Hello all, For those of us who fondly recall the "Beni" series, School Library Journal has an informative article by Betsy Bird entitled, " Celebrating Jewish Holidays All Year Round: An Interview with Jane Breskin Zalben."
Here is a quote from it: "Years and years ago Jane Breskin Zalben created the “Beni” series, and now, twenty-five years later an all new collection is available to readers in BENI’S TINY TALES: AROUND THE YEAR IN JEWISH HOLIDAYS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jane-breskin-zalben/benis-tiny-tales/9780316331777/__;!!KGKeukY!3qC24HJBWWRrQlFJPnDxUaq_z40vM0oJAYiXu-4o3x3gTK1SK9TeEDVs31IfkmF_P6-AIm3w-Ocs4VynClX1oVWYCaLgq9mLNdGdV73mhIWE$ > (available everywhere August 8th)." https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/07/06/celebrating-jewish-holidays-all-year-round-an-interview-with-jane-zalben-about-benis-tiny-tales/__;!!KGKeukY!3qC24HJBWWRrQlFJPnDxUaq_z40vM0oJAYiXu-4o3x3gTK1SK9TeEDVs31IfkmF_P6-AIm3w-Ocs4VynClX1oVWYCaLgq9mLNdGdVx71Tzo_$ [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://afuse8production.slj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BenisTinyTales.jpg__;!!KGKeukY!3qC24HJBWWRrQlFJPnDxUaq_z40vM0oJAYiXu-4o3x3gTK1SK9TeEDVs31IfkmF_P6-AIm3w-Ocs4VynClX1oVWYCaLgq9mLNdGdV5f4x9PE$ ]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/07/06/celebrating-jewish-holidays-all-year-round-an-interview-with-jane-zalben-about-benis-tiny-tales/__;!!KGKeukY!3qC24HJBWWRrQlFJPnDxUaq_z40vM0oJAYiXu-4o3x3gTK1SK9TeEDVs31IfkmF_P6-AIm3w-Ocs4VynClX1oVWYCaLgq9mLNdGdVx71Tzo_$ > Celebrating Jewish Holidays All Year Round: An Interview with Jane Breskin Zalben About Beni’s Tiny Tales<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/07/06/celebrating-jewish-holidays-all-year-round-an-interview-with-jane-zalben-about-benis-tiny-tales/__;!!KGKeukY!3qC24HJBWWRrQlFJPnDxUaq_z40vM0oJAYiXu-4o3x3gTK1SK9TeEDVs31IfkmF_P6-AIm3w-Ocs4VynClX1oVWYCaLgq9mLNdGdVx71Tzo_$ > How would Jewish people take to anthropomorphic animals? You mean cute mice were okay for Christmas books, but Jewish children shouldn’t have cute bears? Was I missing something? afuse8production.slj.com Lisa Silverman Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library Curator, Jewish Journal Streaming Guide
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