Thank you to Marlaina Cockcroft for this amazing article in School Library Journal about recent Jewish-themed books that show a diversity of characters and genres and for highlighting Honey and Me …and me 😃!
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Honey and Me on Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of the Year 2023 Edition
Honey and Me a selection on The Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Award!
So exciting to find out that Honey and Me was selected as one of the 2023 Notable Social Studies Trade Books Award Winners! The NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES LIST is “an annual reading list of exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators.”
Author Event with Years 5 & 6
I absolutely loved doing an author visit and writing workshop with Years 5 and 6 at Naima JPS. They were enthusiastic, engaged, creative and super fun!
STBA Blog Tour: Meira Drazin on The Whole Megillah
In the early fall of 2016 I happened upon a goldmine of a blog for Jewish writing, including a list of awards and contests. I was astonished to find one for unpublished Jewish children’s novels and with the deadline only a few days away, I applied… and several months later found out that I’d won,…
Honey and Me wins Sydney Taylor Book Award 2023 Middle Grade Honor!!!!
Click IMG_0496 for a video of the award announcement! Press release of all the 2023 ALA Youth Media Award winners here.
Honey and Me makes the list for Kirkus’s BEST 20 BOOKS TO READ In October!!!!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/20-best-books-read-october-2022/#our-missing-hearts-ng