The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

Celebrate Purim with The Book of Life! Interviews with the creators of the picture book Queen Esther Saves Her People, and the adult comedy book Jewtopia... movie reviews of "One Night with the King" and "For Your Consideration"... and listener-submitted Jewish jokes!

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, kicks off the new year with new books and new music. We learn about the newly announced winners of the 2007 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children's literature. We hear from a young Israeli band, A Groyse Metsi'e, about their new CD. And we speak to author Ann Redisch Stampler about her folktale Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost, which has just been named a 2007 Sydney Taylor Honor Book.

The Book of Life, a podcast about Jewish people and the books we read, celebrates Hanukkah! We interview Stephen Krensky and Greg Harlin, author & illustrator of Hanukkah at Valley Forge. We talk to Nora Guthrie, Woody Guthrie's daughter, about the new Klezmatics CD "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah." We hear from Deborah Heiligman, author of Celebrate Hanukkah with Light, Latkes and Dreidels. And we announce the winner of our holiday book drawing!

This brief "addendum" to The Book of Life podcast offers timely information about a new book list of Hanukkah stories for children.

The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, celebrates Jewish Book Month! We speak to Howard Schwartz, author of Before You Were Born; to Carolyn Starman Hessel, director of the Jewish Book Council; to Esme Raji Codell, author of Vive La Paris; and to David Levithan, author of the YA novel Wide Awake. We also announce a holiday book drawing for you to participate in.

The Book of Life explores Jewish continuity with Alice Hoffman's historical novel Incantation, Abigail Pogrebin's Stars of David, in which she speaks to famous contemporary Jews, the a capella music of LISTEN UP!, and a sneak peak into the future with teenager Leah Larson and her teen magazine Yaldah.

The Book of Life celebrates new beginnings. We talk to Rahel Musleah, author of Apples and Pomegranates, a Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah. We interview Ken Gordon, editor of Jbooks.com, a web site where The Book of Life will soon be broadcast. And we hear from Brenda Ferber, first time author and winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for Julia's Kitchen.

The Book of Life, a Show about Jewish People and the Books We Read. This month we celebrate the power of storytelling. We talk with author/illustrator Simms Taback (Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Kibitzers & Fools). We hear from storyteller Karen Golden. We speak to Sharon Elswit about her resource guide The Jewish Story Finder. And we talk to Gali Cooks, Director of the PJ Library project.

The Book of Life podcast celebrates Jewish life in America! We interview Linda Glaser and Phil Myzel, author and subject of the novel Bridge to America. We hear a review of the CD American Jewish Summer. We speak to author Susan Goldman Rubin about her book L'Chaim! To Jewish Life in America! And we get book recommendations from super-librarian Nancy Pearl.

This episode of The Book of Life podcast takes you on an armchair summer trip to meet author Holly-Jane Rahlens in Germany, author Pnina Moed Kass in Israel, and to learn about Jewish music from all over the world with Putumayo's Jewish Odyssey CD. You'll also learn how to participate in a Los Angeles Summer Reading Club without leaving home, and to virtually attend a Boston library convention... by blogging!