April 1, 2013
Beyond Courage was privileged to win the Flora Stieglitz Strauss award for Non-fiction given out by the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee. I was away during […]
November 30, 2012
In Toronto every Hanukkah, Israel Cohen lights his “most original” menorah. It consists of eight glasses half filled with colored water. Olive oil rests on top […]
November 6, 2012
The Candlewick Press team and I are thrilled and proud BEYOND COURAGE has been honored by both Publishers Weekly and Booklist! The book is on their […]
October 18, 2012
Sunday, October 14 marked the 69th anniversary of the escape from the Sobibór death camp. I spent a good part of the day thinking about the […]
September 25, 2012
This September 26th marks the 79th anniversary of the remarkable escape by 230 Jewish prisoners from the Novogrudok Labor Camp in Poland – a story and […]
September 12, 2012
Today is a special day for me. My book Beyond Courage is going out into the world and we are starting a conversation here on this […]
September 8, 2012
There’s a wonderful African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It’s also true, “It takes a village to write a book.” The photograph […]