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Tag: Eric A. Kimmel

December 11, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: When Mindy Saved Hanukkah by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. Barbara McClintock

Today we step back in time to 1998 to a Hanukkah tale of tiny people battling great big kitty cats.

January 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. Janet Stevens

It was a storytime staple for me back when I was a children's librarian. But how has this 1988 picture book stood up over the intervening years?

December 30, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Chanukkah Guest / Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kimmel

It's the last day of Hanukkah and what better way to celebrate than with one book split into two parts? In 1990 Eric Kimmel adapted a story he'd written for Cricket Magazine to a picture book format and called it The Chanukkah Guest. Then, in 2013 he took that same Cricket Magazine tale and turned it into the slightly different Hanukkah Bear. One story. One author. Two different versions. Are they both Hanukkah classics or will only one make the final cut?

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Review of the Day: Joha Makes a Wish by Eric A. Kimmel

June 1, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale By Eric A. Kimmel Illustrated by Omar Rayyan Marshall Cavendish $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-7614-5599-8 Ages 4-8 On shelves now There was a time, best beloved, when folktales and fairytales were common. Every other season they filled the publishers’ lists and librarians bought such books in droves. My own […]

Review of the Day: The McElderry Book of Greek Myths retold by Eric A. Kimmel

February 5, 2008 by Betsy Bird

The McElderry Book of Greek Myths Retold by Eric A. Kimmel Illustrated by Pep Montserrat Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster imprint) $21.99 ISBN: 1-4169-1534-6 Ages 5-12 On shelves now How do your average everyday children’s book illustrators go about proving themselves in this day and age? Well, I don’t know what they teach […]

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