B- Reviews / Book ReviewsEastern Europe / Historical / Holiday / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Passover / short stories / slice of village lifeNo Comments
Delicious Passovers in The Village Life in The Village often revolves around food and families. THE VILLAGE FEASTS is the follow-up collection to WINTER BLESSINGS by National Jewish Book Award For Family Literature nominee Izzy Abrahmson. Rich with misadventures and ingenious solutions, the stories dance with a traditional feel around ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewscats / children's fiction / childrens-books / holiday setting / Jewish-faith / Passover / picture booksNo Comments
Celebrated author Lesléa Newman unites a young boy and a stray kitten in a warm, lyrical story about Passover, family, and friendship. Inside, a boy and his family sit around the dinner table to embrace the many traditions of their Passover Seder around the dinner table. Outside, a cat wonders, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / deafness / disabled character / fake relationship / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Passover4 Comments
This Passover is starting to feel like the ten plagues might be coming back to haunt them before the weekend is over…one hilarious misstep after the next. Gaby Fineberg just wants to get through Passover Seder without her “well meaning” family playing matchmaker. She needs a date, just for one ... more >
Publishing NewsBrexit / domestic violence / HEAs / Kobo / Passover / Shelfie / the Haggadah / UK publishing5 Comments
Rakuten Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology – Kobo continues to plug on, with a decent amount of side-loading from other sources. This time it’s Shelfie, the app that allowed readers get digital copies of their own print books, which shut down in January. Shelfie will ultimately be integrated into the Kobo app, where ... more >