The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)
The Book of Life is an interview-format podcast about Jewish kidlit, mostly, with occasional coverage of Jewish YA/adult books, music, film and web, established in December 2005.
Host: Heidi Rabinowitz
Sponsors: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, Florida & the Association of Jewish Libraries
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 333
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Announcing the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
A chat with Aimee Lurie, chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, about the 2013 winners, the best Jewish children's and teen books of the year.
00:12:23 |
Thu 24 Jan 2013
McFarland: Goyish Name, Jewish Books
McFarland Publishing offers a wide selection of Jewish titles. A show-floor interview from ALA. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:08:48 |
Mon 14 Jan 2013
Rubin & Sharenow: 2012 Sydney Taylor Winners
A joint interview with Susan Goldman Rubin (Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein) and Rob Sharenow (The Berlin Boxing Club), winners of the 2012 Sydney Taylor Book Award. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:16:04 |
Sun 02 Dec 2012
A Song for My Sister
The Book of Life's Canadian correspondant, Anne Dublin, speaks live with author Lesley Simpson before the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:19:56 |
Wed 03 Oct 2012
Looking For Me in this Great Big Family
Interview with Betsy Rosenthal, author of Looking For Me in this Great Big Family. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:07:49 |
Thu 13 Sep 2012
Reuven Firestone: Jews and Muslims
A live interview with Dr. Reuven Firestone, recorded at the 2012 Association of Jewish Libraries conference. Please see show notes at bookoflifepodcast.com for links to more information about this gu…
00:05:42 |
Wed 11 Jul 2012
Marc Tyler Nobleman: Biographer of Underdogs
An interview with Marc Tyler Nobleman, author of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, and other untold stories about underdog heroes. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:28:15 |
Wed 09 May 2012
Room Enough for Daisy
Co-authors Debby Waldman and Rita Feutl interview each other about their picture book, Room Enough for Daisy. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:12:04 |
Tue 06 Mar 2012
David Bezmozgis and The Free World
The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin interviews author and filmmaker David Bezmozgis about his development as a writer and his new novel The Free World. After this December 2011 epis…
00:12:21 |
Sat 03 Dec 2011
Pulani
An interview with Ruchel Louis, author of Pulani: A Memoir of Growing Up in Apartheid South Africa. www.bookoflifepodcast.com
00:07:36 |
Tue 01 Nov 2011
Write Your Own Megillah
An interview with blogger Barbara Krasner, who is sponsoring the "Write Your Own Megillah "project to encourage Jewish children's writers a la NaNoWriMo, during Jewish Book Month. bookoflifepodcast.c…
00:09:26 |
Mon 03 Oct 2011
Life, After
An interview with Sarah Darer Littman about her teen novel Life, After, which was a 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for teens. Sarah was a guest on the show in 2006 when her debut novel Confessions of …
00:12:46 |
Wed 07 Sep 2011
Wherever You Go
An interview with Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go.
00:16:21 |
Thu 04 Aug 2011
Noah's Swim-a-thon
Author Ann Koffsky talks about her newest picture book, Noah's Swim-a-thon, about lifeguarding at camp, and about the nutty things adults say to get kids to put their faces in the water. bookoflifepo…
00:15:56 |
Wed 06 Jul 2011
Double Dip: Rona Arato
A double dip of interviews with Rona Arato, author of Mrs. Kaputnik's Pool Hall & Matzo Ball Emporium, one by Heidi Estrin at Book Expo, and one by The Book of Life's Canadian Correspondent Anne Dubl…
00:20:16 |
Sat 11 Jun 2011
Tropical Secrets
Interview with Margarita Engle, winner of the 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teens for TROPICAL SECRETS: HOLOCAUST REFUGEES IN CUBA. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:17:41 |
Mon 02 May 2011
Yuvi's Candy Tree
Author Lesley Simpson interviews herself(!) about her picture book Yuvi's Candy Tree, a picture book on Ethiopian Jews fleeing to Israel. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:12:26 |
Wed 13 Apr 2011
The Rooster Prince of Breslov
An interview with Ann Redisch Stampler, author of the Jewish folktale picture book The Rooster Prince of Breslov. Ann was a guest on the podcast in 2007 when she won the Sydney Taylor Honor Award for…
00:10:06 |
Sun 03 Apr 2011
Defying Gravity
An interview with Carol de Giere, author of Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:09:36 |
Tue 01 Mar 2011
The Year of Goodbyes
An interview with Debbie Levy and her mother Jutta about The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family and Farewells, based on Jutta's poesiealbum from the 1940s. bookoflifepodcast.com
00:17:16 |
Tue 01 Feb 2011
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