combat, chaos and comedy in David Solomons’s new offering plus a pasta cat from Michael Rosen

Even the most action-hungry reader will be satisfied by Solomons' entertaining fable

By Angela Kiverstein

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August 12, 2022 14:48

Children's books review: Combat, chaos and comedy in David Solomons’s new offering plus a pasta cat from Michael Rosen

Children in Ukraine and Russia enjoy stories together in London mum's online book club

UK-based expat Dina Berdnikov has created a 'magical world' that allows Jewish youngsters from both sides connect amid the horror of war

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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August 11, 2022 11:30

Children in Ukraine and Russia enjoy stories together in London mum's online book club

By Emma Shevah

Why don't men read books by women?

We read to learn of the life experiences of others, which increases our empathy and understanding: why wouldn’t we try to understand the experiences of half of the world’s population?

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August 4, 2022 10:59

The best new books for toddlers, teens and those in between

2024 in review: Jewish books

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JC2’s guide to the best new books for children

Sophie Says: the children’s books making a difference

Summer reading: the best new books for children

Yeehaw! Going west with a plate of iced buns

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Sophie Says: the children’s books making a difference

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Yeehaw! Going west with a plate of iced buns

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This children’s author puts Israel centre stage – in a positive way

Dinosaurs at the Seder table

China ‘censors’ Jewish children’s book by redrawing Israeli border

Jodi Picoult Holocaust novel banned from school in 'inappropriate' books row

Jewish children’s author's books sanitised 'without permission'

Book review: Fritz and Kurt - A moving Shoah book for older children

Children's books review: Combat, chaos and comedy in David Solomons’s new offering plus a pasta cat from Michael Rosen

Children in Ukraine and Russia enjoy stories together in London mum's online book club

Why don't men read books by women?