Dear Safranim,
For the past several years, Kar-Ben has offered a successful Jewish
children's book fair program for synagogues, schools and libraries. We
offer a discount, suggested book titles and quantities based on size and
make-up of your organization (although you're free to select any
Please enjoy our cute new book trailer for our Fall 2011 title The
Shabbat Princess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-yoQ1Xz5lA
Joni Sussman
Kar-Ben Publishing
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Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben is pleased to introduce its new Fall 2011 season of Jewish
themed children's books! These books will all be availble for viewing
and purchase at the upcoming AJL Conference in Montreal. I will be
speaking on a panel conference and look forward to connecting with
Safranim and
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to introduce its featured authors for
Fall 2011 Jewish Book Fairs! For more information on inviting these
authors to your book event, please email me at jsuss...@karben.com or
call 612-215-6229.
Joni Sussman, Publisher
Linda Elovitz Marshall
Dear Melinda,
Although these biographies don't necessarily highlight the Jewish
backgrounds of these individuals, please check out our collection of
biographies of well known Jews. Most were published by or parent
company, Lerner Publishing Group, so not written specifically with
Jewish students
Dear Safranim,
I may have copies in my archive of original Kar-Ben Publishing
children's books from 30+ years ago that I would be willing to donate
for archival purposes, if there are certain titles that might be of
interest for your collection.
Cordially,
Joni Sussman
Publisher
Kar-Ben
I'd suggest Anna Levine's Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Jodie's Hanukkah
Dig, an archaeology story about a little girl on a dig with her dad in
Modi'in. It has a Hanukkah motif but can be read any time of year.
Joni Sussman
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
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Jewish Book Month is November each year. Kar-Ben Publishing is featuring
the following authors of new 2010 books. To see a complete brochure
describing their programs, please click here
http://www.karben.com/catalog/free_downloads/Authorbrochure2010.pdf or
send me your mailing address and I'd be
In addition, Kar-Ben has a large print Haggadah that matches the regular
size A Family Haggadah. This link to it on our website includes a
Look Inside the Book feature:
http://www.karben.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=11;
products_id=78
Joni Sussman
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce the release of its new
spring 2010 titles! All books are available through distributors and
at www.karben.com.
A TALE OF TWO SEDERS by Mindy Avra Portnoy
Families are like charoset, said mom. Some have more ingredients
than others, some stick
Dec. 22, 2009
Kar-Ben has the perfect baseball-related story for this age group:
All-Star Season, by T.S. Yavin! For more information, here's the link
to the book on our website:
http://www.karben.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=19;
products_id=245
Use your 10% AJL discount by
Dear Safranim,
Vis a vis the discussion on Accelerated Reader scores for Jewish
children's books, here is a link to our list of Kar-Ben books with AR
scores and quizzes. I hope you find this helpful. This list is updated
on our website on a regular basis:
Dear Safranim,
You may want to be on the lookout for the new Sammy Spider's First
Simchat Torah, by Sylvia A. Rouss, coming in Fall 2010. Also, please
check out our new Kar-Ben blog at
http://karbenbooks.blogspot.comhttp://karbenbooks.blogspot.com ,
featuring interviews with many of our authors.
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to introduce our roster of new 2009
authors for Jewish Book Month appearances beginning this fall. For a
complete list of Kar-Ben authors available for presentations, check
out our author brochure at www.karben.com under Invite an Author
or
Dear Safranim,
If you're looking for Shavuot stories for little ones, you might try
Kar-Ben's Sammy Spider's First Shavuot, No Rules for Michael, and
Ten Good Rules. To check them out go tohttp://www.karben.com/catalog/
We're looking for good Lag Ba'Omer manuscripts. Please help us pass
the
Dear Safranim,
Just a reminder that Kar-Ben has many wonderful Passover books for
children. See our full Passover list at www.karben.com. New this
season is Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim, the biblical legend of
the brave boy who was the first to step into the Red Sea when the
Jews were
Many Kar-Ben titles are rated by the Accelerated Reader program. To
see which ones and how they rank go to www.karben.com and click on
Accelerated Reader Scores in the Information box on the left-hand
navigation bar.
Joni Sussman
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
A division of Lerner Publishing
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce its new spring offerings,
now available at www.karben.com:
ALEF-BET YOGA FOR KIDS, by Ruth and Bill Goldeen
Kids can learn the Hebrew alphabet through yoga! Using traditional
and modified yoga poses, the author/photographer team teaches
As an imprint of the publisher, Lerner Publishing Group, we agree
that this book should not be re-shelved in libraries as fiction. If
you purchased your copy from Kar-Ben and would like to return it for
credit, you may do so by calling 1-800-4KARBEN. Even if you did not
purchase your copy from
Dear Marga,
While the book is not yet out, we have a new title Sammy Spider's
First Day of School, by Sylvia A Rousss, coming out in Spring 2009
that deals with this very topic. Sammy Spider goes to school in
little Josh's backpack
only to crawl out while the kids are studying about the Jewish
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben's Passover Around the World and the upcoming Hanukkah Around
the World (Fall 2009) include stories about how these holidays are
celebrated in other countries in contemporary times. They also include
recipes and beautiful maps and are aimed at this age group.
Shanah tovah,
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to introduce some of our wonderful
children's authors of new and recent books who are available for
programs for Fall 2008 Jewish Book Month programs. All are
experienced presenters.
YALE STROM, author of The Wedding That Saved a Town --
Dear Safranim,
While Anna Levine's Running on Eggs is a good choice (Anna's just
written a new book for us, Jodie's Hanukkah Dig coming this fall),
Kar-Ben has two good new Israel-related books for this age group --
Keeping Israel Safe and The Bat-Chen Diaries. Here are links to
both. Keeping
Lerner Publishing Group has an excellent book for this purpose: The
Handbook of the Middle East by Michael Kort. Here is the link for more
info:
http://www.lernerbooks.com/cgi-bin/books.sh/lernerpublishing.p?navaction=f6_title.wnavvalue=0822571439
Joni Sussman
Director, Kar-Ben Publishing
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Dear Safranim,
Except for the haggadah, which we publish in paperback only to keep
costs down as many families wish to buy multiple copies, all our Sammy
Spider books do come out in both hardcover and paperback. However, once
the hardcovers are sold out, we reprint paperbacks only as, other than
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben offers a vareity of free downloadable activity pages and games
tied to our Hanukkah books. A complete list of our Hanukkah books can be
found at
http://www.karben.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=indexcPath=7zenid=c2
eb7a0e7882c94c6952448e6f2d872a
The downloads are
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to introduce 3 new Israel-related
titles for Spring 2008, just in time for Israel's 60th birthday! Now
available at www.karben.com:
IT'S ISRAEL'S BIRTHDAY
By Ellen Dietrick, Photos by Tod Cohen
HC: 978-08225-7668-6 $12.95
Ages 3-7, Grades PreK-1, 32 pages, 8-1/2 x
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to inctroduce two Passover titles new
for Spring 2008! Now available at www.karben.com.
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
By Tilda Balsley, Illus. by Ilene Richard
PB: 978-08225-7241-1 $7.95
Ages 4-up, Grades PreK-Young Adult, 32 pages, 9-3/4 x 9-3/4
The Passover story comes alive
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to introduce the following titles new
for Spring 2008. Now available at www.karben.com:
SARAH LAUGHS
By Jacqueline Jules, Illus. by Natascia Ugliano
Jacketed HC: 978-0-8225-7216-9 $17.95
PB: 978-0-8225-9934-0 $7.95
Ages 5-9. Grades K-3, 32 pages, 9-3/4 x 9-3/4
The
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing offers three options for Kar-Ben Children's Book Fair
fundraisers for schools and libraries.
We offer a CONVENTIONAL BOOK FAIR where you order a selection (we'll
help you select) of Kar-Ben books from us at a discount and then sell at
full price to your
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben has several Jewish food-related children's books, in case you'd
care to include them:
Matzah Meals by Judy Tabs and Barbara Steinberg
http://www.karben.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=11;
products_id=83
Tasty Bible Stories by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben has just published (Fall 2007) the Inquisition-period YA novel
The Boy From Seville by well known Israeli children's author Dorit
Orgad.
In The Boy From Seville, Manuel Nunez's life changes forever on the
day his parents trust him enough to reveal a secret; they are Jews.
Dear Safranim,
My favorite High Holiday book (full disclosure -- it's a Kar-Ben title)
is The Hardest Word by Jacqueline Jules. Wonderful for grades 1-3,
it's the story of the mythical Jewish bird the Ziz who learn that the
hardest word is not some long multi-syllable word, difficult to spell
and
Dear Safranim,
While there are several Jewish book fair companies out there, Kar-Ben
can arrange a book fair of Kar-Ben books if you're interested in
limiting yourself to our books. Our book fairs can be done through the
traditional set of samples and order-taking, or through pre-orders with
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben has several wonderful Israel-related books, some by Israeli authors:
COMING NEW IN SPRING 2008, available January 1, 2008!
IT'S ISRAEL'S BIRTHDAY1
By Ellen Dietrick, Photos by Tod Cohen
Board a make-believe plane and fly with our pre-schoolers to Israel
to celebrate Yom
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce its new children's titles
for Fall 2007, now available at http://www.karben.comwww.karben.com
or through our distributors.
Joni Sussman
Director, Kar-Ben Publishing
612-332-3344 ext. 229
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
MEZUZAH
Dear Amalia and Safranim,
Kar-Ben has published several books involving families with special
needs of various kinds. The beauty of these stories is that they're not
necessarily ABOUT the special needs but rather that these characters
appear naturally in the stories. You may want to consider the
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben would be willing to consider publishing big book versions of
some of our books if there is enough of a market. I'd appreciate your
suggestions for which of our books you feel would be the most requested
(online catalogue at www.karben.com) to help me determine which books
Kar-Ben Publishing is proud to announce its new Spring titles, now
available at http://www.karben.comwww.karben.com:
The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story text and
photos by Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nicola
Jacketed Hardcover: 978-1-58013-260-2
$18.95
Paperback:
Dear Safranim,
I have followed the discussion regarding the new Encyclopedia Judaica
with interest and have a question. Do you feel there is also a need for
(ie would you be interested in purchasing for your libraries) a
children's version of a high quality multi-volume Jewish encyclopedia if
Kar-Ben Publishing offers several picture books about Israel, from
Sammy Spider's First Trip to Israel, to the board book Let's Visit
Israel to books for older children ages 5 and up, such as A Ticket to
Israel. Here is the link to our Israel books.
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben is pleased to announce that we are publishing a recent Sydney
Taylor Manuscript Competition winner, All-Star Season by T.S. Yavin.
It will be coming out next spring.
As irritating as they can be to each other, two Orthodox brothers share
two strong bonds -- the solidity of
Dear Barbara and Safranim,
Kar-Ben has a variety of holiday books for young children, available in
both hardcover and paperback. Quantity discounts would be available for
a project like this. They include crafts (Sammy Spider Fun Books for
Passover and Hanukkah), cooking books (Matzah Meals), and
Dear Safranim,
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of its new
website at http://www.karben.comwww.karben.com. On the new site you
can now view all titles that appear in our Kar-Ben print catalogue as
well as download or order free study guides, add your own book
reviews and
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