Visiting Classrooms Around the World via Skype™!
Wow, isn’t the new technology wonderful. I can visit classrooms around the world – speak with students and answer questions about my books – from my home, local library…wherever. Last year I spoke by...
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Celebrating Kids, Lady Liberty & Art!
At Westmere Elementary School in Guilderland, New York, students read Lady Liberty: A Biography. They talked about the meaning of this magnificent statue, and why they thought it was important....
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Where in the World is Doreen Rappaport?
I’ve been on a whirlwind of traveling and it’s been exciting and rewarding. In October I went to Massachusetts, New York, Washington, DC and Florida. In Florida, I visited with kids at Beth Am Day...
View ArticleMy Grandchildren’s Special Hanukkah!
This Hanukkah was a very special Hanukkah for my grandchildren who had decided that they would forgo their usual presents to give Christmas presents to children on Staten Island whose families had lost...
View ArticleCelebrating Martin Luther King’s Birthday at the Hacienda Heights Library in...
I received the most wonderful letter from a librarian in California, and I want to share it with you. I wrote my book, Martin’s Big Words to honor Dr. King, and when I find out that it’s been read to...
View ArticleA FREE NATIONAL SKYPE TOUR FOR BEYOND COURAGE.
I will be doing a FREE National Skype tour on April 3, 4, and 5, coming right into your classrooms, allowing me to connect with more young people and have them learn about the heroic teenagers, men and...
View ArticleEXCITING NEWS ABOUT BEYOND COURAGE
The Association of Jewish Libraries has given Beyond Courage a Silver Award in their category, Books for Teen Readers. In the Orbis Pictus Awards for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, it’s...
View ArticleCOME, MEET AUTHORS IN CYBERSPACE
I’ve been honored by the Association of Jewish Libraries with The Sydney Taylor Honor Book (Silver) Award for my book, Beyond Courage. The AJL is celebrating its 2013 gold and silver medalists with a...
View ArticleOOPS, I’M FLOATING IN CYBERSPACE
The Cyberspace Sydney Taylor Blog Tour for the authors who won awards this year from the Association of Jewish Libraries starts today. Here’s the direct link to my interview....
View ArticleMEET BANK STREET’S AWARD WINNING AUTHORS
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 the award ceremony but a live video of...
View ArticleElizabeth Started All the Trouble Play
This year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of women winning their fight for the right to vote, the League of Women Voters in Fresno, California asked my permission for my book, “Elizabeth Started All...
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