History and baseball enthusiast that I am, I’m delighted to feature Richard Michelson’s Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King on the Blue Thread blog post for February 10. I’m a stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. It’s a virtual book tour, in which you go to a website on or after the advertised date to read an author’s or illustrator’s interview. My interview with Richard Michelson will, of course, be fantastic!
Sydney Taylor? She was born Sarah Brenner and wrote the All-of-a-Kind Family books, among others. Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Gold medals are presented in three categories: Younger Readers, Older Readers, and Teen Readers. Honor Books are awarded silver medals, and Notable Books are named in each category. There’s more information on the “People of the Books” blog.
The Sydney Taylor Book Award is celebrating and showcasing its 2012 gold and silver medalists and a few selected Notables with a Blog Tour, February 5-10, 2012. Here’s the schedule. Enjoy!
THE 2012 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD BLOG TOUR
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Susan Campbell Bartoletti, author of Naamah and the Ark at Night
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
at Ima On & Off the Bima
Holly Meade, illustrator of Naamah and the Ark at Night
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
at Into the Wardrobe
Shelley Sommer, author of Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg, Baseball Pioneer
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at Great Kid Books
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Marcia Vaughan, author of Irena’s Jar of Secrets
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at Shelf-Employed
Ron Mazellan, illustrator of Irena’s Jar of Secrets
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at The Children’s War
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Trina Robbins, author of Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at Bildungsroman
Anne Timmons (and possibly Mo Oh), illustrators of of Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at Gathering Books
Morris Gleitzman, author of Then
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Teen Readers Category
at The 3 R’s
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Michael Rosen, author of Chanukah Lights
Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
at A Chair, a Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy
Robert Sabuda, illustrator/paper engineer of Chanukah Lights
Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
at Practically Paradise
Susan Goldman Rubin, author of Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein
Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category
at Cynsations
Robert Sharenow, author of The Berlin Boxing Club
Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Teen Readers Category
at Jewish Books for Children
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Durga Yael Bernhard, author & illustrator of Around the World in One Shabbat
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
at Frume Sarah’s World
Shirley Vernick, author of The Blood Lie
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Teen Readers Category
at The Fourth Musketeer
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Eric Kimmel, author of The Golem’s Latkes
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, and winner of the National Jewish Book Award
at Ann Koffsky’s Blog
Gloria Spielman, author of Marcel Marceau, Master of Mime
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, and finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
at Shannon and the Sunshine Band
Richard Michelson, author of Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, and finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
at Blue Thread
Sydney Taylor Award Winners – Wrap-Up
All winners, all categories
at The Whole Megillah
My name is Ruth. I write books and articles for children and young adults. Blue Thread is my eleventh book, and the first one in which I have knowingly stretched the truth.